🎵 Music

This half term in Music, children will be exploring tempo — understanding how changes in speed can completely alter the mood of a piece. They will:

• Listen to different tempos and discuss how they affect the feel of music 🎧
• Experiment with increasing and decreasing tempo when performing
• Compose their own short piece of music using tempo changes to build excitement or tension 🎼
• Perform their work to the class and evaluate how successfully they used tempo

💻 Computing

In Computing, Year 5 will be learning Microbit programming — a fun, hands‑on way to develop coding skills. Children will:

• Learn what a Micro:bit is and how it works 🔌
• Write simple programs using block‑based coding
• Create outputs such as messages, symbols or flashing patterns on the Micro:bit LED display 💡
• Experiment with inputs (buttons, shaking, tilting) to make interactive programs
• Build confidence in debugging and refining their code

✝️ R.E. – Christianity: Salvation

This unit focuses on the Christian belief in Salvation. Children will:

• Explore why Christians believe Jesus’ death and resurrection are central to their faith ✝️
• Learn how Easter links to themes of forgiveness, hope and new beginnings
• Look at how different Christian groups express these beliefs (worship, celebrations, rituals)
• Reflect on why the Easter story is important to Christians today

🪓History – Stone Age to Iron Age

In History, the children will journey through Prehistoric Britain, exploring how life changed over thousands of years. They will learn about:

• Differences between the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age
• How tools, weapons and materials changed over time 🪓🔨
• Prehistoric homes, settlements and early farming
• Daily life: hunting, gathering, cooking and clothing
• How archaeological evidence helps us understand the distant past 🏺
• How technological developments (metalworking) transformed society

🔧 Science & Design Technology – Forces, Mechanisms and Pulleys

In Science and DT, children will investigate forces and apply them to real mechanisms. They will:

• Explore how forces act on objects (pushes, pulls, friction, gravity) 🌍
• Investigate how mechanisms like pulleys, levers and gears help us lift or move loads
• Design and build simple mechanisms that use pulleys to make a task easier
• Test and evaluate their designs, making improvements where needed
• Develop scientific enquiry by predicting, observing and explaining their results

❤️ PSHE – Healthy Me

This half term’s PSHE unit focuses on Healthy Me. Children will learn to:

• Understand how lifestyle choices affect physical and mental health
• Recognise the importance of exercise, nutrition and sleep 🧘‍♀️🍎
• Discuss managing feelings, stress and friendships
• Explore ways to keep themselves safe in different situations

🗼French – Chez Moi

In French, the focus is “Chez Moi” (My Home). Children will practise:

• Vocabulary linked to rooms and features of a house 🏡
• Describing where things are
• Building simple sentences about their home life
• Listening and speaking activities to develop pronunciation and confidence