St Maria Goretti

Mrs Cooper introducing the class Author

Year 5

 Welcome to Year 5 at St Maria Goretti

Year 5 Staff: Mrs Costa, Mrs Bedson & Mrs Stubbs.      

Dear Parents - Welcome to Year 5    

Settling in Presentation - Autumn 2020

Class Author: Michael Morpurgo

Our Learning Autumn Term 2021/2022

 Religious Education 

• Creation
• Miracles and the sacraments of the sick
• Advent

English 

Driver texts:

The Girl With Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Who Let the Gods Out by Maz Evans

Ancient Greeks Why they matter to us by Juliet Kerrigan

• Diary
• Greek Myths
• Fictional Biography           (Greek Gods)
• Pupil led narrative
• Non-chronological reports: Information Text.  Leaflets/persuasion
• Recount
• Argument
• Poetry
• Letters (formal)

 Reading Diaries should be signed by an adult at least 3 times per week. 

Maths

Numbers and the Number System

• Read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1 000 000 and determine the value of each digit .
• Count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any number up to 1 000 000.
• Interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through zero.
• Round any number up to 1 000 000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10 000 and 100 000.
• Read Roman numerals to 1000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals.

 Addition and Subtraction

• Add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers.
• Add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal methods (columnar + & -)
• Solve problems involving + - x ÷ and a combination of these, including understanding meaning of = sign

 Statistics

• Solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graph
• Complete, read and interpret information in tables, including timetables.

 Multiplication and Division

• Multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing upon known facts
• Multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 & 1000.
• Identify multiples & factors; find all factor pairs of a number & common factors of 2 numbers.
• Know & use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors & composite non-prime numbers.
• Establish whether a number up to 100 is prime; recall primes up to 19.
• . Recognise and use square numbers & cube numbers and notation for squared ², cubed ³

 Measure

• Measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres.
• Calculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares) and including using standard units, square centimetres (cm²) & square metres (m²) and estimate the area of irregular shapes

Science: 

Enquiry types- Research, pattern seeking, fair and comparison testing, identify and classify, observe over time

• Living things in their habitats – is there a relationship between a mammal’s size and its gestation period?
• Animals including humans – Are the oldest children in our school that tallest?

Ancient Greece: What was it like to be a Greek Soldier?

Geography: 

• Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe
• Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
• Identify and describe how the physical features affect the human activity within a location.

History: Concept Focus - Farming, Settlements, Industry.

• Understand chronology
• Investigate and interpret the past
• To build an overview of the world
• To communicate historically

Art:

Sculpture:

•  Ancient sculptors: Myron, Phidias, Polyclitus, Praxiteles, Scopas, and Lysippus.
• Statues of Zeus and Athena
• To create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas
• To improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials
• Learn about great artists, architects and designers in history.

DT:

Textiles: 

• Ancient Greek Clothing:
• Patterns and seam allowance for clothes.
• Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or group
• Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design

ICT

Purple Mash:

Coding

• Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts
• Use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output

Online Safety

• Use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; recognise acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact

MFL: 

• Numbers to 50
• Towns and features
• Directions
• Growing-animals and humans
• Christmas songs and stories

PE:

(Autumn 1) 

• ASM-American Football
• Tag Rugby

(Autumn 2)

• Bench Ball
• Dance

Music: City Music Service

• Strings - Year 5 will select a string instrument to learn to play.

PHSC - Jigsaw:

•  Being me in my world (Autumn 1)
• Celebrating Difference (Autumn 2)

Useful Links

Year 5/6 Spelling Words

Year 5 and Year 6 Prayers