Explore our Year 5 autumn maths planning, covering the key mathematical knowledge and skills pupils develop during the first term of Year 5. Fully aligned with White Rose Maths and the Year 5 National Curriculum, these units provide structured progression through carefully sequenced lessons.
Throughout the autumn term, pupils develop confidence with place value to 1,000,000, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and fractions. Lessons strengthen fluency, reasoning and problem-solving while helping pupils make connections between number, calculation and mathematical relationships.
As pupils move further into Upper Key Stage 2, they learn to work with larger numbers, develop efficient written methods, explore factors, multiples and prime numbers, and build a deeper understanding of fractions through comparison, equivalence and calculation.
Explore our Year 5 maths scheme to view curriculum coverage, progression and planning across the full academic year.
Place Value
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division
The autumn term establishes many of the key concepts that underpin learning throughout Year 5. Pupils develop a secure understanding of place value to one million, strengthen formal calculation methods and begin to explore increasingly sophisticated mathematical relationships.
Across these autumn maths units, pupils read, write, compare and round large numbers, apply efficient written methods for addition and subtraction, investigate factors, multiples and prime numbers, and deepen their understanding of fractions through equivalence, comparison and calculation. Fluency, reasoning and problem-solving opportunities are embedded throughout to support secure mathematical understanding.
These autumn units form part of our complete Year 5 maths scheme, supporting progression across the full academic year and preparing pupils for spring term learning.
Browse the units above or explore the full KS2 maths scheme for progression across Years 3 to 6.
