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This Year 5 curriculum immerses students in the historical development of crime and punishment from the Tudors to the present day. Engaging lessons cover topics such as witch hunts in Hertfordshire and the engineering behind ducking stools. The curriculum also includes reading classics like "Sherlock Holmes" and "War of the Worlds," along with poetry studies and hands-on science projects about space. Students participate in buddy systems with Year 1 peers while reinforcing their learning through assessments and diverse homework tasks.
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Autumn Term YEAR 5
Crime and Punishment History & D&T • How has crime and punishment developed from the Tudors to modern day? • Witch hunts in Hertfordshire • Creating ‘Ducking stools’ using first class levers. Science • Forces English Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Poetry – Vocabulary Building Fiction –Stories from our literary heritage (Macbeth, Shakespeare) Non-Fiction – Recounts (Dick Turpin) SPAG focus in every lesson – some specific sessions towards the end of the year.
Space Odyssey Science & Art • Observational drawing • Map work • Space collage • Textiles Science • Space English War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells Poetry – Cinquains Fiction – Take one book Non-Fiction – Persuasion
Fabulous PharoahsThe Time Travelling CatPoetrySuspense and MysteryReports OTHER THEMES IN THE YEAR River Deep, Mountain High Stig of the DumpPoetry Take one bookExplanation Robin Hood OutlawPoetry Traditional Tale - LegendsInstructions India Jungle BookPoetry Take One Book Discussion
R.E Our first topic is GIFTS FROM GOD Our second topic is THE COMMANDMENTS New School Year Mass Wednesday 9:30am. A new type of prayer that we will be introducing is Meditation.
Behaviour Expectations Sanctions: • Warnings • Sent to Mrs Page • Three times sent to Mrs Fusi. Rewards: • House Points. • Bronze Award. • Gold Book. Behaviour contract: Decided and agreed by the class Signed
HOMEWORK MULTIPLICATION TABLES Learning tables and being tested each Friday SPELLING 10 spellings a week that will be tested on a Friday LEARNING LOGS A range of subjects to reinforce learning in the classroom – given on a Friday, due in the following Thursday. MATHS Worksheets / Abacus – given on Friday, due in the following Thursday.
Buddy System • Year 5 will continue to be buddies to the Year 1 children. • They will be paired up and get a chance to read with, sit with them in special assemblies, and in the playground on certain ‘buddy events’.
Assessment *Parent consultation: Tuesday 21st October* NGRT New Group Reading Test NFER – National Foundation for Educational Research Mathematics Test. OPTIONAL SATS MAY 2015 Reading and mathematics. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Foundation Subjects, R.E, P.E, English, Maths and Science.
Questions? Please take a ‘Curriculum Letter’. Thank you!