Year 5 Overview 2015-2016.

Subject
Theme

Autumn Term 1
Animals

Autumn Term 2
Seurat - The
Bathers

Spring Term 1
The Ancient Greeks

Spring Term 2
Earth and Space

Wow start hook

Animal Edutainment

Seurat Topic week

Ancient Greeks Day

The Planetarium

Visit/ Experience/
Trip

Summer Term 1
Mighty Mountains
Game locate the
mountain, what would
live here?

Summer Term 2
Home Sweet Home

Local area walk

Mop End

News report

Design the ideal

town.

Parents to support
cooking at home.

Visit to Safety Centre

Providing images of
house/buildings.
Survey of housing
styles.

Booklet about Europe.

Design a space
shuttle.

Make a volcano

Sketches of views

Letter writing,
instructional writing,
narrative, poetry.

Poetry, play script

writing, explanation
writing.

Outcome

Animal writing display

Pointillism painting

Ancient Greeks fact file

Solar system display

Family/community
Involvement

Researching chosen
animal

Parent help during

topic week.

Parents to help with

experience day.
Cooking at home
(biscuits)

Challenge/
Homework Project

Design your own High

Street

Literacy

Non-chronological
report, narrative x 2,
poetry creating
imagery.

Create information
booklet on favourite
artist.
Explanation writing,
fantasy stories,
debate, classical
poetry.

Maths

Following the Collins scheme of work.

Art

Seurat and pointillism

Monet and impressionists

A sense of place/ landscapes

DT

Story books with moving parts (link to the

story of the Bayeux tapestry)

Biscuits

Moving toys

Geography: Should
the High Street be
closed to traffic?

Humanities
(Geography/History)

History: The Normans

French

Numbers 1 10,
Hobbies, Winter

School, My Week, Spring Tradition, This is Bear

Healthy Eating, The Caf, La Fete National

Music

Ukuleles

Fanfare of the common man, 2001 space oddity

Compose wold junior texture

Swan lake /nutcracker suite or similar famous

ballet numbers
African drumming 2 (more complex rhythm)
Flight of the bumble bee, rhythm of life

Computing

Developing an interactive game

Cracking Codes

Fusing geometry and art

Creating a web page about internet safety

Sharing experiences and opinions

Creating a virtual space

PSHE

New beginnings

Global Awareness/
Environmental issues

Relationships /Values

RE

Bullying; Getting on
and falling out

History: The ancient

Greeks

Sacred texts

Geography: Greece

Be healthy

Founders and prophets

Geography: Map work, mountains

Making a positive
contribution

Pilgrimage

Science

Animals including
humans

Mixtures, solutions
and changes.

Forces

Earth and Space

Living things and their

habitats (life cycles)

Materials (1/2 topic

from Yr 6)

PE

Cross Country and

Hockey

Gymnastics,
Badminton, Rugby
and Dance

Football, Netball and

Dance

Badminton and table

tennis

Athletics and Cricket

Rounders and
Gymnastics