Year 5

1
Year 5

• Autumn 1 - How Great is Britain?
• This term, our overall topic will be exploring
  Wales and how it is makes up Great Britain.
• We will explore its country, how it is governed,
  its people and much more!

2
Literacy

• This term will be mainly linked to our How Great
  in Britain topic.
• We will be investigating informational text and
  producing our own about Wales.
• We will be reading Welsh legends and creating our
  own mysterious and thrilling legends.

3
Maths

• Throughout Autumn, Year 5 will be focusing on
  Number and the number system. We will explore and
  compare place value.
• Children will be practising reading and writing
  numbers as words and in digits. We will
  consolidate addition and subtraction strategies,
  solving problems and giving explanations for our
  methods.
• We will complete weekly mental maths challenges.

4

• Geography
• Our focus is looking at the Local area and
  understanding how we have human and physical
  features in our environment. We will further
  develop mapping skills and understand the
  habitats within our area. We will make
  comparisons between different environments in
  Wales.

• Science
• This term we will be learning about life cycles
  of living things including plants. We will be
  exploring how living things develop over time and
  reproduce. We will also learn about prominent
  naturalists and scientists.

5

• Religious Education
• Our first topic will explore Ourselves and how we
  can become proud of the qualities we have and how
  we show these to others. We will look at how we
  show the Church through ourselves and our
  beliefs.

6

• Art / DT
• Children will be exploring textiles and creating
  artwork using fabrics. Your child will also get
  the opportunity to practise stitching. By the end
  of the unit, children will have created a
  stitched piece of work based on Beddgelert a
  Welsh legend.

Physical Education Our focus for PE is basketball
this term. On Tuesday, children will taking part
in sessions led by The Jamie Carragher football
coach.
7
SEAL British Values

• We will be covering the topic British Values We
  will explore democracy and how we can create a
  fair society. We will look at tolerance and
  respecting others around us.
• Throughout this first term, we will also be
  electing and voting for our new pupil councillors
  with elections starting in class and then onto
  whole school elections!