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Year 5 literacy planning: Non-fiction

Overview of the four Year 5 Non-fiction curriculum units, with links to units and resources.

Phonic progress tracking

Guidance for use with the phonic progress tracking sheet, for Early Years to Key Stage 1, including descriptors of phases 1 to 6.

Calculation

CPD theme aimed specifically at schools where there is a plan to address progression in calculation.

Handouts and resources

Resources to support the delivery of CPD for calculation. Guidance on how and when to use these resources is contained in the calculation PDM outlines.

Year 5/6 Transition unit - Persuasion

Overview of the teaching sequence for this unit, including a short summary of each phase, an overview of the main activities, and a list of correlations to the 1998 Framework objectives. The unit is based on the familiar text The Highwayman, involving oral and written presentation.

Year 5: Phase 1–4

Summary of the teaching content and learning outcomes for each phase of the teaching sequence for the Year 5 segment of this unit. The unit is based on the familiar text The Highwayman, involving oral and written presentation.
Prior learning

List outlining the skills and abilities pupils should already possess prior to starting this unit. The unit is based on the familiar text The Highwayman, involving oral and written presentation.

Year 6 literacy timeline

Introduction to a compendium of resources for the Year 6 teacher, providing ready access to guidance, activities and teaching materials

Key questions

Key questions for teachers, with related resources on pupil tracking, curricular targets and support materials.
Year 5 Summer

Guidance for Year 6 teachers on the liaising with Year 5 teachers to support effective transition.
Year 5 to Year 6

Guidance for Year 6 teachers on the liaising with Year 5 teachers to support effective transition.
Year 6 to Year 7

Guidance for Year 6 and 7 teachers on working together to support effective transition.

Year 6 literacy timeline - Resources

Resources outlining: key leadership actions for Key Stage 3 tests; review questions to check the areas each child most needs to focus upon and to analyse approaches to teaching and learning; prompts to gauge approaches to helping children approach the tests with confidence; and support materials to aid planning and teaching. The downloadable resources are 'Going for goals - circles of learners', 'Social and emotional aspects of learning' and 'Learning about learning'.

Tracking and target setting

Year 6 timeline resources to help maintain the momentum of learning as children move through Key Stage 2 and into the transition to secondary school. The purpose is to help teachers help those children who, with additional and personalised support, are able to attain Level 4 at the end of Key Stage 2.
Transition unit Year 5 to Year 6

Link to a Year 5 to 6 Bridging unit on Persuasive writing. Year 5s have a persuasive paper intended for presentation to a judge aimed at convincing the court to order the historical crime case of the highwayman to be reopened. Year 6s do a brief persuasive presentation, based on the children's written paper, to reinforce the main points of the case to the judge.
Year 5/6 timeline

Guidance for Year 6 teachers to work with Year 5 teachers on: compiling pupil tracker information for Year 6, analysing QCA assessments and children's work, mapping out possible uses of Wave 2 and 3 interventions, and planning and delivering units to support effective transition.

Year 5 literacy timeline - Resources

These generic resources are to support literacy learning and teaching at Year 5. They include documents covering: Social and emotional aspects of learning, Learning about learning, and Going for goals - circles of learners.

Year 5/6 resources

Resources for Year 5 and Year 6 teachers to work with, including booster material, reading and writing targets, and 3 levels of reading comprehension.
Tracking and target setting

Downloadable resources designed to assist teachers in tracking pupils' progress and target setting, including a whole-school mapping attainment grid example, and a literacy analysis for Key Stage 2 by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA).
Intervention

Year 5 timeline resources to assist teachers with intervention, including an outline of the Further Literacy Support (FLS) programme and an FLS postcard.
Partnership with parents

Partnership with parents resource for Year 5 literacy covering all main aspects of the literacy curriculum. Resource is based on the concept of Literacy Postcards, and is designed to assist parents in applying each topic within the home and everyday life and to extend classwork.
Transition unit Year 5 to Year 6

A downloadable document to support the Transition unit focusing on 'Persuasive' for Years 5 and 6, including a version for interactive whiteboard (IWB).
Year 5/6 timeline

Guidance for Year 5 teachers to work with Year 6 teachers in compiling pupil tracker information, analysing QCA tests and children's work, mapping possible use of Wave 2 and 3 intervention along with planning and delivery of units to support effective transition.
Key questions

Year 5 resources that assist teaching professionals, LA subject leaders and advisers, and consultants, through a series of key questions, to assess standards of achievement, learning and teaching, and leadership and management.
Year 5 literacy timeline: Additional units

Resources for use with the five Year 5/6 Additional units: Sensational!, Street Child, The Midnight Fox, The Highwayman and There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom.

Year 5 mathematics timeline

Timeline containing key questions and considerations to bear in mind at each stage of planning for Year 5. For further information, see Guidance on mathematics planning.

Key questions

Important key questions to assist teachers in planning and giving support to pupils together with supporting resources. Also included on the page is material to assist parents in supporting their children.

Year 5 literacy timeline

Introduction to a compendium of resources for the Year 5 teacher, providing ready access to guidance, activities and teaching materials.

Key questions

Key questions for teachers, with related resources on pupil tracking, curricular targets, support materials and much more.
Year 4 Summer

Guidance for Year 5 teachers on the liaising with Year 4 teachers to support effective transition.
Year 4 to Year 5

Guidance for Year 5 teachers on the liaising with Year 4 teachers to support effective transition.
Year 5 Autumn

Guidance for Year 5 teachers on action during the autumn term.
Year 5 Spring

Guidance for Year 5 teachers on action during the spring term.
Year 5 Summer

Guidance for Year 5 teachers on action during the Summer term
Year 5 to Year 6

Guidance for Year 5 teachers working in partnership with Year 6 teachers for effective transition from Year 5 to Year 6.
Ongoing activities

Suggested ongoing activities for teachers, including preparation for National Assessment.

3.1 Observation, Assessment and Planning

'Observation, Assessment and Planning' is one of the commitments to the EYFS principle of 'Enabling Environments'. The explanation of the commitment includes planning starting with the child through observation and using observation to form evaluations and assessments. The summative assessment is the EYFS profile made for each child at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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