1. Fantastic Florida Year 5 – Term 1 English Poetry
Writing and directing an advertisment – using persuasive language
Journal writing
Grammar focus – subject and verb agreement, use of adjectives, revisiting clauses, use of cohesion in paragraphs.
Spelling – learning strategies and rules
Year 5 – Term 1
Mathematics
Place Value
Number Sequences
Written and mental strategies for addition and subtraction
Multiplying by 10, 100, 1000 including decimals and fractions
Whole school focus week - fractions
Science
Classification
Stages in a life cycle (plant, human and animal)
Using simple models to describe scientific ideas
Music
Listening and composition skills
Fantastic Florida PE
Invasion games – developing skills
Dance – street dance – composition, improvisation, adaptation and performing dances to an audience.
Art / DT
Sketching skills – use of tone, detail, pattern and shading.
Design and make own Florida cocktails using oranges!
Geography
Using globes, atlases and digital maps to locate Florida and some of it’s physical features.
Tourism – Florida Keys
Economy – oranges
Coastline and marine life – turtles
Weather and climate – hurricanes
Comparisons with our locality
PSHE
Rights and Responsibilities, Feeling valued and working well in a group. RE
Sikhism – how far would a Sikh go for his or her faith?
Computing
Creating an advertisement
Using the internet for research.
General computer skills – creating and handling documents.