Year 5 2014 Spring Term: 1) Is developing technology a good thing? 2) Could humans live on other planets in our solar system?

Non-Fiction – Instructions (Gadgets from Stormbreaker) Literacy Narrative – Novels and Stories by Significant Authors (Stormbreaker: Anthony Horowitz) Film Narrative Non-Fiction – Instructions (Gadgets from Stormbreaker) 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 Keeping Healthy

I.C.T. Geography and History Art R.E. Design & Technology P.E. Music What can we learn about recent history from studying the life of a famous person? Investigating Coasts I.C.T. Evaluating information, checking accuracy and questioning plausibility Planets database Controlling Devices (Mars Rover / Logo) Art Containers R.E. Unifying Theme 3: Buildings - Islam Design & Technology P.E. Musical Instruments Dance/Gymnastics 5-a-day Music Charanga : Reggae (Three Little Birds) French Speaking and Listening

Key Curriculum Resources Homework Friday - Literacy and Numeracy homework (to be handed in on Wednesday) Monday – Spellings homework (to be learnt for a quiz on Friday) 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. 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