Transcript PowerPoint Presentation - Aloeric Primary School

Discovery:
During their unit on the Ancient Greeks, the children
will:
• Think and question like a historian, exploring
different kinds of historical sources.
• Check the fascinating myths of the Trojan War and
the Minotaur against primary sources and record a
Mythbusters radio show.
• Research the lost city of Atlantis using a variety of
means.
• Consider what it was it like to go to school in
Ancient Greece. Appreciate the role of education in
the lives of the Ancient Greeks. Learn about their
school days, as well as some of the great thinkers of
this period!
• Learn about the development of democracy from its
creation in Ancient Greece to systems used today.
During their unit on the Ancient Romans, the
children will:
• Learn about the history of Rome – legend and fact –
and understand where in Europe Rome is, and how
the Romans came to extend their influence and
create such a large and influential empire.
• Learn about life in Britain before the Romans
arrived and how the arrival of the Roman armies
affected the Celtic tribes. Take on different jobs and
roles in a Celtic village. Debate whether to resist or
collaborate and create Celtic shields.
• Role play a Roman invasion.
• Understand the power and organisation of the
Roman army and ask and answer historically
relevant questions about why it was so successful.
• Decide whether it was better for the Celts to
collaborate or resist the Romans – what advantages
were there to collaboration?
Year 5 Curriculum
Newsletter
Term 1 - 2016
Maths:
Place value to 1,000,000
• read, write, order and compare numbers at least to 1,000,000 and
determine the value of each digit
• count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10
Mental addition and subtraction
• add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including
column addition and subtraction
• add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers
• solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts
Factors of numbers and prime numbers
• identify multiples and factors
• multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10,
100 and 1000
• solve problems involving multiplication
• know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and
composite (non-prime) numbers
• establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers
up to 19
Using multiplication and division facts
• multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing upon known facts
• solve problems involving multiplication and division, including scaling by
simple fractions and problems involving simple rates
Angles
• know angles are measured in degrees; estimate and compare acute,
obtuse and reflex angles
• draw given angles, and measure them in degrees (º)
Length, perimeter and area
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convert between different units of measure
measure and calculate the perimeter of composite shapes in centimetres
and metres
English:
Significant authors- Roald Dahl
• use relative clauses
• use commas correctly, including to clarify
meaning, avoid ambiguity and to indicate
parenthesis
• use correct punctuation to indicate speech
Non-fiction- Newspaper report
• use adverbials of time, space and number
• use commas correctly, including to indicate
parenthesis
• use past and present tense verbs
appropriately and recognise the difference
• use the perfect form of verbs
Slam Poetry
• recognise vocabulary and structures
appropriate for formal and written speech
• distinguish the difference between written
and spoken speech, including the use of
contractions
• use correct punctuation to indicate speech
PE
Netball - The children will learn the skills of
passing, shooting, defending and attacking
before applying these skills in game situations.
Gymnastics - The children will demonstrate a
range of shapes during flight, counterbalances,
transferring sequences to apparatus and
develop methods of rolling and jumping .
PSHE:
Computing:
blogging.
This term we will be focusing on Internet safety and
Our Happy School
The children will be taught about their rights
and responsibilities for the learning
environment and that they are valued and how
to develop themselves.