Year 5 Scheme Overview

The Year 5 Scheme Overview outlines a structured and varied curriculum that spans across the academic year, integrating literature, poetry, and non-fiction with subject areas such as science, geography, and history. For Autumn 1, students delve into the imaginative world of Grahame Baker-Smith's 'Leon and the Place Between', complemented by Kit Wright's 'The Magic Box' for poetry, and non-fiction texts on earth and space. This period in the curriculum is linked to science, focusing on Earth and Space, and poses the learning challenge question, "Will we ever send another human to the moon?"

As the year progresses, students explore a range of core texts including 'Journey to Jo’burg' by Beverley Naidoo, 'The Lady of Shalott' by Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Michael Morpurgo's adaptation of 'Beowulf', each paired with relevant poetry and non-fiction resources. These literary pieces are strategically connected to historical themes like Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, geographical map skills, and scientific concepts such as forces and material changes. The curriculum also addresses significant historical figures and events, asking thought-provoking questions like "How has Nelson Mandela helped to stop discrimination?" and "Were the Vikings always victorious and vicious?" In the final terms, students read 'The Man who Walked Between the Towers' by Mordecai Gerstein and 'The Nowhere Emporium' by Ross Mackenzie, which inspire the learning challenges related to forces and creative world-building, respectively.