1. Curriculum Overview for Class 5 – Term 3
English FictionText: Ice Palace
Consider how authors develop characterisation and setting and use language for dramatic effect
Recognise and use figurative language
Use techniques to develop setting and characterisation including dialogue
Recognise and use techniques to develop tension and suspense
Write an information text about a planet
Skills: Adverbials of time, manner, place, reason, duration and direction; Modal verbs; Relative clauses; Direct and indirect speech
Measure & calculate perimeter & find unknown lengths
Find area of rectangles and compound shapes
Estimate & approximate area
Multiply 4-digits by 1-digit
Multiply 2-digits (area model)
Multiply 2-digits by 2-digits
Multiply 3-digits by 2-digits
Multiply 4-digits by 2-digits
Divide 4-digits by 1-digit
Divide with remainders
Art & Design
Create pastel and chalk pictures of the solar system.
Geography
Understand the different geographical regions of The Americas
Compare the physical geography of The Americas and the UK
Compare the climate of The Americas and the UK
Understand the position and significance of longitude and latitude including time zones
Compare the human geography of an area in The Americas and the UK
Physical Education
Dodgeball, throwing, catching, ball evasion, Team Relays
Badminton, control, movement around court, passing, serving, smashing
Design & Technology
Making ‘cosmic’ cookies
Mathematics
History
Geography focus this term
Computing
Use text, photo, sound and video editing
I can refine and improve a programme
I can debug a programme and design an algorithm
I can collect, record and present data
I can stay safe when using the internet
I can research information .
Modern Languages
Numbers
Time
Age
Using a bilingual dictionary
Science
Create a scaled solar system model
Describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system
Use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night & the apparent movement of the sun across the sky
Describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth
Music
Respond to and analyse the mood of Mars from The Planets by Gustav Holst.
Compose and perform music, including an ostinato pattern, adding dynamic through the use of crescendos and diminuendos.
Religious Education
Are Sikh stories important today?
PSHE
Dreams and goals