Year 5
Welcome to Year 5:
Amazon Class & Mississippi Class
Ms Tildesley is teaching Mississippi Class this year and Mr Gallagher is the class teacher in Amazon Class.
Welcome
Welcome to year 5! We hope you find the information below useful. This information will help you support your child at home with the organisation of their week and their learning at home.
Key Times
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Homework |
Each week, children are expected to learn their spellings, practise their times tables, and read for 30 minutes each night |
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PE |
In year 5, the PE days are: Mississippi Class – Monday and Friday Please ensure that your child has their PE kit on these days. |
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Trips |
This half-term we have the year 5 residential journey to a Farm in South Wales. The children at school will also have lots of exciting activities to take part in, including an Adventure Learning Forest School Day! We are also planning a workshop with Joseph Coelho, a poet we will be studying in English this year |
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Key Times |
For Year 5, the school day will begin at 8.50, and end at 3.35. Please stick to these timings as each yeargroup has their own start and end time to ensure social distancing |
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What are we learning?
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Literacy |
In Literacy, we will begin by reading “Street Child”. Street Child is an exciting, historical story, based on a true story of an orphan whose life inspire Doctor Barnardo to help street children. We will be using the text as a basis for creating news reports and narrative writing. |
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Maths |
In maths, we will be focusing on Place Value, Addition and Subtraction. We will also be doing catch-up sessions in order to support with areas taught during lockdown. |
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Science |
Space and Earth will be the main focus of Science this half-term, learning about satellites, seasons, day and night cycles, and the planets. |
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Geography |
We will be learning about lines of longitude and latitude, and map skills – this will link in with our work in Science. |
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History |
In History, we will be moving on chronologically from year 4, learning about what happened in Britain when the Romans left, learning about the Anglo-Saxons. |
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RE |
In RE, we will be moving on from learning about Hindu key beliefs, specifically focusing on the River Ganges |
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Computing |
Coding will be our main focus for computing, learning about variables, loops, and contingent statements. |
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Art |
In art, we will be learning about drawing, with a focus on perspective, and 3D drawing. |
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French |
In French, we will start by learning about telling the time in French, and then move on to describing likes and dislikes. |
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PSHE |
In PSHE we will be thinking about families and relationships. We will also have a focus on wellbeing. |
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PE |
In PE we will be doing Netball, focusing on marking, getting free, and attack and defence. |
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Music |
Body percussion will be our focus in music, where we will also start to learn about music theory, including how it is recorded and written. |
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DT |
In DT we will learning about food technology, focusing on soups using local ingredients. |
How can I help at home?
One of the key ways 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. Practising times tables frequently is vital, and children should be confident in their times tables by the end of year 4.
Children have logins for Times Table Rockstars 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 Gallagher or Ms Tildesley
Thanks,
Mr Gallagher and Ms Tildesley
