Year 5 key topics

Key Topics This Term

Our Geography topic this term is Rivers and Oceans.  Our Art work is Japanese themed, with a strong focus on Hokusai's 'The Wave'. In Science, we will be learning about Living Things and their Habitats - please ensure you read the parent mail about this! RE will be a continuation of our Christianity topic and in ICT, the children will be creating their own webpage designs. We will also continue to discuss the ways in which we can stay safe when using the internet. In Design & Technology, the children will be designing their own fairground rides! Our focus in PSHE will be 'Mindfulness and Gratitude'.

Maths and Literacy Summer Half Term Overview

Maths

Week 1: Decimals and Percentages (thousandths on a place value chart, ordering and comparing decimals, rounding to the nearest whole number, rounding to one decimal place, percentages as fractions, percentages as decimals, equivalent fractions/decimals/percentages)

Weeks 2-3: Perimeter and Area (perimeter of rectangles, perimeter of rectilinear shapes, perimeter of polygons, area of rectangles, area of compound shapes, estimating area)

Weeks 4-5: Statistics (draw line graphs, read/interpret line graphs, read/interpret tables, two-way tables, read/interpret timetables)

Week 6: Assessment Week

HALF TERM HOLIDAY

Literacy:

Week 1: Stories on a Theme (Linked to 'Cloud Tea Monkeys' and 'Mysterious Traveller')

Weeks 2-4: Journalistic Writing (Newspaper report writing linked to 'Tuesday' by David Wiesner)

Week 5: Modern Fiction (Descriptive writing based on Kensuke's Kingdom)

Week 6: Assessment Week 

HALF TERM HOLIDAY