Year 5

Welcome to our Year 5 Curriculum page 

Welcome to Year 5! We are all looking forward to a year when we will be working hard, celebrating our achievements and making sure the children are ready at the end of the year for Year 6.

The Year 5 team are really looking forward to a wonderful and exciting year and we know you will have a fantastic year with us. We have many interesting learning journeys to take which have been carefully crafted to ensure you will have a year of high-quality learning. We are excited to begin the next chapter of our Opening Worlds learning in History, Geography and RE. 

In Geography, we will start off the school year learning about Why is California so thirsty? In term 2 our focus is on Oceans. For term 3, we study Migration. In term 4, children will learn about North and South America. In term 5, our focus will be the Amazon. Finally, in term 6, we'll finish the year studying Interconnected Amazon. 

In History, from Terms 1 to 6, we will be studying: the round city: Baghdad, Anglo-Saxon Britain, Lady of Mercians, Norse Culture, Changing rulers, Changing worlds and a local history study.

In RE, for Terms 1 and 2 we will be continuing our study of the Muslim religion. This will be followed by learning about Christianity in Terms 3 and 4. The year will finish with a focus on Buddhism during Terms 5 and 6.

In Science, we will be starting a new curriculum in year 5. This year we will cover Changes of Materials, Animals including Humans, Forces, Living Things and their Habitats, Earth and Space and The Scientific Method. This new curriculum has been designed by experts and will build on children's prior knowledge with some fantastic investigations along the way!

Please take a look at our subject overview for additional subjects.

It's going to be a very busy year and the Year 5 team are excited to welcome you and your families to Year 5.

Curriculum Overview