Year 5 Homeschool Curriculum Program
Price range: $340.00 through $580.00 inc. GST
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Our Year Five homeschool curriculum is a literature rich, family friendly homeschool program for children.
Written to align with the Australian, NSW and WA Curriculum and other state registration requirements.
Recommended Ages: 10 to 11 years old.
Courses are delivered through our online learning platform; all materials are supplied digitally—many as printable PDFs—so students can work online or offline, and no physical books are sent.
Program Features
Quarterly reports
Australian curriculum
Scope & sequence aligned to the Australian, WA & NSW (NESA) curriculum.
Reusable programs
Parent education
Customised plans
Parent Connections
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Per Semester
$330
2 Terms / 6 months
Each semester is 18 weeks of work split into 2 terms.
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Full Year Program
$660 $560
4 Terms / 12 months
Our full program is 36 weeks of work split into 4 terms.
Competitors
$750+
Year 5 Course Overview
Year 5 continues to nurture your child’s growing independence with a rich curriculum that deepens understanding and refines core skills.
This course is aligned with the Australian, NSW and WA Curriculum. Rooted in Charlotte Mason’s gentle philosophy, our program encourages narration, observation, and meaningful connections across subjects—helping students form lasting relationships with ideas.
Year 5 Semester A (Term 1 & 2) Summary
English
Semester One invites students into a year of story, science, and nationhood.
In My Homeschool English 5A, children strengthen composition and grammar through rich readings, poetry, and picture study.
Garden Verse Copywork nurtures fluent cursive and an appreciation for beautiful language.
Science
Science opens with Carved by Nature (Term 1), a living Earth Science study revealing how wind, water, and weather shape Australia’s landscapes—from Wave Rock to mangrove shores—while inviting thoughtful stewardship.
In Term 2, Beaks and Bills brings the study of birds to life, connecting form and function as students observe feathers, beaks, nests, and flight in local species.
Lessons use short readings, gentle experiments, curated video links, notebooking, and narration.
History, Civics & Languages
Our Sunburnt Country traces Australia’s story from First Nations cultures and early exploration to settlement and Federation.
Students keep an Australian History Notebook and build a long-view timeline in the My Homeschool Book of Centuries.
- Indigenous Languages & Coolamon Kids: short activities and videos that honour language, culture, and community.
- Members, Ministers and Citizens (Term 2): a clear introduction to Australia’s three levels of government, representation, and citizenship.
Enrichment & Wellbeing
Weekly enrichment weaves beauty and balance into learning: poetry, picture study, music appreciation, and simple art invitations.
PDHPE habits and Work Out World keep minds and bodies active with age-appropriate movement and healthy routines.
Year 5 Semester B (Term 3 & 4) Summary
English
Semester Two expands horizons from the colonies to the continents.
In My Homeschool English 5B, students refine paragraph and report writing through literature and poetry from the Victorian era,
exploring stories from Australia, New Zealand, India, Africa, and Canada.
Downunder Copywork Cursive Year 5 continues to strengthen fluency and appreciation for classic prose and poetry.
Science
Science broadens curiosity through Science Strands Year 5, a living introduction to physics and chemistry.
Children explore light, reflection, colour, and matter through engaging readings and simple experiments that connect learning to daily life.
Across the seasons, A Bush Calendar by Amy Mack builds attentiveness to nature’s rhythms, encouraging students to watch, sketch, and wonder.
Geography, Economics & Civics
Geography takes students around the world with Pleasant Talk of Places, exploring
North America (Term 3) and Europe (Term 4).
Through narrative lessons, mapping, and notebooking, children discover how geography and culture shape human life.
- Managing Extreme Weather: Investigate natural events such as bushfires, floods, and cyclones, and how communities adapt to change.
- Managing Resources: A gentle introduction to economics—understanding needs and wants, saving, and using resources wisely.
Creative Arts & Technology
Creativity flourishes through art appreciation, picture study, and hands-on design-and-technology projects that encourage imagination and problem solving.
Students may pursue digital projects, crafts, or nature-based art, reflecting their growing independence and curiosity.
Enrichment & Wellbeing
Music, poetry, and nature journaling continue to bring beauty into learning, while
Work Out World keeps movement and rhythm an active part of each week.
PDHPE themes of balance, health, and resilience support a holistic close to the primary years.
Year 5 Sample Resources
English
My Homeschool English 5A (Term 1 & 2)
My Homeschool English 5B (Term 3 & 4)
Garden Verse Copywork Cursive (Term 1 & 2)
Downunder Copywork Year 5 Cursive (Term 3 & 4)
Science
Earth Science: Carved by Nature (Term 1)
Biology: Beaks and Bills (Term 2)
Physics & Chemistry: Science Strands (Term 3 & 4)
Nature Study: A Bush Calendar by Amy Mack (Term 3 & 4)
Humanities and Social Science
History:Our Sunburnt Country eBook (Term 1 & 2)
We Use A Blended Learning Approach
At My Homeschool most of your lessons will be completed offline (reading from a book, doing a field trip, or writing in your notebooks) and some will be online learning (watching videos, reading online etc.).
All our resources are digital and are located on Moodle, a renowned online learning platform used by many schools and universities. Using this format means we give you exceptional functionality which enables you to record your progress, and access your lessons from various digital devices and locations. This format also enables us to keep our resources fresh and dynamic.
A laptop, tablet, or desktop computer is needed to use our courses. Access to a printer is also necessary. PDFs can be downloaded and printed for offline reading but other resources can only be viewed from our learning platform.
The majority of our classes require reading from a real book or paper-based resource. Writing exercises involve pencils and paper and many lessons are oral or conversation based.
Video lessons require access to the My Homeschool learning portal.
A Co-ordinated Curriculum
My Homeschool offers parents the confidence that their child is gaining knowledge, learning content, and developing skills in an age-appropriate way. This is achieved by presenting courses that follow a rich curriculum that ensures your child builds on their knowledge year after year. From Foundation to Year 10 your child will have the benefit of a streamlined curriculum without overlaps and unnecessary busywork. Our program development is inspired by the education philosophy of Charlotte Mason and the Australian Curriculum (which includes the NSW & WA Curriculum).
Registration and Reporting
At My Homeschool, we do not do your registration plans for you. Registration applications are meant to be specific for each individual child and so parents are the best person to do this. However, we make your registration (or an exemption) so much easier because we provide so much support for this process. All our courses includes:
- An Education Plan offered in a format that you can individualise for your child;
- A Scope and Sequence showing how My Homeschool reflects the Australian Curriculum and NSW Curriculum;
- End of Term Report templates;
- A printable week-by-week planner with plenty of space to make notes specific to your child (no need to purchase a separate planner!); and
- An online Weekly Planner, complete with links to all the online resources required.
We also provide you with access to our State Rego and Planning Course which guides you through your homeschool application when using our courses. We give you a shortcut to help you get straight into giving your child a delightful and robust education without spending days and days researching and tweaking unsuitable content.
Parent Support
When you buy a course through My Homeschool you are joining a community that supports and mentors parents interested in educating their children academically and spiritually.
We also have an extensive library of homeschooling resources, including resources on the specific registration and reporting requirements of a number of states and territories. Whether you are just starting out or have homeschooled for years, there is something to teach and inspire you.
Curated Content
Loving Learning at Home
The first time I taught a Year 5 homeschool curriculum, it was a DIY version I put together from book lists and recommendations. I was experimenting with living books as a resource for teaching English, history, geography, nature and science. It was liberating to give up the textbooks.
However, as I documented my plan, I discovered that living books didn’t fit neatly with the registration syllabus requirements. That meant we had lots of gaps in our content. So I began searching for more books to fill the gaps and my book lists were becoming quite bloated.
Most of the living books I wanted were out of print and I spent a lot of time sourcing books and sometimes I couldn’t find a book that had the content I needed. When I was asked to help others put together a Year 5 homeschool curriculum it was always tricky because many of the books I used were hard to come by.
I also had another problem to solve! How could I show others how living books could meet the registration syllabus requirements?
All my homeschool friends had the same curriculum compliance problem, we all needed to meet our state homeschool requirements to stay registered (or get an exemption). We all had a different way of meeting the requirements for registration.
What did we do?
Some homeschool friends gave up their educational philosophy and went back to worksheets, textbooks, and online tick the box products, some went unregistered and hoped they wouldn’t get caught, some sent their kids back to school and some just lied about what they taught in order to pass registration. One friend even moved states just to avoid registering in NSW. None of those are good options!
But I found a solution.
In 2007, I began helping families get their homeschool registration and put a curriculum together. Ten years later, my team and I launched My Homeschool – a complete and coordinated Charlotte Mason inspired curriculum from Foundation to Year 10. We’ve now helped thousands of families give their kids an inspiring education without having to worry about the stress of: ‘Am I doing enough?’ and “Will I get registered?’ I hope we can help you too!
Story by Michelle Morrow (Founder of My Homeschool)
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