year: Year 5
Transitioning to Kapow Primary Music
Planning for each year group to support staff and pupils to smoothly transition to our Music scheme of work in schools where music has previously not been taught consistently, or you have concerns about pupils’ ability to access the Kapow curriculum due to a lack of prior knowledge and understanding. All year groups have two catch up units (except for year two, which has one unit) to build a solid foundation of essential knowledge and skills before proceeding to our intended units and lessons for the year group.
Each of the catch-up units consists of selected lessons taken from a range of units in the previous year groups. This will support both staff and pupils in feeling confident and comfortable when approaching more advanced lessons.
Peer-on-peer abuse (sexual harassment) staff meeting presentation
This presentation could be used with staff to raise awareness of peer-on-peer abuse and consider steps that the whole school can take to tackle the issue.
The Ofsted School Inspection Handbook 2022 states that ‘Ofsted will expect the school’s relationships, sex and health education curriculum (and wider curriculum) to specifically address sexual harassment, online abuse and sexual violence.’
Revised Art and design: Intent, implementation and impact
Art and design scheme: Equipment list
Knowledge organiser: Art & design – Y5 Craft and design
A Knowledge Organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the unit Art and Design, Year 5, Craft and design: Architecture.
This resource is designed to support pupils as they investigate architecture and how buildings communicate meaning through design. It introduces essential vocabulary such as architecture, elevation, legacy, perspective, and proportion, and explains artistic techniques like monoprinting through step-by-step guidance. Pupils explore iconic structures from around the world—like the Burj Khalifa and the Taj Mahal—and study the imaginative, colourful designs of Friedensreich Hundertwasser and the innovative, curved architecture of Zaha Hadid. The unit encourages pupils to express ideas visually and understand how architecture shapes the spaces we live in.
Knowledge organiser: Art & design – Y5 Painting and mixed-media
A Knowledge Organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the unit Art and Design, Year 5, Painting and Mixed Media.
This resource is designed to support pupils as they explore identity and self-expression through mixed media self-portraits. It introduces key vocabulary such as collage, monoprint, photomontage, and multi-media, encouraging pupils to combine different materials and techniques creatively. Pupils are guided in considering how composition, background, expression, and clothing can communicate aspects of identity. Featuring artists like Frida Kahlo, Chila Kumari Singh Burman, and Njideka Akunyili Crosby, the organiser inspires personal storytelling through visual art. Pupils experiment with expressive effects using collage, paint washes, and monoprints to convey different moods, enhancing their confidence in layered and symbolic artwork.
Knowledge organiser: Art & design – Y5 Drawing
Document aimed at pupils that gives key facts and definitions from the unit.
Knowledge organiser: Sculpture and 3D: Interactive installation
A Knowledge Organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the unit Art and Design, Year 5, Sculpture and 3D: Interactive installation.
This resource is designed to support pupils as they explore installation and interactive art. It introduces key concepts such as atmosphere, scale, concept, and location, encouraging pupils to consider how the setting and mood of an artwork influence the viewer’s experience. Through examples like Olafur Eliasson’s The Weather Project and Lorenzo Quinn’s Support – Save Venice from drowning, pupils examine how artists use everyday materials, space, light, and even sound or touch to engage audiences. The organiser also highlights the work of Cai Guo-Qiang, whose installations and performance art reflect on culture, politics, and science, often incorporating explosions. This resource inspires pupils to think beyond traditional sculpture and consider how their creations can transform spaces and provoke interaction.
