Download Document

HALF TERM CURRICULUM LADDER
YEAR GROUP: 5 Spring Term 2nd half
ENGLISH
SPAG
The Egyptian Cinderella.
Drama activities to promote speaking and listening
Newspaper articles
Diary entries
Non-Chronological reports
Focuses on direct speech, modal verbs, .Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs by adding a suffix. for
example, ate, ise, ify., relative pronouns and relative clauses, brackets and dashes for parenthesis. . Spell
some words with ‘silent’ letters, e.g. knight, psalm,solemn. Distinguish between homophones and other
words which are often confused.
MATHS
SCIENCE
Identify 3D shapes, including cubes and other cuboids, from 2D representations
- Use the properties of rectangles to deduce related facts & find missing lengths & angles.
-Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other
and write mathematical statements.
Estimate volume (e.g. using 1 cm3 blocks to build cubes, including cuboids) & capacity
(e.g. using water).
- Convert between different units of metric measure (e.g. km/m; cm/m; cm/mm; g/kg; l/ml).
Solve comparison, addition and difference problems using information presented in a line
graph
-Multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1000.
Living Things and their habitats- Do all animals and plants start life as an egg?
Life cycles of plants and animals, the work of a well known naturalist, investigation linked
to scientific enquiry
Sacrifice (Lent, Holy week and Easter Sunday)
R.E.
ART/DT
Design canopic jars, cooking linked to topic. Egyptian art linked to hieroglyphics
HUMANITIES
MUSIC
How can we discover the wonder of Ancient Egypt? Learning focuses on geographical
location of Egypt and settlements of residents; daily lives of different people, the
mummification process and
Learning linked to Key Stage visit to The Philarmonic.
P.E.
Basketball, rugby (fortnightly) and swimming
Computing
Data Handling
HOMEWORK (30 mins per
night)
English writing, reading or SPAG focus
Spelling every Thursday
Reading every night.
TRIPS/EVENTS
Ash Wednesday 1.03.17
St George House Team Reward trip to Jungle Rumble 06.03.17
Spelling Bee final 06.03.17
Class visit to Blackpool Zoo 13.03.17
KS2 to Philharmonic Hall 14.03.17
St Patricks Day assembly 17.03.17
Mother’s Day assembly (each class performing a poem) 24.03.17
Design an Easter egg competition, Mother’s Day sale and Easter egg hunt 27.03.17
Easter Bingo 30.03.17
Learn & Share event. 30.03.17
Easter service in Church 31.03.17
HELP YOUR CHILD STEP UP THE LADDER OF LEARNING!!
TEACHER’S NAME: Mr Dunn. Teaching Assistant: Mrs Warburton.