Year Five - Schemes of Work
Autumn Term 2007

English

• Text:  short stories, looking in particular at openings and structure, study of Michael Morpurgo’s work; poetry
• Comprehension and creative writing will be based on the above genre of texts and more formal comprehension exercises will be taken from the textbook ‘Junior English’
• Class reader: The Wreck of the Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgo
• Personal reading will be monitored
• Sentence – Proof reading their own work, direct and reported speech, revise verbs, complex sentences, revise punctuation, adverbs
• Word – Violet Brand Spelling Made Easy, synonyms, plurals, prefixes, word roots

Mathematics

• Number – Addition/subtraction. Short multiplication and long division. Mental calculations and weekly tables tests. Estimation. Decimals/fractions. Rounding/place value. Percentages. Time.
  
• Problem Solving – Worded problems. Money and puzzles. Timetable and measurement problems. Polyominoes.
  
• Shape/space and measurement – Length, width, perimeter and area. Volume, capacity and weight. Horizontal, vertical, parallel and perpendicular lines. Triangles and quadrilaterals. Line and rotational symmetry. Prisms and pyramids.
  
• Handling data – co-ordinates, mean, timetables, collecting/tabulating data, scales, decision trees, provability, bar charts, line graphs and frequency graphs.

Science

• Safety rules.
• The Bunsen burner
• Changes of state
• The skeleton.
• Dissolving.
• Properties of Materials
• Changing Materials

French

• Cultural information.
  Learning to express personal information, opinions and feelings.
• Activities.
• Grammar – Present tense verbs (singular), adjectival agreement, prepositions
• School vocabulary.

Latin

• Basic Latin grammar, use of verbs and nouns.
• Introduction to Caecilius and his family.
  
• Map of Italy in Ancient Times.

History

• Tudor Monarchs.
  
• Everyday Tudor life and Tudor religion.

Geography

• Global knowledge – Names and locations of major relief features of the Earth; mountain chains, volcanoes, rivers, oceans etc. Atlas skills.
  
• Traffic problems – Different forms of transport. Road traffic. Traffic problems. Solving traffic problems.
• Coasts: Waves at work.  Beaches.
  

Religious Education

• Life in time of Jesus. Birth of Jesus / childhood. Faith. Jesus in the Temple.
• Christianity. Celebrations. Beliefs. Jesus as a Carpenter. Mary Magdelene. Baptism.
• Temptations. Parables. friends of Jesus.

Art

• Drawing & Painting – line, tone & colour.
• Mixed Media – texture and shape.
• Responding to music.

Design Technology

• Self-shutting gate – incorporating counterbalances.
• Bobbing toy – incorporating cams.

Information and Communication Technology

• Painting/drawing software – pictures combining shapes, using computer models to represent a real-life situation.

Music

• Regular singing and ear training sessions including preparation for the Carol Service.
• Performing skills: Class ensemble pieces with recorders and percussion. 
• Listening skills – Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky.
  

Physical Education

• Football, swimming, rugby, unihoc, netball, gymnastics and a variety of adventure activities.