Primary and Middle Schools

Suggested Year 5 units

Below you will find units of work that we suggest for Year 5.

Please note:

  • It is not a rigid scheme of work, so feel free to move things around if it works better in your school. 
  • This layout does not contain all the units available for Primary and Middle schools.
  • All KS2 units available can be found HERE

Year 5

Autumn 1

Digital literacy and online safety - Year 5

Six lessons taken from Common Sense Education’s excellent digital citizenship curriculum, covering a wide range of topics including well-being, privacy and security, online identity, relationships, communication and the media.

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Autumn 2

Building Retro Games - Pick a project

Choose from 3 classic video game projects with this fantastic coding unit. Analyse the original games, build a simple version of them, then let the students get creative and independently extend their projects.

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Spring 1

Building Collaborative websites

Use Google apps for collaborative research as well as planning and creation of a group website, considering the design and consistency of the site.

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Spring 2

Manipulating Sound

Explore a range of web tools for sound and music creation and then learn about sound editing; creating radio adverts and audio books, complete with sound effects and atmospheric music.

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Summer 1

What is a computer?

Delve into what really makes a computer a computer. Is a TV a computer? Is a fridge a computer? Is a toilet a computer?! It also investigates just what is inside that metal box, how a computer works, memory, data and binary code. By the end you’ll know your RAM from your ROM and your CPU from your GPU.

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Summer 2

LEGO Robotics

Introduce students to programming LEGO Robots. Control their movement with precise calculations and coding, then  utilise the robot’s sensors to interact with its environment and solve problems.

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Need more?!  Take a look at the whole KS2 collection here

All KS2 units