Year 5 2016 Autumn Term: 1) Why are Brazil and the rainforests in the news again? 2) Could you be the next CSI Investigator? 3) Why should Gunpowder, Treason and Plot never be forgotten?

Literacy Numeracy Science Narrative – Traditional Stories (Fables, Myths and Legends) Non-Fiction – Chronological Reports Produce project on selected country and associated Myth/Legend Key skills: Composition and effect Paragraphing and the flow of writing Punctuation and Grammar Place Value, ordering, rounding. Understanding + and -. Money and ‘real life’ problems. Making decisions and checking results. Handling Data. Using a calculator. Shape and space. Reasoning about shapes. Measures, including Mental and paper strategies for + and -. Understanding multiplication. Fractions. Decimals. Numeracy Science As part of ‘‘Could you be the next CSI Investigator?’ (solids, liquids and gases)

Computing Geography and History Art R.E. Design & Technology P.E. As part of ‘Why are Brazil and the rainforests in the news again?’ and ‘Why should gunpowder, treason and plot never be forgotten?’ Computing ‘We are bloggers’ & ‘We are web developers’ Project research Art Incorporated into topics! R.E. The Bible and the Christian Faith throughout the Globe Design & Technology P.E. Incorporated into topics! Striking & fielding games & Dance (samba) Music Charanga : “Don’t Stop Believin’ “ French Speaking and Listening

Key Curriculum Resources Literacy and Numeracy (Given out on Friday to be handed in on Wednesday) Personal Spellings (list of common misspelt words plus their own individual lists to learn…watch this space!) Times tables (ask your child!) READ, READ, READ! Mr Greenwood & Miss Shipley Homework Key Curriculum Resources and websites: We may ask for your support in helping your child with this term in different ways. Please support and advise your child with your interest, experiences and enthusiasm, but do not complete the work on his or her behalf! We have included some of the recommended websites to support the homework tasks and independent research activities. Your child has been encouraged to explore other sources of information, including books from their local library. Please visit our website for further links. Websites: www.primaryresources.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/ http://library.thinkquest.org/13238 http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6286 http://library.thinkquest.org/29064 http://library.thinkquest.org/28947 Greek mythology. http://library.thinkquest.org/J001532 http://library.thinkquest.org/C005417/ http://library.thinkquest.org/25535/ http://library.thinkquest.org/J002356F http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~cvera/aplicacion/telemaque/carte/old-index.html www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6946/mythology www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/mythology/mythology.html www.afroam.org/children/myths/myths.html www.akasha.demon.co.uk/norse.htm