Religious Education (RE) Curriculum Coverage YEAR 5
Why RE? This subject allows for discussion and exploration of themes that affect everyone and promotes respect, understanding and tolerance of different beliefs and cultures.
Religious Education helps children to:
Year 5 Autumn Term |
Year 5 Spring Term |
Year 5 Summer Term |
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Stories of Christianity
Taught through ‘Bible Explorer’ – a local Church group come in to teach this interactive exploration of the Christian faith and the main stories told in the Bible. |
Christmas Signs and Symbols
What represents Christmas and why? Is the answer to this question the same for everyone? A look at the Christmas story told in the bible. Also, children will think about the significance of the giving of presents at this time of year. |
Islam – The Five Pillars
A term of work focussing on Islam. Children find out the main themes and beliefs of the religion and answer questions such as: What do Muslims believe? What are the 5 pillars of Islam? Other themes include Allah, the Koran and mosques. |
Faith in Our Community
Children are encouraged to think about their own beliefs as well as those of others in their class/ local community. Reference is made to religious and non-religious beliefs and children are encouraged to share and discuss their ideas about faith and community. |
French Curriculum (Modern Foreign Language) As part of learning French children get the opportunity to;
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3 |
Getting to know you A look at greetings and conversations. Hello, goodbye, how are you? Their age and counting from 0-10. |
All about me A look at the colours, everyday actions, classroom instructions, body parts and clothing. |
Food Glorious Food Getting the chance to learn about food, ask for food and discuss preparation and eating. |
Family and Friends Learning about family members, pets, the alphabet, names of people and about your home. |
School This half term the classroom, inside a pencil case, subjects and places inside and around a school environment. |
Time Following on with counting 11-30, days of the week, months of the year, birthdays, important dates and yesterday, today and tomorrow. |
4 |
All around town Getting the chance to discuss where you live, in my town, my address and counting in 10’s and 100’s. |
Going Shopping In this half term, the children learn the French vocabulary for fruit, vegetables, clothes, money and role play of shops. |
Time Taking a look at telling the time on a clock and during the day, a TV schedule and learning about the time of school day. |
Holidays and Hobbies Discussing the seasons, the weather forecast and around the world, holidays, sports and hobbies. |
On the move Learning about transport, travelling to school, giving directions and instructions and talking about travel. |
Where in the world In this topic, the children look at where they speak French, the UK, equator, continents and animals in a zoo and around the world. |
5 |
Getting to know you Discussing growing up, spelling in French, predicting future events and describing themselves. |
Family and Friends This half term, the children discuss meeting family members, types of homes, describing their house, the farm and animals. |
That’s tasty All about drinks, restaurant times, breakfast, sandwiches, describing food and pizza. |
School Life Finding out about positions within the classroom, objects, subjects, maths lessons and asking questions. |
All about ourselves Continuing to learning about body parts, describing appearance, activities in school, feelings and visiting the doctors. |
Time and travelling Starting the count into thousands, focusing on grammar and ages, when they were born, famous French lives and historical events. |
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Shopping Prepping for the French trip with shop conversations, money, shopping lists and overall shopping experience. |
All in a day Looking at the time of day to support their trip, reading a clock and looking at the travel process and school week. |
Visiting a French town Who lives where? What can you do in a town, a town on a map and visiting a home – all in preparation for their trip. |
This is France Final preparation with distances, direction, nationalities, neighbours and Paris. |
Visiting France Using vocabulary learnt throughout school, including greetings and shopping. |
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