Autumn 2
| English | Reading | Writing |
| This half term, our main text is Can You See Me? by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott. We will also be looking at the book Varmints. We will continue to work on retrieving information from the text and inferring how a character is feeling. | We will be writing in a range of genres this half term, including a defeat the monster and a recount, and will be recapping the grammar and punctuation that the children have learnt up until now. |
| Maths | This half term, we will have a focus on multiplication and division. In addition, we will regularly practise times tables. | |
| Number – multiplication and division | ||
| The children will multiply and divide numbers mentally, drawing upon known facts. They will multiply and divide whole numbers by 10, 100 and 1000. We will look at identifying multiples and factors, including finding factor pairs of a number, and common factors of two numbers. We will be learning about square (2) and cube (3) numbers and the notation. In addition, we will learn about prime numbers and solve problems involving multiplication and division. | ||
| Science | This half term, our unit of learning is Forces. The children will learn:
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| RE | Christianity Incarnation unit: Was Jesus the Messiah? The children will learn about the place of Incarnation and Messiah within the ‘big story’ of the Bible. They will discuss how Christians put their beliefs about Jesus’ Incarnation into practice in different ways in celebrating Christmas. In addition, they will discuss that Christians see Jesus as their Saviour. |
| PE | This half term, the children will play invasion skills, such as defending and attacking. During indoor PE, they will be progressing with their gymnastic movements, such as rolls, jumps and leaps. |
| Geography | This half term, our focus in Geography is Africa and Asia. We will:
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| Art | Drawing: this half term, the children will make and use a view finder to create interesting compositions. They will evaluate and improve their compositions. We will also use a view finder to focus on interesting details and textures and compile several studies. |
| PSHE | Similarities and Differences is the theme for this half term. The children will talk about celebrating strengths, setting goals and keeping safe online. |
| Music | This half term the children will be exploring the human lifecycle using music from a range of composers. They will explore a variety of musical moods, styles and genres while singing and performing with a range of musical instruments. |
| Computing | This term Y5 will consider whether they should trust everything they read and reflect on respecting everyone’s privacy and security online and the implications for their own behaviours. In programming, they will learn to use repetition when creating code for a game project. |
| French | The unit of work is called ‘Quelle est la date?’. They will look at and learn the 12 months of the year in French. They will also be able to ask what the date is and say the date in French. |