W E L C O M E !
Year 5.
'As God's family we aspire to love, grow, learn and achieve beyond our dreams.'
Mrs Taylor and Miss Halleron are the class teachers.
Miss Gardner is our teaching assistant and the lovely Mrs Slater works in our class too.
Class notices:
Heroes Stamp Design Competition entries must be back in school for Friday 14th May.
Class Information
Homework
Purple Mash and MyMaths
Homework will be live on Purple Mash and MyMaths from Thursday every week.
English and Maths activities relating to recent class work.
There will be occasional Science, History, Geography and PSHE work.
All homework should be completed and handed in, online, by the following Tuesday.
If your child encounters any difficulty with their homework/spellings, please encourage them to speak to either myself or Miss Halleron as soon as possible.
Reading
We set high expectations for Year 5 children to read at home.
We encourage them to read every night for at least 10 minutes. A minimum of 1 hour over the week. Please sign your child's reading record at home. Reading books will be sent home and changed when required.
Spelling
Spellings will be live from Thursday and we will have a spelling quiz on the following Friday morning.
Your child will find their weekly spellings on Purple Mash and on the class page.
Please encourage your child to practise their spellings at home.
PE
This term the children will be swimming. This will be every Thursday afternoon.
Please send your child into school with a swimming cap, appropriate swimming wear and towel.
Curriculum information
English
Daily whole class guided reading sessions with comprehension activities
Daily SPaG sessions to support understanding of GPS (Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling)
Specific skills and feature lessons to embed skills in to writing
Maths
Daily fluency, reasoning and problem solving activities
Number, fractions, ratio and proportion, algebra, measurement, geometry and statistics.
R.E
Come and See curriculum
Unit 1 - Ourselves
Unit 2 - Life Choices
Unit 3 - Hope
Unit 4 - Mission
Unit 5 - Memorial Sacrifice
Unit 6 - Sacrifice
Unit 7 - Transformation
Unit 8 - Freedom and responsibilty
Unit 9 - Stewardship
Science
On-going demain - Working scientifically
Earth and Space
Properties of Materails
Living things and their habitats
Forces
Changes of Materials
Animals Including Humans
Foundation Subjects
Autumn 1
(Geography)
What are Natural Disasters?
(ART)
The learning focus is drawing and we look at the works of the artist Hokusai.
Autumn 2
(History)
What have we learnt from the achievements of the Ancient Egyptians?
(DT)
Cooking and Nutrition (Bread)
Spring 1
(History)
Who inspired Tim Peake and how do their achievements affect our lives today?
(ART)
The learning focus is painting and we look at the work of Vincent Van Gogh.
Spring 2
(History)
Why did Henry V111 have 6 wives?
(ART)
The learning focus is printing and we look at the work of William Morris.
Summer 1
(Geography)
What is it like in South America?
(DT)
Vehicles
Summer 2
(Geography)
Local Area study
(DT)
Vehicles
If your child is well but is self-isolating at home, please follow the lockdown learning, this can be found below.
If your child is unwell, the completion of this work is not compulsory.
Spellings