English Year 5

Our Year 5 English units provide a platform for pupils to build on their reading and writing stamina. They will deepen their understanding of purpose, audience, language, and layout of texts. Through the PKC, children are exposed to a wider range of poetry and books, and both their reading and writing will be becoming more sufficiently fluent and effortless. Both grammar and vocabulary is taught explicitly within the context of the lesson, and our children are guided to understand the nuances in language and literature.

Our knowledge-rich curriculum will help pupils deepen their ability to apply prior background knowledge from PKC history, geography and science into writing outcomes, ensuring correct tone, voice, and writing style related to each discipline, with a deeper emphasis on academic vocabulary. Additionally, children are exposed to further classical texts, traditional tales, folktales, and modern literature to inspire writing.

The PKC English Year 5 units cover:

• Letter: ‘Silent Music: A Story from Baghdad’
• Non-chronological: Calligraphy
• Newspaper report: The French Revolution
• Narrative: ‘Oliver Twist’

We equip our partner schools with the necessary resources to effectively teach the PKC English Year 5 units to their pupils. Resources include lesson plans, curriculum maps, subject overviews, and unit rationales.

Alongside the above resources, we provide every teacher with:

• English subject knowledge resources
• Access to CPD training and resources
• Key vocabulary and key people databases

To gain a better understanding of our English curriculum units, we encourage all English subject leaders to attend our “Dive into English” CPD series. These sessions include six pre-recorded videos followed by a live session with our curriculum team. By attending this session you will be able to apply our English curriculum with confidence within your schools.