Year 5 Curriculum Sharing Meeting

1. Year 5 Curriculum Sharing Meeting

2. Example timetable

3. Expectations and Routines Homework is set weekly on a Thursday: one piece of literacy and one piece of maths. These are due the following Tuesday. Homework diaries are checked on a Friday morning. Please ensure they are signed. Spellings are set weekly and tested on a Friday. Reading is still important in Upper School. We encourage the children to read to an adult 3-4 times a week and record this in their homework diaries.

4. Being prepared! Children should come to all lessons prepared. This includes having the correct equipment with them. A small pencil case is allowed including a handwriting pen (provided by the school), pencil, ruler and rubber. Children should have their homework diaries in school every day as they are a great way to record messages and notes as well as homework!

5. Literacy Literacy is taught in classes. Our Literacy curriculum covers a range of narrative, non-fiction and poetry. Each text type lasts between 2 – 3 weeks including reading of the text type, spoken language opportunities grammar and punctuation and written tasks.

6. Literacy Reading and comprehension is taught separately to literacy, although is based around the text type being studied. Spelling and handwriting skills are also taught separately to the main literacy lesson and opportunities for the skills to be transferred are included.

7. Maths There are 4 Maths sets taught in Year 5. • Set 1 taught by Miss Featherstone • Set 2 taught by Ms Marshall • Set 3a taught by Mr Tweedie • Set 3b taught by Mrs Sherwood Set 3a and 3b are parallel sets

8. Science There are five core units of Science studied in Year 5: • Earth and Space (Describe the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the sun in the solar system; describe the movement of the moon relative to the Earth; use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky) • Forces (identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between moving surfaces; recognise that some mechanisms including levers, pulleys and gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect • Living things and their habitats (describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird) • Animals including humans (describe the changes as humans develop to old age) Materials and their properties (compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity, and response to magnets)

9. Geography & History Geography is taught in the Autumn term and the end of the summer term. History is taught in the Spring and Summer terms. Geography: • Plate tectonics • Europe: South of France History: • Anglo-Saxons and Scots • Ancient Mayan Civilisation

10. DT & Art DT and Art are taught in rotation, each unit lasting a half term. DT: • Gears, levers, pulleys, cams and linkages • Designing and making a buggy • Cooking: Ratatouille Art: • Water and water colours • Anglo Saxon Art • French Art including changes through the centuries,

11. PE Children have 2 PE lessons a week. In the Autumn term and early Spring term, all children in Year 5 have a further 10 weeks of swimming lessons (as part of their allocated indoor PE). Indoor PE is taught by Winger Sports coaches including gymnastics, dance and basketball. Outdoor PE includes netball, football, hockey, tag rugby, tennis and kwik cricket. In the summer, all PE takes place outdoors and also includes athletics (taught by Sports coaches)

12. Languages Children will continue their French tuition focusing on three main areas: • Weather: weather phrases and compass points • A town trail: places in a town and directions • A Dark, Dark Tale: identifying furniture and using prepositions • During the summer term a whole week is dedicated to learning about French food and culture.

13. Computing Children will cover three core topics. Other opportunities are made for children to use computing in other curriculum subjects such as through the use of the ipads. Digital Literacy Data storage and search engines, advertisements Programming – Games Developers Podcasts and blogs

14. RE The RE curriculum continues to follow the Essex Agreed Syllabus • Christianity • Life changing experiences for founders of different religions • Judaism • Sikhism

15. PSHE PSHE is taught fortnightly. • Feelings, friends and friendships • Me and my relationships • Anti-bullying • Managing risks • Drug awareness • Political literacy and citizenship

16. Music Music is taught fortnightly by Mrs Cripps. Children continue their recorder tuition as well as developing opportunities to perform together.

17. Important dates • Tuesday 18th September: Science Dome Visit in school • Friday 5th October: Harvest Festival • Thursday 11th October: Sandford Mill Trip • Friday 12th October: Sandford Mill Trip • W.C Monday 15th October: Y5 Test Week • Thursday 22nd November: Shelter Box visit to school • Tuesday 11th December: Year 5 Christmas Performance - 2pm • Wednesday 12th December: Year 5 Christmas Performance - 7pm • Wednesday 19th December: Carol Service at Christchurch Further dates and information will be sent home via Parentmail

18. Thank you for coming! Any questions?