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Welcome to the Year 5 Kingfishers Class WebPage which was last updated on Friday 4th May 2012.
Summer Topics 2012
Instead of sending home the usual class curriculum letters this term, this topic information was published in our weekly newsletter on Thursday 26th April 2012. All classes will be studying The Diamond Jubilee this half term and The Olympic Games after half term. It is fairly safe to say that most people will only see one royal diamond jubilee in their lifetime and it will be many years before the Olympic Games are held in the United Kingdom again. So, we have decided to focus on these two special events during the summer term.
Each class teacher has planned a special range of activities, events and celebrations during the next few weeks – and much more information (including photographs) will be given in our newsletters on a weekly basis.
We are placing an even greater emphasis on ensuring that, in addition to our daily English and Maths lessons, essential English and Maths skills, understanding and knowledge are also covered through an even wider range of topic and additional curriculum work. Every opportunity for the children to make use of and develop their ICT skills is being provided – with an exciting range of activities planned through our special summer topics.
English & Maths Curriculum Information for Year 5
ENGLISH
Speak and listen for a range of purposes on paper and on screen
Strand 3 Group discussion and interaction
Plan and manage a group task over time using different levels of planning.
Understand different ways to take the lead and support others in groups.
Understand the process of decision making.
Strand 4 Drama
Reflect on how working in role helps to explore complex issues.
Use and recognise the impact of theatrical effects in drama.
Read for a range of purposes on paper and on screen
Strand 6 Word structure and spelling
Spell words containing unstressed vowels.
Group and classify words according to their spelling patterns and their meanings.
Strand 7 Understanding and interpreting texts
Make notes on and use evidence from across a text to explain events
or ideas.
Explore how writers use language for comic and dramatic effects.
Strand 8 Engaging with and responding to texts
Compare how a common theme is presented in poetry, prose and other media.
Write for a range purposes on paper and on screen
Strand 9 Creating and shaping texts
Reflect independently and critically on own writing and edit and improve it.
Adapt non-narrative forms and styles to write fiction or factual texts, including poems.
Strand 12 Presentation
Use a range of ICT programs to present texts, making informed choices of which electronic tools to use for different purposes.
Speak and listen for a wide range of purposes
in different contexts
Strand 1 Speaking
Present a spoken argument, sequencing points logically, defending views with evidence and making use of persuasive language.
Strand 2 Listening and responding
Identify some aspects of talk that vary between formal and informal occasions.
Strand 3 Group discussion and interaction
Plan and manage a group task over time using different levels of planning.
Understand different ways to take the lead and support others in groups.
Strand 4 Drama
Perform a scripted scene making use of dramatic conventions.
Use and recognise the impact of theatrical effects in drama.
Read for a range of purposes on paper and on screen
Strand 6 Word structure and spelling
Spell words containing unstressed vowels.
Know and use less common prefixes and suffixes such as im-, ir-, -cian.
Group and classify words according to their spelling patterns and their meanings.
Strand 7 Understanding and interpreting texts
Compare different types of narrative and information texts and identify how they are structured.
Explore how writers use language for comic and dramatic effects.
Strand 8 Engaging with and responding to texts
Compare how a common theme is presented in poetry, prose and other media.
Write for a range purposes on paper and on screen
Strand 9 Creating and shaping texts
Reflect independently and critically on their own writing and edit and improve it.
Adapt non-narrative forms and styles to write fiction or factual texts,
including poems.
Strand 10 Text structure and organisation
Experiment with the order of sections and paragraphs to achieve
different effects.
Strand 11 Sentence structure and punctuation
Adapt sentence construction to different text-types, purposes and readers.
Punctuate sentences accurately, including using speech marks and apostrophes.
Strand 12 Presentation
Use a range of ICT programs to present texts, making informed choices about which electronic tools to use for different purposes.
MATHS
Properties of number:
Understand the term ‘factor’; find factor pairs of numbers to 100. Know and apply tests of divisibility. Place value - Recognise negative numbers by counting back below 0.
Order a set of positive and negative numbers
Understanding x and ÷
Mental calculation strategies for (x and ÷)
Pencil and paper procedures for (x and ÷)
Making decisions and checking results.
Rehearse multiplying HTU x U using informal written methods.
Multiply HTU x U and TU x TU using a written method.
Pencil and paper procedures for (x and ÷)
Money and 'real life' problems Making decisions and checking results.
Shape and space
Fractions, decimals and percentages.
Reasoning about shapes.
Making decisions and checking results
Reasoning about numbers
Rehearse the concept of a remainder.
Rehearse dividing TU ¸ U using informal and standard written methods.
Divide HTU ¸ U using informal and standard written methods.
Solve word problems involving money using one or more steps.
Choose and use appropriate number operations to solve problems and appropriate ways of calculating.