Author: Anna Wightman

Year 5 Spring Term

Geography Topic: Sow, Grow and Farm

Topic key knowledge

Transport networks link places together and allow for the movement of people and goods. Transport networks are usually built where there is a high demand for the movement of people or goods. The journey that food travels from producer to consumer is measured in food miles. Agricultural land use in the UK can be divided into three main types, arable (growing crops), pastoral (livestock) and mixed (arable and pastoral).
An allotment is a small piece of land used to grow fruit, vegetables and flowers. Changes to the weather and climate (temperature, weather patterns and precipitation) can affect land use. Soil fertility, drainage and climate influence the placement and success of agricultural land. Farming is affected by the climate (typical weather), topography (shape of the land) and soil type of the farm’s location. Vegetation belts are areas where certain species of plant grow.

Writing text types

Non-fiction—Biographies
Fiction—Narrative—How to create atmosphere
How to use viewpoint in poetry—Free verse

Maths Units

Area and perimeter
Measurements including length, mass, capacity, time and money.
Prime numbers, factors, multiples, squared numbers, cubed numbers.
Volume
Multiplying and dividing fractions
Multiplying and dividing decimals

Science Units

Properties and changes in materials.
Asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them.
Setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests.

History

DT

Art

PSHE

RE

ICT

PE

French

Music

Dig for Britain—WWII.
Being resourceful with food recipes.
A fair share for everyone—rationing.
How imported goods were affected during the war.

Spring 1
Moving Mechanisms
A pneumatic system uses compressed air to exert a force.
Pneumatic systems can be used to lift heavy loads, raise and lower platforms or soften a force by acting as a shock absorber.
Testing a product against the design criteria will highlight anything that needs improvement or redesign.

Skill
Spring 2
Mixed Media Land & City Scapes
Explore how artists use a variety of media to capture spirit of the place. Focus upon exploratory work to discover mixed media combinations

Spring 1
Keeping Safe
Spring 2
Rights and Respect

Spring 1
Why should we be good?
Spring 2
What difference does the resurrection make to Christians?

Class Book

Maypole dancing
Hockey
Outdoor and adventure

Spring 1
Transport
How do you go to school
Directions
Spring 2
Going shopping—fruit, vegetables, clothes

Spring 1—Charanga
Classroom Jazz 1
Spring 2– Charanga
The Fresh Prince of
Bel-air

The Boy at the Back of the Class
By Onjali Q. Rauf

Purpose or hook

Planting vegetable seeds to grow and then harvest throughout the term.

Trips, or local visits, or visitors

Science Museum Trip—March
Christian Youth Organisation (CYO) A-cross the World.

Personal Development opportunities

Bikeability
Researching where food comes from around the world before reaching our tables.
Using public transport—linked to trip

Spring 1

Programming Music

E-Safety

Spring 2

E-Safety

Microbit
E-Safety
E-SD