Form 5: Curriculum Overview Spring Term English
Mathematics
History/ Geography
Science
Short stories - Spooky Stories
Number: Fractions
Victorians
Properties of materials
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Relative clauses with a variety of relative pronouns Investigate adverbials Develop the use of perfect form to indicate time/case Semi-colons to mark boundaries between main clauses Using ambitious adjectives to create atmosphere
Reports and Journalistic Writing • • • • •
Different ways of punctuating speech including reported and direct Comparing formal and informal writing Explore the how and when to use the passive and active voice Use modal verbs to indicate degrees of possibility Indicate grammatical features by using semi-colons and dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses
Playscripts - Shakespeare • •
Prefixes and suffixes in context of Shakespearean English Write and perform playscripts
Argument and Debate • • • • •
Using a wide variety of linguistic devices to create a compelling piece of persuasive writing Causel and contrasting conjunctions Adverbials for cohesion Using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity Practising performances of spoken language through debate
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Number: Decimals and Percentages • • • • • •
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Ambitious vocabulary to describe mystical and mysterious settings Using expanded noun phrases effectively and concise description
Decimals up to 2 decimal places Equivalent fractions and decimals Understand thousandths Order and compare any decimals with up to 3 decimal places Round to the nearest whole number and round to 1 decimal place Understand percentages as fractions and percentages as decimals
Measurement: Perimeter and Area • •
Perimeter of rectangles, rectilinear shapes and polygons Area of rectangles and compound shapes
Statistics • •
Draw, read and interpret line graphs Read and interpret tables, two-way tables and timetables
Geometry: Shape • • •
Stories in Faraway Places •
Multiply a unit fraction, non-unit fraction and mixed number by an integer Calculate a fraction of a quantity and a fraction of an amount Use fractions as operators
Measuring angles in degrees with a protractor Drawing lines and angles accurately Calculating angles on a straight line, around a point and in shapes
Geometry: Position and Direction • • •
Position in the first quadrant Reflection with coordinates Translation with coordinates
Measurement: Converting Units • •
Understanding kilograms and kilometres, milligrams and millilitres, metric units and imperial units Converting units of time
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Who was Queen Victoria? What was life like for a child in the 1840’s? What was Victorian schooling like? How did Victorian children entertain themselves? What was life in a factory like? How did the railways affect different people? Victorian school teacher visit
South America • • • • • •
Countries and capitals Location of major cities, human & physical features of the continent Location of major rainforests in the world Structure of the rainforest and animals that live in each layer Effects of deforestation in the rainforest: on people, animals and plants Contrasting environments: river, mountain and desert
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Describe the properties of different materials Compare the properties and uses of different materials for different tasks Explore extracting useful substances from natural resources Explore materials which can be extracted from crude oil; explain the importance of carbon compounds in our lives Explore the thermal conductivity of materials to improve energy efficiency in buildings or other systems
Living things and their habitats • • • • •
Understand the life processes of a plant Understand the life cycle of mammals Compare the life cycle of insects and amphibians Understand the life cycle of birds and reptiles Research and present the life cycle of a specific creature