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Curriculum Plan for Year 5

Autumn Term 2025

The children have enjoyed all aspects of this terms topic, The Space Race. Both classes have studied the history and development of the journeys to space, as well as learning about famous astronauts and scientists who helped launched us into the stratosphere. Over the course of the term, children have created a Blog of a fictional planet, written a biography of Neil Armstrong as well as detailing their journey to the fictional planet of Pandora. We have created our own planets in D.T, listened to Gustav Holst's collection of pieces "The Planet's" , and enjoyed a fantastic trip to The Space Centre. 

Spring Term 2026

This terms Geography focus is on the fragility of Earth. We debate if Earth is a safe place to live when natural disasters like earthquakes can be deadly. We use our knowledge of mountains, volcanoes and natural disasters to explore this topic. The children identify and understand the role of tectonic plates in relation to earthquakes and volcanoes. They will link this knowledge to a regional study at Mam Tor which faced historical and ongoing landslides. During their study, children will measure the windspeed at various points during their hike up Mam Tor and back in class use maps to identify how far above sea level Mam Tor lies. 

Summer Term 2026

The summer term will focus on stereotypes. We will look at gender stereotypes this term, in particular the suffragette movement .This will be followed by a focus on school and work environments. The second half of term will be focusing on disabilities, with a focus on how schools support everyone so that they can achieve their best as well as investigating why we have the paralympics and the achievements of the athletes who compete at the event.

Trips

Year 5 deepened their knowledge and curiosity at the Space Centre in Leicester in the Autumn term. We got to see model rockets, learn lots more about the space race and even had a trip through the solar system at the planetarium. 

In the Spring term they will brave the wilderness, venturing out for an expedition up Mam Tor and seeing the effects of a natural disaster. We will also do our own geographical study by taking measurements during the hike up and down Mam Tor, measuring the windspeeds.