September 2017 Curriculum Newsletter Autumn 1 Dear Parent/Guardian, The areas of learning for Year 5L for the Autumn term are as follows: Theme English Maths History Early British Invasions Science-Fiction Our first application will involve the – The children will choose to learn This term we will a selection of children using Numeracy skills to about early British invasions by the Science-Fiction stories based on two be learned by a London Cab Anglo Saxons, the Scots and the great books by H.G. Wells The War driver! Including these: – Vikings. of the Worlds and The Time Machine. The children will learn the historical The children will learn what it means Negative numbers context for the invasions and study to write a Science-Fiction story and Place value to one million the sources of evidence about the use the research knowledge they Roman Numerals to one events. obtain from our Science topic of the thousand The children will be required to: Solar System. Column Addition and Sequence key events on a Subtraction with numbers of timeline The children will be planning, drafting, more than four digits Compare similarities and evaluating and rewriting their own Mental Maths adding and – differences and changes stories. They will learn to vary their subtracting using larger Explain the causes and sentences for effect. Organising their numbers effects of historic events writing in paragraphs around a Explain the significance of theme. Area of rectangles and irregular historic events shapes Philosophy Religious Education Physical Education This term the children will the We will have sessions that involve Why do some people think God gymnastic skills of Free Running philosophical enquiry based on a exists? and Total Ninja! suitable, thought-provoking, stimulus (this may be a photograph, story or This term the will learn more They will learn to build up their short film). about why Christians believe in core body strength through The children will be supported in God and why they don’t always exercise and fluid body their thinking, reasoning and find it easy. We will also learn movements. questioning and, afterwards, reflect about why other non-religious Then the children will design an on the quality and asked how they people do not believe in God. obstacle course that will help to could improve. They will be They will learn to explain the train and develop these muscles in encouraged to listen to each other views that people have on a fun and active way! and participate in the dialogue. believing or not believing in God. Then express their own ideas about what they believe the impact of believing or not believing in God.
September 2017 Curriculum Newsletter Autumn 1 Dear Parent/Guardian, The areas of learning for Year 5L for the Autumn term are as follows: Theme History – Early British Invasions The children will choose to learn about early British invasions by the Anglo Saxons, the Scots and the Vikings. The children will learn the historical context for the invasions and study the sources of evidence about the events. The children will be required to: Sequence key events on a timeline Compare similarities and differences and changes Explain the causes and effects of historic events Explain the significance of historic events English Science-Fiction This term we will a selection of Science-Fiction stories based on two great books by H.G. Wells – The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. The children will learn what it means to write a Science-Fiction story and use the research knowledge they obtain from our Science topic of the Solar System. The children will be planning, drafting, evaluating and rewriting their own stories. They will learn to vary their sentences for effect. Organising their writing in paragraphs around a theme. Maths Our first application will involve the children using Numeracy skills to be learned by a London Cab driver! Including these: Negative numbers Place value to one million Roman Numerals to one thousand Column Addition and Subtraction with numbers of more than four digits Mental Maths – adding and subtracting using larger numbers Area of rectangles and irregular shapes Philosophy We will have sessions that involve philosophical enquiry based on a suitable, thought-provoking, stimulus (this may be a photograph, story or short film). The children will be supported in their thinking, reasoning and questioning and, afterwards, reflect on the quality and asked how they could improve. They will be encouraged to listen to each other and participate in the dialogue. Religious Education Why do some people think God exists? This term the will learn more about why Christians believe in God and why they don’t always find it easy. We will also learn about why other non-religious people do not believe in God. They will learn to explain the views that people have on believing or not believing in God. Then express their own ideas about what they believe the impact of believing or not believing in God. Physical Education This term the children will the gymnastic skills of Free Running and Total Ninja! They will learn to build up their core body strength through exercise and fluid body movements. Then the children will design an obstacle course that will help to train and develop these muscles in a fun and active way!
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