Ferney Lee Primary School

Welcome to Year 5!

What are we learning in Autumn 2?

In our first half term, our Historical enquiry question is:

'Were the Vikings really vicious?' In our history lessons, we will explore where the Vikings came from and when they came to England. Year 5 will learn about longboats, longhouses, Viking beliefs and much more!

In English, we will complete a recount of 'Harker's Letter from Dracula. This unit focusses heavily on the key skills learnt in our PVPG unit of work of being able to punctuate and build single clause and multi-clause sentences successfully and will consolidate grammatical language.

In Maths, we will focus on 4 units: Addition and subtraction, Graphs and Tables, Multiplication and Division and Area and perimeter.

In Science, we will explore, ‘Earth and Space’ by answering the enquiry question, 'What is in our solar system?'.

In DT, we are delving into 'Moving mechanisms’' where we discover how to make booklets and cards move in exciting ways.

In Music, we will be completing the unit 'Looping and Remixing' using both body percussion and electronic looping.

In PSHE/RHE, we will answer the question, 'How can we identify our strengths and set meaningful goals?'

In RE, we will continue our unit called, ‘Why are some places and journeys special?' before moving onto the christian celebration of Christmas.

In PE,  the children will complete the PE PRO football unit.

In French, we will use our knowledge from the first half of our unit in ‘French Monster Pets’ to write an extended paragraph in French.

In Computing, we will learn about Mars Rovers which explores the history of the rovers that have been sent into space, a brief introduction to the technology behind them and binary code.

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Our Learning from Autumn 1

In our first half term, our Geographical enquiry question is:

'What makes the counties of the UK unique?' In our Geography lessons, we will discover different counties, their history and landmarks. We will explore the landscape, weather and soil health and how it relates to farming across different counties.

In English, we will complete a Place Value of Punctuation and Grammar unit concentrating on different nouns, verbs and clauses to create accurate sentence structure.For our class text, we will be reading, ‘Coraline' by Neil Gaiman. 

In Maths, we will learn about the Place Value of numbers up to 100,000, which includes rounding, ordering, comparing and representing numbers in different ways. 

In Science, we will explore, ‘Properties and Changes in Materials’ by answering the enquiry question, 'Can all materials change state?'.

In Art, we are delving into 'Monochromatic drawings’' where we focus on a variety of different drawing styles and artists and begin to develop our own artistic style. 

In Music, we will explore music through colour, inspired by the Holi festival of colour. 

In PSHE/RHE, we will answer the question, 'How can we manage and adapt to the changes in our friendships?'

In RE, we will begin the unit called, ‘Why are some places and journeys special?' . .  It includes pilgrimages and spiritual journeys as well as metaphorical journeys through faith. 

In PE,  we will focus on fundamental skills including speed, quickness and agility to prepare us for our PE units throughout the year.

In French, we will learn adjectives for describing our ‘French Monster Pets’ . We will focus on gender agreement as well as the use of the correct articles and pronouns.

In Computing, we will learn how to stay safe online.