Year 5

My aim is to create a stimulating, nurturing, and inclusive learning environment where all class members are encouraged to be the best they can be and are valued for who they are. I encourage pupils to develop their independence, support each other in their learning, and strive for excellence. I have high expectations for all, ensuring they can achieve their very best. A growth mindset approach to learning helps pupils understand that mistakes are opportunities for growth and that perseverance is the key to success. I believe learning should be enjoyable, and pupils should have a voice in how they learn.

In English, we aim to continue fostering the children’s love of reading by using challenging and engaging texts as a platform for discussion and for writing in different genres. Pupils are encouraged to share books they have enjoyed and to discover new authors. Dedicated independent reading time and access to a diverse class library help build their confidence and enthusiasm as readers.

We explore fiction, non-fiction, and poetry to build an understanding of the purpose and effect of writing on an audience. Pupils study model texts, analysing varied sentence structures, effective vocabulary, and their impact on the reader. These texts then serve as stepping stones for planning, writing, and editing their own work.

Every term, the class further develop their spoken language skills by planning and delivering a talk to each other on a range of different topics or interests.

In Mathematics, children build on the strong mathematical foundations established earlier in their education, enabling them to extend their knowledge and confidently tackle new concepts. Pupils are encouraged to apply their newly acquired knowledge and extend their understanding through problem-solving and reasoning challenges

Anthony Tugwell

Year 4 Class Teacher

Year 5 Events

English Curriculum
Reading Read and discuss fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books. Read books with different structures and books that were written for a range of purposes. Become familiar with myths, legends and traditional stories, modern fiction, fiction from our literary heritage and books from other cultures. Recommend books to other people and give reasons for my choices. Recognise themes and conventions in different books. Compare a book with another book and make comparisons by heart. Learn a range of poetry off by heart. Read poems and playscripts out loud using intonation, tone, volume and actions effectively. Discuss my understanding of books and explain the meaning of words in context. And ask questions to improve my understanding of a text. Predict what might happen in a story based on what the writer says and suggests. Identify and summarise the main ideas from several paragraphs in a text and give evidence to back up these ideas. Interpret characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions and back this up with evidence from the text. Identify how language, structure and presentation affect meaning. Discuss and assess the author’s use language, and consider the impact on the reader. Tell the difference between statements of fact and statements of opinion. Pick out, write down and present information from non-fiction texts. Explain, discuss and present what I have read, focusing on a topic and using notes when necessary. Support my ideas with evidence. Speaking and Listening Listen and respond appropriately to adults and other people my age. Ask relevant questions to increase my understanding and knowledge. Use different ways to expand my vocabulary. Explain and justify my own answers, arguments and opinions. Describe, explain and narrate for different purposes in a structured way, including expressing feelings. Pay attention and take part in conversations with others, staying on topic and making and responding to comments. Use spoken language to suggest ideas and explanations, and explore my imagination and ideas. Speak clearly and fluently, increasingly using Standard English. Take part in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates. Gain, keep and monitor the interest of people’s contributions. Assess different viewpoints and build on other people’s contributions. Choose and use appropriate registers (e.g. formal or informal speaking) to communicate effectively.	Writing – Transcription Learn more prefixes and suffixes and know how to add them to words. Spell some words with silent letters. Tell the difference between homophones and other words that are commonly confused. Use knowledge of other words to spell new words and understand that the spelling of some words needs to be learnt specifically. Use a dictionary to check the spelling and meaning of words. Use the first three or four letters of a word to find the spelling and meaning of a word in a dictionary. Use a thesaurus. Write clearly and quickly by choosing the right shapes of letters and knowing when and how to join them. Choose the most suitable writing tool for the task. Writing – Composition Plan my writing by identifying the audience and purpose, and use this to choose the most appropriate form. I can use similar writing I have read to help me. Note down and develop initial ideas and carry out extra reading or research if needed. Plan my own narratives by looking at how other authors have developed characters and setting. Choose appropriate grammar and vocabulary and understand how these choices affect meaning. Describe settings, characters and atmosphere in narratives and insert dialogue to reveal more about a character and move the story along. Summarise longer passages. Build cohesion within and across paragraphs using a range of devices. Use layout features to structure a text and guide the reader. Evaluate my writing and other people’s writing. Suggest changes to grammar, vocabulary and punctuation to create effects and clarify meaning. Ensure a piece of writing consistently uses the correct tense. Check a piece of writing, using intonation, volume and actions to make the meaning clear. Writing – Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation Recognise vocabulary and structures used in formal speech and writing, including subjunctive forms. Use passive verbs to affect how information is presented in a sentence. Use the perfect form of verbs to show relationships of time and clause. Use expanded noun phrases to express complicated information concisely. Use modal verbs or adverbs to show degrees of possibility. Use relative clauses beginning with ‘who’, ‘which’, ‘where’, ‘when’, ‘whose’ or ‘that’ or where a relative pronoun has not been included. Use commas to make meaning clear and avoid ambiguity in my writing. Use hyphens to avoid ambiguity. Use brackets, dashes or commas to indicate extra information. Use semi-colons and dashes to separate independent clauses. Use and understand grammatical terminology when discussing what I have read and written.

English Curriculum

Reading

Read and discuss fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books.
Read books with different structures and books that were written for a range of purposes.
Become familiar with myths, legends and traditional stories, modern fiction, fiction from our literary heritage and books from other cultures.
Recommend books to other people and give reasons for my choices.
Recognise themes and conventions in different books.
Compare a book with another book and make comparisons by heart.
Learn a range of poetry off by heart.
Read poems and playscripts out loud using intonation, tone, volume and actions effectively.
Discuss my understanding of books and explain the meaning of words in context. And ask questions to improve my understanding of a text.
Predict what might happen in a story based on what the writer says and suggests.
Identify and summarise the main ideas from several paragraphs in a text and give evidence to back up these ideas.
Interpret characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions and back this up with evidence from the text.
Identify how language, structure and presentation affect meaning.
Discuss and assess the author’s use language, and consider the impact on the reader.
Tell the difference between statements of fact and statements of opinion.
Pick out, write down and present information from non-fiction texts.
Explain, discuss and present what I have read, focusing on a topic and using notes when necessary.
Support my ideas with evidence.

Speaking and Listening

Listen and respond appropriately to adults and other people my age.
Ask relevant questions to increase my understanding and knowledge.
Use different ways to expand my vocabulary.
Explain and justify my own answers, arguments and opinions.
Describe, explain and narrate for different purposes in a structured way, including expressing feelings.
Pay attention and take part in conversations with others, staying on topic and making and responding to comments.
Use spoken language to suggest ideas and explanations, and explore my imagination and ideas.
Speak clearly and fluently, increasingly using Standard English.
Take part in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates.
Gain, keep and monitor the interest of people’s contributions.
Assess different viewpoints and build on other people’s contributions.
Choose and use appropriate registers (e.g. formal or informal speaking) to communicate effectively.

Writing – Transcription

Learn more prefixes and suffixes and know how to add them to words.
Spell some words with silent letters.
Tell the difference between homophones and other words that are commonly confused.
Use knowledge of other words to spell new words and understand that the spelling of some words needs to be learnt specifically.
Use a dictionary to check the spelling and meaning of words.
Use the first three or four letters of a word to find the spelling and meaning of a word in a dictionary.
Use a thesaurus.
Write clearly and quickly by choosing the right shapes of letters and knowing when and how to join them.
Choose the most suitable writing tool for the task.

Writing – Composition

Plan my writing by identifying the audience and purpose, and use this to choose the most appropriate form. I can use similar writing I have read to help me.
Note down and develop initial ideas and carry out extra reading or research if needed.
Plan my own narratives by looking at how other authors have developed characters and setting.
Choose appropriate grammar and vocabulary and understand how these choices affect meaning.
Describe settings, characters and atmosphere in narratives and insert dialogue to reveal more about a character and move the story along.
Summarise longer passages.
Build cohesion within and across paragraphs using a range of devices.
Use layout features to structure a text and guide the reader.
Evaluate my writing and other people’s writing.
Suggest changes to grammar, vocabulary and punctuation to create effects and clarify meaning.
Ensure a piece of writing consistently uses the correct tense.
Check a piece of writing, using intonation, volume and actions to make the meaning clear.

Writing – Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation

Recognise vocabulary and structures used in formal speech and writing, including subjunctive forms.
Use passive verbs to affect how information is presented in a sentence.
Use the perfect form of verbs to show relationships of time and clause.
Use expanded noun phrases to express complicated information concisely.
Use modal verbs or adverbs to show degrees of possibility.
Use relative clauses beginning with ‘who’, ‘which’, ‘where’, ‘when’, ‘whose’ or ‘that’ or where a relative pronoun has not been included.
Use commas to make meaning clear and avoid ambiguity in my writing.
Use hyphens to avoid ambiguity.
Use brackets, dashes or commas to indicate extra information.
Use semi-colons and dashes to separate independent clauses.
Use and understand grammatical terminology when discussing what I have read and written.

Maths

Mathematics Curriculum
Number and Place Value Read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1 000 000 and determine the value of each digit Count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1 000 000 Interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers through zero Round any number up to 1 000 000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10 000 and 100 000 Solve number problems and practical problems that involve all of the above Read Roman numerals to 1000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals. Calculations Use standard written methods to add numbers. Use standard written methods to subtract numbers. Add and subtract numbers mentally. Round numbers to check my answers, and I can check that my answers are sensible. Recognise and use square and cube numbers. Identify multiples of numbers. Find factor pairs of a number and the common factors of two numbers Recognise prime numbers up to 100 and find the prime factors of numbers. Multiply and divide a whole number or decimal by 10, 100 or 1000. Solve problems by multiplying and dividing in my head. Multiply three and four-digit number by a two-digit number Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Write thousandths as fractions or decimals. Recognise and write fractions that are equivalent to each other. Compare fractions and order them by their size. Swap between mixed numbers and improper fractions. Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator. Add and subtract fractions by finding a common denominator.	(Fractions, Decimals continued) Multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers. Read and write decimals as fractions. Round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest whole number with up to 3 decimal places. Know what % means and I can write percentages and decimals Solve problems that involve fractions, decimals and percentages. Measurement Measure and calculate the area of squares and rectangles and use units like cm² and m³. Estimate volume and capacity. Solve problems involving money and measurements. Geometry Recognise 3D shapes from their plans and elevation and nets. Know that angles are measured in degrees. Estimate angles, and use a protractor to measure them. Use a protractor to draw angles and can identify acute, obtuse, reflex and right angles. Know that angles at a point add up to 360º and that angles on a straight line add up to 180º. Know that angles at a quarter turn add up to 90º and that angles at a three-quarter turn add up to 270º. Use my knowledge of rectangles to work out the length of missing sides and the size of missing angles. Identify whether a polygon is regular or irregular based on its sides and its angles. Draw where a shape will be after it has been reflected in a mirror line. Identify and draw where a shape will be after it has been translated. Describe translations. Statistics Solve problems using data from a line graph. Complete, read and interpret information in tables and timetables.

Mathematics Curriculum

Number and Place Value

Read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1 000 000 and determine the value of each digit
Count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1 000 000
Interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers through zero
Round any number up to 1 000 000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10 000 and 100 000
Solve number problems and practical problems that involve all of the above
Read Roman numerals to 1000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals.

Calculations

Use standard written methods to add numbers.
Use standard written methods to subtract numbers.
Add and subtract numbers mentally.
Round numbers to check my answers, and I can check that my answers are sensible.
Recognise and use square and cube numbers.
Identify multiples of numbers.
Find factor pairs of a number and the common factors of two numbers
Recognise prime numbers up to 100 and find the prime factors of numbers.
Multiply and divide a whole number or decimal by 10, 100 or 1000.
Solve problems by multiplying and dividing in my head.
Multiply three and four-digit number by a two-digit number
Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

Write thousandths as fractions or decimals.
Recognise and write fractions that are equivalent to each other.
Compare fractions and order them by their size.
Swap between mixed numbers and improper fractions.
Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator.
Add and subtract fractions by finding a common denominator.

(Fractions, Decimals continued)

Multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers.
Read and write decimals as fractions.
Round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest whole number with up to 3 decimal places.
Know what % means and I can write percentages and decimals
Solve problems that involve fractions, decimals and percentages.

Measurement

Measure and calculate the area of squares and rectangles and use units like cm² and m³.
Estimate volume and capacity.
Solve problems involving money and measurements.

Geometry

Recognise 3D shapes from their plans and elevation and nets.
Know that angles are measured in degrees.
Estimate angles, and use a protractor to measure them.
Use a protractor to draw angles and can identify acute, obtuse, reflex and right angles.
Know that angles at a point add up to 360º and that angles on a straight line add up to 180º.
Know that angles at a quarter turn add up to 90º and that angles at a three-quarter turn add up to 270º.
Use my knowledge of rectangles to work out the length of missing sides and the size of missing angles.
Identify whether a polygon is regular or irregular based on its sides and its angles.
Draw where a shape will be after it has been reflected in a mirror line.
Identify and draw where a shape will be after it has been translated.
Describe translations.

Statistics

Solve problems using data from a line graph.
Complete, read and interpret information in tables and timetables.

Subject Overview by Term

Subject	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Term 5	Term 6
Science	Earth and Space	Earth and Space	Forces	Living things and their Habitats	Properties and their Materials	Animals including Humans
Computing	Computing systems and their Networks	Creating Media	Programming A – Selection in Physical Computing	Data and Information	Creating Media	Programming B – Quizzes
RE (Oxford Diocese Long Term plan)	Do Sikhs need the Guru Granth Sahib?	Was Jesus the Messiah?	How far does the Mosque contribute to the Muslim concept of Ummah?	What did Jesus do to save humans?	What does it mean to live a good life?	What kind of King was Jesus?
History & Geography	Ancient Egyptians		North and South America	Comparative study of three regions	Crime and Punishment	The Rainforest
Art & DT	Sketching	Sewing	Printing	Wooden Frames	Pop Art	Cooking
PE	Gymnastics/Invasion games	Fun Fitness/Invasion games	Dance/Invasion games	OAA/Tennis	Striking games/athletics	Striking games/athletics
PSHE	Relationships		Living in the Wider World		Health and Wellbeing
Music	Music Express-Solar system Christmas Performance		Musical Performance including musical instruments		Music Express-At the Movies Celebration
MFL	On Holiday	Hobbies	Eating Out	School Trip	Seasons	Environment

Year 5 Fitness

Year 5 have been undertaking a variety of fitness activities thinking about how exercise effects our bodies and learning how to take and record their heart rates. One of the activities they did was fitness monopoly where they worked in groups, selecting a leader and carried out the exercises accordingly. …

Children’s Mental Health Week

For Children’s Mental Health Week, this year, the theme is all about GROWING TOGETHER – we thought about how much we have grown and how we see things differently as we get older. Everyone brought in something to share that helps them grow and express themselves. We then made a …

Year 5 Liddington Residential – October 2021

Year 5 had a fantastic residential at PGL, taking part in some adrenalin filled activities! We had so much fun, encouraging each other to try new things, reach new heights and get very wet when rafting! Well done everyone, you should be proud of your achievements.

Year 5

Year 5

Anthony Tugwell

Year 4 Class Teacher

Year 5 Events

Maths

Subject Overview by Term

Year 5 Fitness

Children’s Mental Health Week

Year 5 Liddington Residential – October 2021

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