Year 5
Welcome to Year 5!
The team is Miss Ash, Miss Tindale, Miss King, Mr Lenehan, Mrs Bullas & Miss Hussien.
Summer 1
History and Geography This half-term we will complete our Anglo-Saxon learning and begin our Ancient Greek topic in History and Geography. Students will recognise some features of Ancient Greek life and will learn about the achievements of Ancient Greece and their influence on the western world. Our study of Greeks will help us to answer our big question ‘Do problems from history repeat themselves?’ We will also study our global themes which for this half term is ‘Sustainable Development’. | |
Science We will begin our biology unit ‘Animals Including Humans’. This does include aspects of puberty, physiology and reproduction as part of the National Curriculum, full details of this will be sent out to parents before any content is covered and we will be happy to discuss any sensitive areas. | |
Maths This half term in maths the areas covered in maths will be Measurement and Shape. We will also be continuing regular arithmetic lessons on a Friday which will include arithmetic tests to allow the children to consolidate their understanding of the four operations. | English In Book Study, we will be looking at Who Let The Gods Out by Maz Evans, a heart-felt adventure story which is linked to our topic of Ancient Greece and our global theme of Identity and Diversity. During our English lessons, we will be exploring a new text for Year 5 called Scrap by Guy Bass related to our big question. This text will also be the inspiration for our narrative writing. We will also be looking at Greek Mythology, where children can take inspiration to create their own narrative. |
Home Learning
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English
We will be writing a persuasive piece this half term based on Hidden Figures. Children will learn about the struggles that the African American women, who worked for NASA, faced and how this is an important part of history. In book study, we are reading Jess Butterworth’s ‘Running on the Roof of the World’ whilst exploring the global theme of social justice and equity.
History and Geography
This half term we will be looking into Social Justice and Equity. We will be looking at how fairness may not always mean equal treatment, about the causes and effects of inequality and linking these themes to all of our learning throughout our curriculum. As geographers, we will be learning about why people invade and settle in other countries and the positive and negative effects the settlers have over time.
Maths
This half term in maths, we will focus on statistics to ensure that the children’s are using existing skills to understand and use data accurately. Following on from this, we will be consolidating
multiplication and division skills. We recap all the maths ideas we have taught so far at the beginning of every lesson and keep practising strategies we have learnt. All children need to know their times tables and should be practising them at home. Every child has a login for Times Tables Rockstars and Maths IXL as well as access to tasks on the practice SATs platform Mirodo.
Home Learning
· Weekly home learning will be set on a
Friday on Spelling Shed.
· IXL
· Home reading
· Spellings
· Times tables Rockstars
· Mirodo
It is important that your child completes the above tasks as it improves their learning in school.
Dates for your diary
· World Book Day 6th March 2025
For your information
· PE for this half term is on Monday and Tuesday for Class 11, Monday and Friday for Class 12 and
Tuesday and Friday for Class 13 (the proper PE uniform of a plain white top and plain black
bottoms is necessary).
· Spellings are given out each week on Class Dojo and on paper as well as activities on Spelling
Shed.
· Your child has until Thursday to complete any homework that they have been set.
· Please could you make sure that your child has a water bottle in school.
· Please make sure your child attends school. Every day counts.