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Framework for teaching mathematics

Year 5 

Measures, shape and space

Yearly teaching programmes, shown below, are taken from the relevant section of the Framework for teaching mathematics: Reception to Year 6. The numbers, in brackets, are page references to the relevant supplement of examples in the Framework which you can download by clicking on an icon in the 'Downloads' box on the left of this page.

Links to Unit Plans which cover specific teaching objectives are indicated by the link to Unit Plans pointer

Measures (p.90-101)

  • Use, read and write standard metric units (km, m, cm, mm, kg, g, l, ml), including their abbreviations, and relationships between them. Convert larger to smaller units (e.g. km to m, m to cm or mm, kg to g, l to ml).
    Know imperial units (mile, pint, gallon). (p.91)
    link to Unit Plans Autumn Unit 9, Spring Unit 7
  • Suggest suitable units and measuring equipment to estimate or measure length, mass or capacity.
    Measure and draw lines to the nearest millimetre.
    Record estimates and readings from scales to a suitable degree of accuracy. (p.93,95)
    link to Unit Plans Autumn Unit 9, Autumn Unit 10, Spring Unit 7
  • Understand area measured in square centimetres (cm2).
    Understand and use the formula in words
    'length × breadth' for the area of a rectangle.
    link to Unit Plans Spring Unit 7
    Understand, measure and calculate perimeters of rectangles and regular polygons. (p.97)
    link to Unit Plans Autumn Unit 9
  • Use units of time; read the time on a 24-hour digital clock and use 24-hour clock notation, such as 19:53. Use timetables. (p.99,101)
    link to Unit Plans Autumn Unit 10

Shape and space (p.102-111)

  • Recognise properties of rectangles.
    Classify triangles (isosceles, equilateral, scalene), using criteria such as equal sides, equal angles, lines of symmetry. (p.103)
    link to Unit Plans Autumn Unit 8
  • Make shapes with increasing accuracy.
    link to Unit Plans Autumn Unit 8
    Visualise 3-D shapes from 2-D drawings and identify different nets for an open cube. (p.105)
    link to Unit Plans Spring Unit 5a
  • Recognise reflective symmetry in regular polygons: for example, know that a square has four axes of symmetry and an equilateral triangle has three.
    Complete symmetrical patterns with two lines of symmetry at right angles (using squared paper or pegboard).
    Recognise where a shape will be after reflection in a mirror line parallel to one side (sides not all parallel or perpendicular to the mirror line).
    Recognise where a shape will be after a translation. (p.107)
    link to Unit Plans Spring Unit 5a
  • Recognise positions and directions:
    read and plot co-ordinates in the first quadrant;
    recognise perpendicular and parallel lines. (p.109)
    link to Unit Plans Autumn Unit 8, Spring Unit 5a
  • Understand and use angle measure in degrees.
    Identify, estimate and order acute and obtuse angles.
    Use a protractor to measure and draw acute and obtuse angles to the nearest 5°.
    Calculate angles in a straight line. (p.111)Spring Unit 5b

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Key objectives are highlighted in bold type.