Year 5 | Perimeter and Area: Spring Block 4: Week 10 – Lesson Resource Pack

Year 5 perimeter and area lesson pack | Spring Block 4: Week 10

This Year 5 perimeter and area lesson pack helps pupils develop a secure understanding of area and perimeter while applying these skills to compound shapes, irregular shapes and real-life problems. Across the week, pupils learn to calculate the area of rectangles efficiently, explore methods for finding the area of compound shapes and estimate the area of irregular shapes using square grids.

Lessons begin by introducing the concept of area as the amount of surface a shape covers. Pupils calculate the area of rectangles by counting squares and by using multiplication to apply the formula length × width. They then progress to calculating the area of compound shapes by splitting them into rectangles and finding missing lengths when needed. Midweek lessons focus on estimating the area of irregular shapes using square grids before pupils apply their understanding to solve multi-step perimeter and area problems in real-life contexts.

What’s included

• Teaching PowerPoint for each small step across the week
• Differentiated worksheets covering area of rectangles, compound shapes and estimating irregular areas
• Reasoning and problem-solving challenges involving perimeter and area in practical contexts
• Lesson plan with retrieval practice, structured teaching steps and common misconceptions

Curriculum links

• Calculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares) using standard units
• Estimate the area of irregular shapes using square grids
• Use all four operations to solve problems involving measure
• Solve problems involving perimeter and area in real-life contexts

This lesson pack sits within the Year 5 Spring maths scheme, supporting progression through the full White Rose perimeter and area sequence.