Year 5 Term 3

April to July

Last updated

11 March 2025 at 09:31:17

Navigation 🧭

Maths 🧮

Decimals

Adding decimals within 1
Subtracting decimals within 1
Complements to 1
Adding - crossing the whole
Adding - same decimal places
Subtract - same decimal places
Adding - different decimal places
Subtracting - different decimal places
Wholes and decimals
Decimal sequences

Peremeter, Area & Volume

Measure perimeter
Calculate perimeter
Area of rectangles
Area of compound shapes
Area of irregular shapes
What is volume?
Compare volume
Estimate volume
Estimate capacity

Statistics

Read and interpret line graphs
Draw line graphs
Problems with line graphs
Read and interpret tables
Two-way tables
Timetables

Properties of Shape

Measure angles in degrees
Measuring with a protractor
Angles on a straight line
Angles around a point
Lengths and angles in shapes
Regular and irregular polygons
Drawing accurately
Reasoning about 3-D shapes

Position and Direction

Position in the first quadrant
Reflection
Reflection with coordinates
Translation
Translation with coordinates

Converting Units

Kilograms and kilometres
Milligrams and millilitres
Metric units
Imperial units
Converting units of time

Science 🧬

Reproduction (Biology)

Sexual reproduction in mammals
Reproductive parts in plants
Pollination
Asexual reproduction
Cloning Plants
Interpret Data

Reversible and irreversible changes (Chemistry)

Dissolving
Separate materials - filtering and sieving
Solutions and evaporation
Reversible changes
Irreversible changes - burning
Irreversible changes - acid

Plastic pollution (Sustainability) ♻️

What is plastic pollution?
What are the impacts of plastic pollution on the planet?

Reading 📖

Sir David Attenborough: A Life Story

Author: Lizzie Huxley-Jones

When famous naturalist Sir David Attenborough was born, more than two-thirds of our planet was covered in wild places. That was where most of the animals on earth lived. Yet, over the years, David observed that the wild places in the world were shrinking and being taken over by human environments. Wild animals were becoming more difficult to find, and there were fewer fish in the sea and birds in the sky.

With a life of broadcasting already behind him, and after many years of delighting audiences with his nature documentaries, David began to make new programmes about how our old ways of finding energy are destroying the planet, how overfishing is destroying our oceans, and how eating meat is restricting our wild places.

David Attenborough: explorer, broadcaster, natural historian.

Explore the beauty of the world we inhabit with national treasure, David Attenborough.

A Life Story: This gripping series throws the reader directly into the lives of modern society's most influential figures. With striking black-and-white illustration along with timelines and never-heard-before facts.

Reading age: 9-11

Writing ✍️

Biography

Cohesion through a variety of devices within and across paragraphs
Structured paragraphs linked with adverbials
Developed introduction and conclusion
Description of events are detailed and engaging
Chronologically organised with clear signals about time, place and personal response
Sentence length varied for effect
Conjunctions (when, if, because, although, while, as, until, once, after, whenever, before, despite, though, since)
Relative clauses punctuated correctly.
Adverbials (furthermore, in addition, however, nevertheless, since, consequently, in conclusion)
Apostrophes for contractions, single and plural possession.
Fully punctuate speech
Commas to avoid ambiguity and clarify meaning
Commas to mark clauses
Use ellipsis
Use relative clauses
Use conjunctions, adverbs, adverbials and prepositions for time, cause and place
Use a range of modal verbs or adverbs to indicate possibility
Use varied sentence lengths
Write a biographical account based on research

Narrative

Developed narrative with focus on cohesion
Links within and between paragraphs with adverbials
Past perfect tense to link events
action, dialogue, and description used to move events forward
Relative clauses with commas and dashes used for additional detail including omitted relative pronouns
Adverbs and modal verbs for possibility
Apostrophes for contractions, single and plural possession.
Fully punctuate speech
Commas to avoid ambiguity and clarify meaning
Commas to mark clauses
Use ellipsis
Commas to mark parenthesis
Use brackets and dashes for parenthesis
Use relative clauses
Use conjunctions, adverbs, adverbials and prepositions for time, cause and place
Use a range of modal verbs or adverbs to indicate possibility
Use similes as sentence starters
Use varied sentence lengths
Use -ed sentence starters
Narratives are told sequentially and non sequentialy (e.g flashbacks) through the use of adverbials and preposition
Descriptions of characters, setting, and atmosphere are developed through precise vocabulary choices e.g adverbs, adjectives, precise nouns, expressive verbs and figurative language

Poetry

Figurative language

Across the curriculum 🌏

Overview: Map Work and Compass Skills

Using maps and grid references
Compass rose
4 figure grid references
Scale

Overview: Tribal History

Introduction to tribes from Borneo (Iban), Africa (Maasai), Oceana (Māori)
Comparison of tribes from Borneo (Iban), Africa (Maasai), Oceana (Māori)
Timeline
Origin
Language
Traditions and customs
Food and drink
Significant events and people

Curriculum Objectives & Expectations

Use 8 points of a compass
Use 4 figure grid references
Use symbols and keys
Compare maps with aerial photographs
Select a map for a specific purpose
Describe the features shown on an Ordnance Survey Map
Draw sketch maps using symbols and a key
Use maps of different scales
Explain and give examples to show that things may have been different from place to place at the same time
Explain and give varied examples of how life was similar and different in the past
Start to give reasons for these similarities and differences
Identify and note connections, contrasts and trends over time in the everyday lives of people
Use appropriate historical terms, such as culture, religions, social, economic and political when describing the connections, contrasts and trends over time
Explore and explain why different people have different cultures
Empathise with historical attitudes and beliefs

Key Vocabulary

North, south, east, west, scale, contour, symbol, navigation, patterns, trends, culture, society, tribe, customs, practices, seclusion, tradition, trade, livelihood.

Art, Design & Technology 🎨 👷

Tribal Art

Green Screen

PSHE 😀 🫶

Personal, Social, Health and Economic education

Physical and Mental wellbeing: Healthy sleep habits; sun safely; medicines, vaccinations, immunisations and allergies

How sleep contributes to a healthy lifestyle and healthy sleep strategies and how to maintain them
About the benefits of being outdoors and in the sun for physical and mental health.
How to manage risk in relation to sun exposure, including skin damage and heat stroke
How medicines can contribute to health and how allergies can be managed
That some diseases can be prevented by vaccinations and immunisations
That bacteria and viruses can affect health
How they can prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses with everyday hygiene routines
Identify mixed messages in the media in relation to smoking/vaping and alcohol
Analyse key messages, suggest who they are targeted at and why describe how these messages might affect a person’s thoughts, feelings and actions explain what would help a person to make informed decisions about health and where they could find reliable information

Growing and changing: Personal identity; recognising; individuality and different qualities; mental wellbeing

Identify a range of factors that can contribute to a person’s identity
Describe ways people may express their identity and individuality
Recognise individuality by identifying personal qualities and interests
Explain how recognising personal qualities can develop a sense of self-worth
How to recognise, respect and express their individuality and personal qualities
Ways to boost their mood and improve emotional wellbeing
Describe what can impact on mental health (life events and circumstances) and how mental wellbeing can be affected
Recognise conflicting emotions and when these might be expected
Explain how feelings and emotions change over time
Identify positive actions to support mental wellbeing during difficult times, including identifying their person support network
The link between participating in interests, hobbies and community groups and mental wellbeing