year: Year 5
Subject leader video: How is Kapow’s Art and design curriculum structured?
This video explains the structure of our award-winning Art and design scheme of work. It describes the strands and documentation that can further support subject leaders in their roles.
Please note: this video refers to our revised Art and design scheme of work, not the archived scheme.
Thank you to the following schools for allowing us to use images of children’s work:
- Billinge St Aidan’s Primary School.
- Our Lady of Muswell RC Primary School.
- Auckley School.
- Gledhow Primary School.
- St Anne’s Catholic Primary School.
- Sayes Court Primary School.
- Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary School.
Subject leader video: How is Kapow’s Geography curriculum designed?
This video aims to help Geography subject leaders gain an understanding of the Kapow Primary Geography scheme of work, describing the strands and the documentation that can further support you in your role.
Thank you to the following schools for allowing us to use images of children’s work:
- Our Lady of Muswell Primary School, London.
- Walton Holymoorside Primary School, Chesterfield.
- Castlemorton Primary School, Worcestershire.
- Barton Moss Primary School, Eccles.
Knowledge organiser – R&W Y5: Who should get to be in charge?
A Knowledge organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the mixed-age unit Religion and worldviews, Y5, Who should get to be in charge?
This Religion and worldviews resource is designed to support children as they investigate the different ways religious leadership and authority are determined and consider how bloodline and virtues can influence how leaders are appointed. They explore religious and secular laws, revelation and characteristics when thinking about what can make a good leader. It is perfect for consolidating essential knowledge and supporting cross-cultural understanding.
Art and design: Curriculum guide for parents and carers
Knowledge organiser: French – French sport and the Olympics
A Knowledge organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the unit French, Year 6, French sport and the Olympics.
This resource is designed to help pupils develop vocabulary and sentence structures related to sport and Olympic themes in French. It introduces key verbs such as jouer à (to play) and faire de (to do), sports nouns like le football and la natation, and countries where French is spoken, such as Senegal and Belgium. Pupils also practise expressing opinions using a variety of adjectives, such as amusant (fun) and fatigant (tiring), and are supported to use correct grammatical constructions when talking about travel and preferences. This organiser supports practical language application while broadening pupils’ cultural awareness through sport.
Knowledge organiser: Y5 French-speaking world
A Knowledge organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the unit French, Year 5, French-speaking world.
This resource is designed to support pupils in developing geographical vocabulary and sentence structures in French, with a focus on compass directions and international awareness. It introduces key terms such as le nord (north), l’est (east), and other directional language, along with visual aids representing symbols like stars, crescents, and flags. Pupils also explore basic sentence building around travel, preferences, and weather, using phrases like Je voudrais visiter… (I would like to visit…) and Il fait très chaud (It is very hot). The organiser reinforces grammar through comparative structures and gendered country names, and encourages meaningful language use through context-based examples about places like Switzerland and Morocco.
Vocabulary display: A trip across Spain
Knowledge organiser: A trip across Spain
A Knowledge organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the unit Spanish, Year 5, A trip across Spain.
This resource is designed to support pupils in learning how to describe Spanish cities, their features, and attractions, as well as express future travel plans using the verb ir followed by infinitive verbs. Through vocabulary lists, sentence structures, and illustrated examples, pupils are introduced to descriptive language, positional phrases, and cultural landmarks such as la Mezquita-Catedral and la Alhambra. The resource also includes a model dialogue and grammar support to encourage conversational practice, making it ideal for building language confidence in real-world contexts.
