Year Five

Mrs Todd is the teacher in our Year Five class. Our PE days are Wednesday and Friday.

Class Saint

St Therese of Lisieux. Patron Saint of the Missions. Feast day is 1st October. 

Therese was known for being selfish, attention-seeking and spoiled. Therese wished to become a nun from the age of 3. When Therese was 13, she had what she called her 'Christmas Conversion.' In an instant, she stopped being selfish, became determined to help others and radiated joy. At the age of 15, Therese entered the monastery and achieved her dream. Therese is most known for her 'Little Way' - she spoke of doing small things with great love. Therese carried a string of beads and used them to count her good deeds. She believed it is not the greatness of what we do that matters, but the love with which we do them.  

St Therese, pray for us.

Autumn Term Curriculum Overview

Maths

• Decimals—tenths, hundredths
• Compare, order, add and subtract numbers with up to 3 decimal places
• Compare amounts of money
• Convert between pounds and pence
• Add prices and calculate change
• Read and write negative numbers
• Multiply 2 and 3-digit numbers by a single-digit number
• Divide 2 and 3-digit numbers by a single-digit number

English

This term, we will be studying The Firework Maker’s Daughter. We will be learning about:

• Relative clauses
• Inferences and justifying with evidence
• Language and the impact on the reader
• Semi-colons
• Parenthesis - brackets, dashes, commas
• Speech marks

RE

Creation and Covenant

- Retell the Moses story (Burning Bush / 10 Commandments)

- Describe what a covenant is

- Show how the Ten Commandments help us

- Describe sin

- Know that a virtue is a positive habit

Prophecy and Promise

- Jesus as the fulfilment of the promise to David

- Recognise that David is a model of prayer

- Know that the Rosary is a prayerful reflection on the life of Christ

History

Y5 will be studying 1930s Germany and the Rise of the Nazi Party.

Key learning includes:

- An understanding of discrimination and prejudice

- To know that after WW1, in Germany, there was prejudiced thinking towards Jewish people.

- To know the implications of the Nuremberg Laws on Jewish people

- To know that the life of children changed in 1930's Germany

- To know about Kindertransport

Science

The movement of the Earth and other planets

The movement of the moon

Describe Earth’s rotation to explain day and night

Gravity, air resistance, water resistance and friction

Levers, pulleys and gears

Design and Technology

Pulleys and Gears

Generate innovative ideas by carrying out research. Develop a simple design specification. Develop and communicate ideas through discussion, annotated drawings, exploded drawings and drawings from different views. Produce detailed lists of tools, equipment and materials. Formulate step-by-step plans. Select and use a range of tools and equipment. Compare the final product to the original design specification. Test products with the intended user and critically evaluate the quality. Consider the views of others to improve their work. Investigate relevant famous manufacturing and engineering companies. Understand that mechanical and electrical systems have an input, process and an output. Understand how gears and pulleys can be used to speed up, slow down or change the direction of movement.

PE

Netball

Explore attacking skills. Develop movement skills to lose a defender. Move into space. Communicate with the team. Defend an opponent. Intercept. Apply skills to a game. 

Dance

Copy and repeat movements. Work with a partner. Work in a group to choreograph a dance. Consider dynamics, space and relationships. Use matching, canon and unison. 

Computing

Creating Media - Video Production

Explain what makes a video effective. Capture video using a range of techniques. Create a storyboard. Reshoot and edit. 

Music

Exploring rhythmic layers

Develop understanding of rhythm and rhythmic notation. Time signatures, learning to ‘feel’ the difference between three and four beats in a bar. Explore folk traditions such as Morris dancing and Basque dance. Choose suitable timbre and dynamics when playing and composing. The importance of following the conductor. Learn how composers create interesting textures by combining layers of musical sound. Identify the use of ostinato in pieces and use ostinato to accompany songs, creating interesting polyrhythmic textures. Explore ways to represent musical textures through notation. 

French

Greetings, days of the week, how people are and what they are like

Personal Development

Anti-Racism