Year 5 Overview

 

This half term we will be studying :

Part 2 of our topic: 'In Your Element’ 

 We will continue looking at the four elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. This will involve studying weather, including extreme weather - earthquakes, tsunamis, the Beaufort scale etc.

We will look at the history of the canal system, industrialisation and the famous engineers James Brindley and Thomas Telford. We will compare how canals have changed over time as well as innovative designs such as the Anderton Boat Lift and the Falkirk Wheel.

 Scientifically we will continue to look at forces, such as air and water resistance and gravity. Then we will study, research and design and make our own gears, levers and pulleys.

 

 

 

This half term we will be reading

'Mr William Shakespeare's plays' and 'Bravo Mr Shakespeare' by Marcia Williams

 These are both comic strip / narrative versions of the most famous plays by Shakespeare. The children will immerse themselves in one of the plays, experimenting with playscripts, drama, and the legacy of language the plays offer. They will also be looking at biographies of Shakespeare and building up fact files.

Our poetry study is based around 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes. we will look at narrative poems and explore the vocabulary as well as how many artists and musicians have interpreted the poem.

 

 
 
What When Due back and/or tested on
 Spelling  Monday Friday
 Times Tables  Monday Friday
 Maths / English  Monday Friday
 Reading
 
Dimensions Challenge
 Friday
 
Beginning of every half term
The following Friday
 
The end of every half term