Year 5
Teaching Team
Mr Ben Crouch
(Class Teacher)
Miss Anna Garrott
(Teaching Partner)
Autumn Term (I)
We Have Lift Off!
Children will explore and be inspired by the solar system in our topic ‘We Have Lift Off! ’. Through a variety of cross-curricular learning activities, children will develop their knowledge of the moon, the Earth, and other planets, identify the links between them and secure their understanding of the impact this has on todays world and our way of living. Science and scientific knowledge acquired will be creatively linked with art & design and design & technology as children discover how space has inspired so many and continues to inspire as humans seek to voyage into our solar system and beyond. Building on prior learning and skills, children will revise the history of space travel and study the lives of significant individuals, therefore continuing to subtly develop skills in chronology and enquiry through their focused learning.
Autumn Term (II)
Beyond the Stars
Continuing with a space-based theme, children will apply their prior knowledge and develop their understanding of space even further through a more practical and digitally based unit of work. Children will experience and actively participate in an incredible STEM Lego Robotics Workshop, in which they will combine Science, Design and Computing, which will take them ‘beyond the stars’ and support them to gain an understanding into current cutting-edge technology. Using their understanding of forces, the children will work collaboratively to design, make and fault-test their own space themed pop up book; assembling the components necessary for all their structures and mechanisms. We will conclude this exciting unit with a Mars Rover Design Competition, with a special guest presiding over the judging…
Spring Term (I)
Traders & Raiders
Join us as we travel back in time to learn about the Anglo-Saxons in our topic ‘Traders, Raiders and Settlers’. During his exciting period of British history, the children will step into the shoes of experts to find out about the first Anglo-Saxon traders, raiders and settlers and explore what life was like for them, before examining and interpreting artefacts and sources from the time to learn about their culture and the impact that this diverse society has had on Britain today. Children will develop skills that will enable them to enquire and dig deeper into directed aspects as well areas of individual interest. Children will also have the opportunity to apply their knowledge of the Anglo-Saxons creatively through art & design.
Spring Term (II)
Traders, Raiders and Settlers
Once the life and culture of the Anglo-Saxon traders, raiders and settlers has been established, children will begin to develop their knowledge and understanding of how their settlements have changed and developed over time. What did settlements of the past look like? What might settlements of the future look like? Discover with us as we draw on prior knowledge to understand what settlers needed in order to survive, how this informed the development and evolution of a settlement and how land surrounding the settlement was, is and might be used. We will once again step into the shoes of the experts to interrogate the environmental impact that has arisen from settlement development and change in land-use over time, using our local area as a case study to learn from and debate.
Summer Term (I)
Mysterious Maya
Summer Term (II)
