Year Five

five

Curriculum Overview

2025-2026

Timetables

5A – Miss Fox & Miss Grant 

5B – Dr O’Neill 

Knowledge Organisers: Knowledge organisers are powerful, learning tools. The knowledge organisers below include key vocabulary and information that will be essential during each unit of work.

 

Curriculum Overview Year Five

Theme – Kenya

Autumn

Theme – Mission to the Moon

Spring

Theme – Ancient Greece

Summer

Science

Properties and Changes of Materials

Art and Design (A)

2025-2026

Drawing – Portraits

Sculpture – Paper Mache Animals Heads

Painting – Cubism

Painting – Surrealism

Art and Design (B)

2024-2025

Drawing – Perspective

Sculpture – Contemporary Wire Frame

Sculpture – Wire & Foil

Painting – Realism

Design and Technology (A)

2025-2026

Cooking & Nutrition – Desserts

Electrical Systems – Buzzer Games

Computing to Program, Monitor & Control – Safety

Textiles – Sustainable Bags

Design and Technology (B)

2024-2025

Cooking & Nutrition – Italian Sauces

Electrical Systems – Interactive Cards

Computing to Program, Monitor & Control – Secret Communications 

Textiles – Clothing

Music (A)

2025 – 2026

Listening & Appreciating – African Music

Listening & Appreciating – Hip Hop

Composition – Blues

Performance – Swing

Music (B)

2024 – 2025

Listening & Appreciating – Classical & Opera

Composition – TV & Film

Performance – West End 

Performance – Latin 

Cultural Capital (A)

2025-2026

Performance – Shakespeare

Digital Media – Video Editing

Global Issues & Impacts – Global Warming & Climate Change

Enterprise – Fiver Challenge