Year 5

Making New Materials

For the second half of the SpringTerm, Year 5s IPC topic is called: Making New Materials. The unit will bring together a range of curriculum areas to allow children to see and understand their learning with greater ease.

Below outlines the objectives for each subject to be covered within this unit:

ICT LEARNING TARGETS

• Know that the study of ICT is concerned with applying technology to gather, use and exchange information
• Be able to use ICT to present information in a variety of forms
• Understand the importance of considering audience and purpose when presenting information

SOCIETY LEARNING TARGETS

• Be able to enquire into historical issues and their effects on people’s lives
• Be able to find out about aspects of the past based on a variety of sources

MUSIC LEARNING TARGETS

This will incorporate the wider opportunities scheme where the children will learn to play either a viola, cello or violin.

1. Know that the study of music is concerned with musical expression and communication
2. Be able to play tuned and untuned instruments with control and rhythmical accuracy
3. Be able to make judgments about pieces of music, showing understanding, appreciation, respect and enjoyment as appropriate

ART LEARNING TARGETS

• Be able to communicate through visual and tactile forms
• Be able to make judgements on forms of art using their understanding and appreciation

TECHNOLOGY LEARNING TARGETS

• Know that the technology of new materials affects people’s lives
• Be able to devise and use step by step plans
• Be able to work with a variety of tools with increasing accuracy
• Be able to test and evaluate their work to improve on it

INTERNATIONAL LEARNING TARGETS

• Know about similarities and differences related to the production and use of new materials between the lives of people in the countries they have studied
• Be able to explain how the lives of people in one country or group are affected by the activities of other countries or groups

SCIENCE LEARNING TARGETS

• Pose scientific question
• Choose an appropriate way to investigate a scientific issue
• Be able to gather information about materials from a range of sources
• Know about the properties of different materials
• Know that matter is made up of particles
• Know about the different arrangements of particles in: solids, liquids and gases
• Be able to group and classify materials based on their properties
• Be able to identify whether changes are reversible or irreversible
• Know about evaporation and condensation
• Learn about the water cycle