Autumn: Can we learn from the past to protect the future?
Year 5 Enquiry Overview
Year 5 Enquiry Mat
1. What's in a name?
2. Does where you live impact on your life?
3. Is it too hot, too cold or just right?
4. What are biomes?
5. What is a rainforest like?
6. When is a belt not a belt?
7. How does our behaviour impact our world?
8. What is the impact of climate change?
9. How fast is the Amazon changing?
10. Can we learn from the past to protect the future?
Autumn 2 Key English Text:
Our text for this term
Our chosen text this half-term is The Lost rainforest- Book 1 Mez's Magic by Eliot Schrefer.. We have chosen this book as it is full of exciting and ambitious vocabulary. The story is also set in a rainforest, which is in the fictional land of Caldera We are finding out all about rainforests and climate change in our Geography learning this half-term..
Maths
In maths we follow the Power Maths programme to support children’s learning and to build a deep understanding of maths concepts. Power Maths is a curriculum mastery programme designed to spark curiosity and excitement and nurture confidence in maths. It is built around a child‑centred lesson design that models and embeds a growth mindset approach to maths.
This term we are covering the following:
- Numbers to 10,000
- Rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000
- 100,000s 10,000s 1000s 100s 10s and 1s
- The number line to 100,000
- Comparing, ordering and rounding numbers to 100,000 and 1,000,000
- Roman numerals to 10,000
- Number line to 1,000,000
- Negative numbers
- Adding and subtracting whole numbers more than 4 digits
- Using rounding to estimate
- Mental addition and subtraction
- Using inverse operations
- Problem solving