1. science
2. mathematics
3. algebra

Dear Parents/Carers
November 2014
After a great first half term together, we are looking forward to a wonderful November and
December. We hope that you find this newsletter useful but if you have any further questions, please
don’t hesitate to contact any of the Year 5 team.
Literacy
Initially, we will be learning about
significant authors and their style of
writing. We will also be looking at
biographies/autobiographies and
narrative genre.
This will culminate in an exciting trip
to the Harry Potter studios where will
be able to immerse ourselves into
Potter World! The children will create
their own Harry Potter character and
write their own adventure story using
the skills learnt.
Warner Bros Tour Dates
5D – Tuesday 18th November
5L – Wednesday 19th November
5B – Thursday 20th November
Diary Dates
Class Assemblies
5L – November 14th
5B – November 28th
5D - December 12th
Parents’ evenings – 1st week Dec
Christmas Fayre – December 12th
Christmas Concert – December
17th
Christmas Party – December 18th
Games/PE
5B – Thursday and Friday
(Sports Hall)
5D– Monday and Thursday
(Sports Hall)
5L – Monday (Sports Hall)
Wednesday
Children will also be
swimming on a rota basis on
Wednesdays and Fridays. A
letter will be sent out
separately for this.
DT/Food Technology
This Half Term the children
will have the chance to try
out our new kitchen and
prepare, cook and present a
meal. We will base the food
on South American cuisine to
tie in with our ICC topic.
There will be a charge of £3
per child which will pay for
the cooking ingredients used
during the year.
Curriculum Maps and other information can be found at:
www.avenuejuniorschool.org
Kind regards
The Year 5 Team
Amanda Bailey
Daniel Lowe
(Year Leader)
Richard Donovan
ICC
This term we will be learning about
South America and will base our
cross-curricular learning on the
book “Journey to the River Sea” by
Iva Ibbotson. We will look at eco
systems
and
deforestation;
weather and climate; animals and
their adaptations. Artwork will
include
work
created
by
environmental artists.
Science
We will be putting a huge
emphasis this half term on
practical investigations, which
will give the children an
opportunity to plan their own
scientific
enquiry,
gather
evidence, analyse findings and
draw conclusions.
(see next page for Government
recommendations).
New Curriculum recommendation for Science
Upper Key Stage 2 programme of study (statutory requirements)
During years 5 and 6, pupils should be taught to use the following practical
scientific methods, processes and skills through the teaching of the programme
of study content:
 planning different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions,
including recognising and controlling variables where necessary
 taking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with
increasing accuracy and precision
 recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific
diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, and bar and line graphs
 using test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and
fair tests
 using simple models to describe scientific ideas
 reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions,
causal relationships and explanations of results, in oral and written forms
such as displays and other presentations
 identifying scientific evidence
Animation Film Premier
We are hoping to show our
animations, some of which have
successfully been produced on the
programme ‘Scratch.’
We will also create our own stop
frame animations using digital
cameras and ipads – watch this
space for an invitation!
Year 5 Autumn 1: Half term planning
Week 1
Journey to the River
Sea –South
American
Rainforests
Week2
Journey to the River
Sea –South
American
Rainforests
Week 3
Journey to the River
Sea –South
American
Rainforests
Week 4
Journey to the River
Sea –South
American
Rainforests
Week 5
Journey to the River
Sea –South
American
Rainforests
Week 6
Journey to the River
Sea –South
American
Rainforests
Week 7
Journey to the River
Sea –South
American
Rainforests
Entry Point –
Drama/role play and
team building skills
on Rainforests
sessions organised by
Visitors - UEA
outreach group
Geography skills
Weather and climate
data comparing the
climate in South
America to a
temperate climate.
Location of
Rainforests
Looking at Biomes in
the Southern
hemisphere
The eco systems
within the Rainforest
and the features of
the layers.
The River Amazon –
Life in the Amazonian
Rainforest – link to
literacy
Global Celebration
Artwork and DT Designing
cards/paper/artefacts
for global Celebration
Persuasive texts
designing posters to
advertise an area
within the Rainforest
Environmental Art
Andy Goldsworthy
Adaptations of the
plants and animals
within the Rainforest
– scientific skills base
Deforestation
Eco tourism – drama
and role play
empathy with the
different roles within
a society.
Looking at palm oil
and the products
with it in
Cross Curricular
writing
opportunities
Taking notes in ICT on
the life of JK Rowling–
skimming and
scanning for
information
Writing recipe using
instruction text and
features link to literacy
and DT
Non fiction writing –
instructions for
making a magic potion
Persuasive texts –
making posters
Significant authors
Biography –
Significant authors
Letter writing
Significant authors
Features of books by
JK Rowling
Writing a diary written
from Maia’s point of
view of her first
impressions of the
Rainforest – link to
literacy
Journey to the River
sea
Writing letters to oil
company based on
information researched
on use of palm oil – link
to literacy and ICC
English:
Start collecting
information for a nonchronological fact file
on a chosen aspect of
the Rainforest – link to
literacy and ICC/ICT
Significant authors
Journey to the River
Sea
Journey to the River
Sea
identifying features of
a biography looking at
own lives and that of
JK Rowling and other
authors.
Features of a
formal/informal letter
Layout and
presentation
Compare and contrast
styles, effect, content
and characters.
Discuss use of
characterisation,
setting and plot
Assess and review
Speech and use of
language
Writing own new story
on the style of JK
Rowling
Provide reasoned
justification for their
view through drama
Drama and role play –
imagine being Maia
predictions what
would she do next?
Decision making,
Conscience alley
International
Creative
Curriculum
Spoken English,
Reading
Comprehension
and Writing
Composition
In role – writing letter
of acceptance to
Hogwarts
Compare and contrast
styles, effect, content
and characters.
Setting and
characterisation.
Create own character
for a new story
Imaginative role play
what potion and what
happened?
Sentence openers
Reading
comprehension based
on first chapters –
making predictions
Use of first person to
write diary account of
the events in the story.
Discuss writer’s use of
language
Descriptive sentences
Vocabulary,
Word classes
Ispaced – sentence
Visit to Harry Potter
World
ISPACED
Use of paragraphs
st
Pronouns – 1 and 3
rd
Uplevelling sentences
Year 5 Autumn 1: Half term planning
grammar and
punctuation
Simple and compound
sentences
Prefixes – mis/re
construction
Word classes –
adjectives
Simple, compound and
complex sentences
Embedded clauses
Prefixes – re/over
Spelling
Maths
Statistics
To interpret and draw
line graphs
To know the difference
between discrete and
continuous data
To draw own weather
graph based on data
from
Inverted commas
person
tious/cious
cial
ant/ance/ancy
ent/ence/ency
Assess and review
Statistics
Multiplication
Division
Fractions
Fractions
Assess and review
To find the median, mean
and mode and range of
data
To identify multiples and
factors, including finding
all factor pairs of a
number, and
common factors of two
numbers.
To multiply and divide
whole numbers and those
involving decimals by 10,
100 and 1000.
To solve problems
involving multiplication
and division where larger
numbers are used by
decomposing them into
factors.
To know and use the
vocabulary of prime
numbers, prime factors
and composite (nonprime) numbers.
To establish whether a
number up to 100 is
prime and recall prime
numbers up to 19.
To multiply and divide
numbers mentally
drawing upon known
facts.
To multiply and divide
whole numbers and
those involving decimals
by 10, 100 and 1000.
To solve problems
involving multiplication
and division, including
scaling by simple
fractions and problems
involving simple rates.
Compare and order
fractions whose
denominators are all
multiples of the same
number
Add and subtract
fractions with the same
denominator and
denominators that are
multiples of the same
number
Identify, name and write
equivalent fractions of a
given fraction,
represented visually,
including tenths and
hundredths
Multiply proper fractions
and mixed numbers by
whole numbers,
supported by materials
and diagrams
Reading scales –
temperature charts ICC
Finding the area of
Hogwarts
Link to Literacy
Multiplication and
division investigations
based on Harry Potter
link to literacy
Harry Potter potions
Measures link to
literacy
Harry Potter Potions
Fractions
Link to Literacy
Maths game – Harry
Potter for year 3s– link
to literacy
Sound
Practical
Investigations
involving fair testing
Practical
Investigations
involving fair testing
Practical
Investigations
involving fair testing
Practical
Investigations
involving fair testing
Practical
Investigations
involving fair testing
To investigate hypotheses
using own data and find
out the average of the
data collected
South America
To find out how to
calculate the range
Maths across the
curriculum
Science
Statistics – weather
patterns in South
America – drawing
graphs of Rainforest
weather ICC
Live show at Theatre
Royal – practical and
fun experiments
Finishing topic on
Recognise mixed
numbers and improper
fractions and convert
from one from to another
and write mathematical
statements
Year 5 Autumn 1: Half term planning
DT
ICT
Media and e
safety
PSHE
“The Modern
Alchemist”
sound – carrying out
mission of insulating
the sound of an alarm
clock.
PATHS
Feelings presentation
to class
PATHS
How to control anger
Testing the dunk
Testing the strength of Testing air pressure
Does light travel in
How do you make a
ability of biscuits –
paper bags – link to
using an egg and a
straight lines?
circuit?
using criteria for fair
ICC and environment
bottle
testing
Each class to make and prepare a healthy meal using raw ingredients, including chopping, cooking and presenting skills. Link to ICC – Food from South America –
Fajitas/Burritos/Enchilados
Making ginger biscuits for the Christmas Fayre
Link to Literacy –
Animations
Scratch
Scratch
ipads filming – using
Exploring the Internet
E-Safety Lesson Researching significant Using Scratch to
Adding music
Getting 2 sprites to
stop frame animation
Staying work safe
authors
programme own
Changing the stage
move using sensing
Planning frame by
whilst searching the
Exploring a Cyber Café
JK Rowling
animations
( background)
controls
frame on a storyboard Web.
and completing tasks
How to use your
related to E-Safety Researching facts for
browser
group work.
Rainforest fact file
Creating movie
Finishing movie
Anti-bullying week
The feelings dictionary
‘Let’s Stop Bullying For
All’
PATHS
My own feelings story
PATHS
Making good decisions
Treasure hunt –
problem solving
review.
Identifying problems –
Feelings, Goals and
solutions
French
Greetings
Numbers 1-15
Numbers 1-30
Colours
Music
Song writing using
ukuleles
Djembe drumming
patterns/rhythms
Pupils will learn the
names of the different
parts of a ukulele. They
will learn how to hold the
instrument and how to
play two chords.
Pupils will learn a song
that uses two chords.
They will rehearse and
perform the song.
Pupils will learn the
chords of C major, F
major and G major. They
will perform different
rhythms using these
chords.
RE
cont from last term
work on importance of
Scriptures in religions
The Bible
The Bible
How Young People
Learn About the Bible
Why the Bible is
important to
Christians.
Exploring Christian
symbols and learning
more about what they
represent
PATHS
Consequences – What
might happen next?
PATHS
Making a good plan
for problem solving
Colour and number
bingo
How are you?
How are you?
Pupils will learn the song
‘Silent Night.’ They will
perform by singing and
playing the ukuleles.
Pupils will select their
own chords and compose
a song. They will fit some
lyrics to music.
Pupils will rehearse and
perform their own
compositions. They will
appraise their work.
Reflect upon the use
of colours to portray
feeling and emotions.
Identify symbols in
buildings and those
used by people
Become familiar with
the biblical stories
retold
Christmas Concert