Sir Alexander Fleming Primary School

Curriculum Overview for the Academic Year: 2020-2021 Year 5

School Global theme People Power; Heal the

WorldSuperheroes are not in fairy

tales – they are in every child that says I CAN

National and whole school

events

European Languages day Macmillan coffee morning

Grandparents day Fire safety WeekWorld animal day

Diwali Halloween

Remembrance DayAnti-bullying week Children In Need

Bonfire Night World kindness day

Christmas jumper day

National handwriting day Chinese New Year Safer internet day

Pancake day World Book Day World Maths Day

British Science Week Mother’s Day

Father’s Day Sports Week

Sir Alexander Fleming Mile Sports Day

Race for Life events

Class theme People Power; Heal the WorldSubject area AUTUMN TERM 1 AUTUMN TERM 2 SPRING TERM 1 SPRING TERM 2 SUMMER TERM 1 SUMMER TERM 2

ENGLISH Persuasive WritingRecounts (diaries)

Speaking and Listening

Adventure StoriesNewspapers

Speaking and Listening

PoetryLetter Writing

ExplanationSuspense Stories

InstructionsDescriptive Settings

Battle CrySpeaking and

Listening

Non-chronological reports

Quality Texts Here We Are: notes for living on planet Earth (Oliver Jeffers)

Shackleton’s Journey (William Grill)Boy in the Tower (Polly Ho Yen)

Cosmic (Frank Cottrell-Boyce)Jamie Drake Equation (Christopher Edge)

Explorer (Katherine Rundell)Rooftoppers

Viking Boy (Tony Bradman)Marvel

MATHEMATICS

Place ValueAddition + Subtraction

Multiplication + Division

Perimeter and AreaStatistics

TimeMultiplication and

Division

FractionsDecimals and Percentages

DecimalsProperties of Shapes

Position and Direction

Converting UnitsVolume

SCIENCE Properties and changes of materialsForces

Earth and Space Animals, including humansLiving things and their habitats

COMPUTING E Safety Computer systems and networks

Creating media- vector drawing

Programming- physical computing

Data and information- flat file

databases

Creating media- video editing

GEOGRAPHY Locational Study: AntarcticaEarthquakes and Volcanoes

North or South America UK Geography / settlements

HISTORY Timelines / a key point in British HistoryInspirational figures (RE link)

Key events (history of space travel) Vikings and Anglo-Saxons

ART AND The Great Wave of Kanagawa / Willow Study of a famous artist: Peter Thorpe Clay Jewellery

DESIGN PatternMadalas (Mr Farlow)

Textiles

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

Structures to survive earthquakes / TentsVolcanoes

Rockets BoatsViking Bread (Wow Day)

MUSIC Charanga Unit 1 : Livin’ on a Prayer Space Dance / Music Composer (computing link)

Year Group Assembly

FRENCH Talking About Us Christmas ShoppingIn the City

Happy New Year Out of this World Going to the Seaside Carnival Clowns and Clothes

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Invasion GamesFootball

Gymnastics Floor

Invasion GamesHockeyDance

Gymnastics ApparatusMultisport

Invasion Games Netball

OAA

Invasion GamesUltimate Frisbee

Striking & FieldingRounders

SwimmingAthletics

Net & WallMini Tennis

RE Can Christian Aid + Islamic Relief change

the world?

‘Inspirational People’

Mandalas (Buddhism/Hinduis

m)

What can we learn from religions about

temptation?

Prayer: what, where, how and why?

Values: what matters most?

PSHE JigsawIsolation / pressure / failure / determination /

resilience / courage / respect‘The Future’ (Oliver Jeffers text)

Jigsaw Jigsaw

SMSC/P4C Wants vs. Needs (Shackleton) Picture News Picture NewsSRE

Healthy Lifestyles

Mental health focus: respect, consideration, and tolerance (linked to Oliver Jeffers)

Nutrition / dried foodsDaily Mile

Sports DayNutritionDaily Mile

Learning in the

community

Cultural Visit Jodrell Bank The Viking Man