Year 5
Spring 1
Welcome to Year 5:
Flying Fox Class & Brown Lemur Class
Mr Turner is teaching Flying Fox class and Ms Sellami is teaching Brown Lemur Class.
Welcome
We would like to welcome everyone back the Spring 1 term for year 5! We hope everyone had a lovely winter break and wish you a very happy new year. We hope that you find the information below useful. This information will help you support your child at home with the organization of their week and their learning at home.
Key Times
| Homework | Each week, children are expected to learn their spellings, practise handwriting (letterjoin.co.uk) and times tables (ttrockstars.com) and read for 30 minutes each night – Pupils in year 5 should be moving on from their Yellow Read the Rainbow bookmark (end of Autumn 2) and aim to complete Green before the end of the term. |
| PE | In year 5, the PE days are: Brown Lemur Class – Tuesday and Thursday Flying Fox Class – Wednesday and Friday Please ensure that your child has their PE kit on these days. |
| Trips | Cultural Events and Trips this term include:
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| Key Times | For year 5, the school day will begin at 8.45, and end at 3.30. Please stick to these timings as each year group has their own start and end time to ensure social distancing. |
 
What are we learning?
| Literacy | In Literacy, we will be actively exploring  The Lost Happy Endings by Carol Ann Duffy and FarTher by Grahame Baker-Smith. We will be focusing on descriptive writing, persuasive writing, information reports and explanation texts.  |
| Maths | In Maths, we will be focusing on Geometry, money and decimals and finally finishing the term with place value 2. |
| Science | In Science, we will be looking at the properties of materials. |
| Geography | In Geography, we will be learning all about Brazil and what makes it distinctive. |
| History | In History, we will be continuing our learning about the Anglo-Saxon England focusing on what we can learn from their way of life. |
| RE | In RE, we will be exploring the notion that belief in Akhirah (life after death) helps Muslims lead good lives. |
| Computing | We will be focusing on spreadsheets in computing, using them to plan events. |
| Art | In Art, we will be learning about painting, looking at primary and secondary colours, improving our knowledge of colour mixing. |
| French | In French, we will be looking at different sports, how to ask and give opinions about what sports I/you like and dislike and finally, being able to describe the sports you do. |
| PSHE | In PSHE we will be learning about human rights. We will look at how and why we should respect everyone around us, despite our differences. Finally, we will look at how laws are developed. |
| PE | In PE we will be doing Gymnastics. |
| Music | For our music lessons, children will be learning about major, minor and pentatonic scales and will be composing their own. |
| DT | In DT we will designing and making bird boxes. |
How can I help at home?
One of the keyways every parent can help is to ensure that your child is at school every day and on time. Other than this, the main way you can help is by ensuring that your child reads every day, for at least 30 minutes – this can be with you, or on their own, but it is the most effective way of ensuring that your child progresses and learns outside of school. Practicing times tables frequently is vital.
Children have logins for Times Tables Rock Stars, LetterJoin, Mathletics, Literacy Planet and Purple Mash– please encourage them to use this frequently, as it will really help with their quick recall of mathematical facts.
If you have any questions, please talk to Mr Turner or Ms Sellami to arrange a meeting.
Thanks,
Mr Turner and Ms Sellami
