Heathrow Primary School
Heathrow Primary School
Year 5
Autumn 1
During this topic, children explore and describe how force allows objects to fall towards the Earth. The children will investigate and identify the effects if air resistance, water resistance and friction. As well as this, children will explore how different mechanisms can allow smaller forces to have a greater effect.
Autumn 2 - Properties of Materials
This term, Year 5 will be studying the properties of materials and will be able to use this to compare and group materials together. Children will expand their scientific vocabulary when describing the different materials. Children will investigate materials that will dissolve to form solutions and carry out experiments to describe how mixtures can be separated. The pupils will carry out demonstrations to explain their scientific understanding of dissolving, mixing and reversible changes of state. As well as this, children will understand the importance of carrying out fair tests and develop their scientific reasoning.
Spring
This term, Year 5 will be learning about the different stages of human development. During this topic, children will look for the pattern in gestation periods and make predictions on gestation periods of different animals. Children will also observe the changes as we grow older and order the stages of human development. The children will learn about the mental and physical health of humans. In addition, they will also discuss about their own feelings and emotions and will research the ways to look after their mental and physical health.
Science Week - Curiously Close
This term, Year 5 will explore magnification, observation and scale. The children will practice making careful observations of everyday objects using magnifying glasses and iPads to discover hidden details and patterns. They will record their observations by photographing an object and creating a PowerPoint that slowly reveals what it is. Children will also investigate the concept of scale by exploring objects from the smallest microscopic particles to the largest objects in the universe, using the Scale of the Universe website to create their own scaled drawings. Using magnification children will be exploring lenses and carrying out a hands-on experiment to create their own magnifiers using everyday materials. Finally, the children will write clear instructions explaining how to make a magnifying glass at home.
Spring 2 - LIVING THINGS AND THEIR HABITATS
This term, Year 5 will use their previous knowledge of life cycles to study the life cycles of different mammals, amphibians, birds and insects, as well as discussing the changes of humans as they develop to old age. In the second lesson, children will use their classification skills to classify the characteristics of living things using a Venn diagram. Next, they will learn about Jane Goodall’s investigation on chimpanzees, and research information about a chosen animal. They will also work scientifically to dissect and label the parts of a flower, exploring how flowers asexually reproduce. Also, the children will explore how different plants reproduce asexually through runners, bulbs and tubers, predicting how other plants may reproduce. In the fifth lesson, year 5 will conduct an investigation to see how cuttings from a parent plant could grow into a new plant. Lastly, year 5 will look at the gestation periods of different mammals, and show their findings on a bar graph.
- Attitude
- Achievement
- Aspiration