English: NARRATIVE WRITING Ongoing work with Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar.

Can I start sentences with adverbs of possibility? Can I write accurate direct speech? Can I use modal verbs to strengthen my writing.

A study of the book ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ by Lynne Cherry. A study of the book ‘The Promise’ by Nicola Davies. Can I ask questions to improve my understand-

ing ?

Can I draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify inferences with evidence ?

Can I identify how language, structure and presen-tation contribute to meaning ?

Can I discuss and evaluate how authors use lan-guage, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader?

Can I explore themes in books and see how they relate to the world around me?

S.M.S.C. To understand ourselves and others in society, both locally and globally. To understand the importance of respecting and protecting the environment

Science: Is the ‘circle of life’ really a circle? Can I describe the differences in the life cycles

of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird?

Can I describe both sexual and asexual repro-duction in plants?

Am I aware of methods of seed dispersal? Can I see how environmental issues are threat-

ening the life cycles of animals? Am I aware of some endangered species and

why they are endangered?

Maths: MULTIPLCATION and DIVISION Can I multiplying using the Area model? Can I multiply up to 4 digits by 2 digits using a

formal method? Can I divide up to 4 digits by 1 digit using the for-

mal ‘bus-stop’ method? Am I comfortable dealing with remainders when

dividing? FRACTIONS: Can I use equivalent fractions? Can I work with improper fractions? Can I convert between improper fractions and

mixed numbers? Can I add and subtract fractions? Can I multiply unit and non-unit fractions? Can I find factions of an amount?

Learning Values: Determined to achieve our best, sustaina-bility, nurturing values, respectful and responsible, engaged.

Term: Spring 1 2021 Year Group: 5 Teachers: Mrs Allard, Mrs McCready, Ms Pile and Mr Rutherford

Writing outcomes: Great Kapok Tree Descriptive setting: The rainforest. Letter: from the animals to the logger. Diary : the logger relating his ‘dream’. Argument text: Deforestation of the Amazon Rain-forest. News report: Amazon fires The Promise Descriptive setting: the city. Fiction story: the sequel to the Promise.

Sustainability: Can I change the world?

Computing: Students will program a range of interac-tive ‘sustainability’ games using Scratch.: Can I design a character or backdrop? Can I design a set of instructions for a character first on paper then Scratch? Can I improve an existing game? Can I use animation to create a new game? Can I add scoring and levels to improve playability? https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/

codeclub/scratch-additional-projects

Art. Which artists have changed the World? Georgis Okeefe , Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama. Article 13 Every child must be free to express their thoughts and opinions as long as it is within the law.

Can I discuss, analyse and identify how different artists have represented nature considering the Art Movement at that time?

Can I create a traditional and digitalised ‘Still Life’ influenced by relevant artists?

Can I demonstrate an understanding of the Colour Wheel and what colours com-plement one another in order to create an effective composition?

R.E. What does Buddhism teach us about human experience?

Can I see how human experience is explained by Buddhism?

Can I understand how Buddhism pro-motes well-being?

Can I see how the Buddha developed Buddhism from his experiences?

Can I comment on the lessons that may be learned from Buddhism for all peo-ple?

Can I identify similarities between Bud-dhism and other religions?

DT: BIRD HIDES Why are birds essential to our World? Can I design, build and evaluate a min-iature bird hide. Can I: -build frameworks using a range of ma-terials- card, wood, corrugated plastic . –select the most appropriate way to join or secure materials to make their bird hide. -evaluate existing products in relation to their purpose and audience.

Music Can I Change the World?` Listening: Hans Zimmer ‘Earth’ Songs: ‘The Emerald Forest: Debbie Campbell ( selection) Performing: Can I

recognise the Intro/Verse/Chorus/Outro STRUCTURE of a popular song?

Identify the metre of different songs through recog-nising the pattern of strong and weak beats ?

Understand CONCORD and DISCORD – how the latter adds ‘bite’?

Combine a range of different sounds to compose a soundscape/ provide a film soundtrack?

Spanish: Revise days of the week link these to food topic. Consolidate food vocabulary—express opinions about food and discuss routines regarding mealtimes at home and school. (I love/me encanta, I like/me gusta, I don’t like/no me gusta, odia/I hate) Learn expressions of frequency below to help build sentences about food: siempre ways), normalmente (usually), a veces (sometimes), nunca (never).

P.E. Street and modern Dance How can we express

our feelings through

P.S.H.E. Respect for self and others

Do I understand how people are paid?

Do I know what does a pay check looks like?

Do I understand what it means to budget your money?

Do I understand why people migrate from their homes and move to another country?

Do I understand what a refugee is? Article 22 If a child is seeking refuge or has refugee status, governments must provide them with appro-priate protection and assistance to help them enjoy all the rights in the Convention Article 26 Every child has the right to benefit from social security. Governments must provide financial support and other benefits, to families in need.

sketchbook to show how ideas have been improved.

Stud

I can create an exploded diagram of my design. Sel

History/Geography: Sustainability Do we need to look after our world?

Year 5 will use a range of maps in order to answer these questions: Can I locate continents, oceans,

countries using longitude, lati-tude and grid references?

Do I know the key physical and human features of the following biomes: savannah, desert, polar regions and rainforest?

Can I relate the changing environ-ments around the world to human activity?

Can I discuss environmental issues around sustainability in the re-gions we have covered?