Welcome to Year 5!
Staff
Pine: Mr Ben Tweeddell
Poplar: Miss Jess Mead
Spruce: Miss Rebecca George
Other information
PE days
Spruce = Monday and Thursday
Poplar = Tuesday and Friday
Pine = Tuesday and Thursday
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New to Year 5 meeting 2026
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Curriculum Information
English
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Autumn 1
- Non chronological Reports: The World of the Unknown: Monsters The Book of Mythical Beasts and Magical Creatures
- Narrative: Cloud Tea Monkeys
- Poetry Cinquains: Where the Poppies Now Grow
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Autumn 2
- Narrative: The Promise
- Biographies: Stone Girl, Bone Girl;
- Fantastically Great Women who Changed the World; Women in science
Reading
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Autumn 1
Race to the Frozen North (non-fiction 3 weeks)
Shackleton’s Journey (non-fiction) (4 weeks)
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Autumn 2
Brockenspectre (fiction 5-6 weeks)
Maths
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Autumn 1
- 5LS1: Place value and rounding of larger numbers
- 5LS2: Interpret negative numbers
- 5LS3: Place value of numbers with up to 3 decimal places
- 5LS4: Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1,000
- 5LS5: Properties of number – multiples, factors, and common factors
- 5LS6: Prime and composite numbers
- 5LS7: Multiply and divide mentally
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Autumn 2
- 5LS8: Solve Problems Involving Knowledge of Key Facts
- 5LS9: Add and Subtract Using a Range of Strategies
- 5LS10: Add and Subtract Using Formal Written Methods
- 5LS11: Formal Written Method for Multiplication
- 5LS12: Formal Written Method of Short Division
- 5LS13: Equivalent Fractions
Science
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Autumn 1
Properties and changes of material -
Autumn 2
Forces
History/Geography
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Autumn 1
History
Were the Vikings raiders, traders or something else?
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Autumn 2
Geography
What is life like in the Alps?
Art and Design/Design Tech
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Autumn 1
Drawing; Depth, emotion and movement
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Autumn 2
Gears and pulleys/ food tech
Music
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Autumn 1
Africa
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Autumn 2
Vikings
PE
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Autumn 1
Gymnastics
Swimming
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Autumn 2
Swimming
Fitness
Computing
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Autumn 1
Computing systems and networks- systems and searching
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Autumn 2
Creating media- video production
RSHE
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Autumn 1
Families and relationships
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Autumn 2
Health and Wellbeing
RE
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Autumn 1
Why do people have to stand up for what they believe in?
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Autumn 2
Why doesn't Christianity always look the same?
ML (French)
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Autumn 1
Me and my friends at school
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Autumn 2
Time in the city
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