Year 5 - Autumn Term

History: Dynamic Dynasties

In Dynamic Dynasties, your child will learn about periods of ancient Chinese history. They will explore a timeline of the first five Chinese dynasties and learn about the legends surrounding the beginning of Chinese civilisation. They will take a deep dive into the history of the Bronze Age Shang Dynasty and explore evidence found in the ancient city of Yin. They will study oracle bones, learn about religious beliefs and explore bronze artefacts that set the Shang Dynasty apart from other civilisations. They will also study the hierarchy of the Shang Dynasty and discover who was powerful and who was powerless. They will look at warfare and find out how bronze technology gave the Shang Dynasty an advantage over their enemies. They will learn about the life of the great military leader, Fu Hao. The children will then look at significant aspects of life after the Shang Dynasty, including the work of Confucius in the Zhou Dynasty, the short but significant reign of Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin Dynasty and the importance of the Silk Road created by the Han Dynasty. To end the project, your child will find out how ancient China’s lasting legacy can be seen in the world today.

English: Reading

Autumn 1:

Autumn 2:

English: Writing

Skills: See National Curriculum for Year 5

Text Types:

Character Description
Retell
Diary entry
Non-Chronological Report
Retell with suspense
Limericks

Maths

Geography: Investigating Our World

This essential skills and knowledge project teaches children about locating map features using a range of methods. They learn about the Prime Meridian, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and worldwide time zones and study interconnected climate zones, vegetation belts and biomes. Children learn about human geography and capital cities worldwide before looking at the UK motorway network and settlements. They carry out an enquiry to identify local settlement types. Your child will study Ordnance Survey maps to write a description of the local area. They will learn about contour lines and revise six-figure grid references to locate features on maps.

Science: Forces & Mechanisms, Earth & Space

Forces & Mechanisms: This project teaches children about the forces of gravity, air resistance, water resistance and friction, with children exploring their effects. They learn about mechanisms, their uses and how they allow a smaller effort to have a greater effect.

Earth & Space: This project teaches children about our Solar System and its spherical celestial bodies. They describe the movements of the Earth and the other planets relative to the Sun, the Moon relative to Earth, and the Earth's rotation to explain day and night.

Art:

Taotie

This project teaches children about the significance and art of the taotie motif, including ancient and contemporary casting methods.

Design & Technology: Moving Mechanisms

This project teaches children about pneumatic systems. They experiment with pneumatics before designing, making and evaluating a pneumatic machine that performs a useful function.

Music - Charanga

Autumn 1 Project: Livin' On A Prayer

Knowledge Organiser Livin' On A Prayer

Autumn 2 Project: Classroom Jazz 1

Knowledge Organiser Classroom Jazz 1

Computing

Unit 1: Computing Systems & Networks: Search Engines. In this unit, pupils will understand how search engines work and develop searching skills to find relevant and accurate information online.

Unit 2: Data Handling: Mars Rover 1. In this unit pupils will identify how the Mars Rover collects different types of data and transmits this back to Earth using binary code.

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