Year 5
Welcome to Year 5!
The team is Miss Ash, Mrs Beever, Miss King, & Miss Hussien.
Year 5 | Autumn 2 |
Learning Journey Our Learning Journey this half term will continue to be about North America. This will start with learning about the triangular slave trade and the civil rights movement and segregation in the United States in History. This will link to black British history including how the Windrush generation helped England. We will also delve into the features of coasts and compare a UK coastline to that of one in Jamaica. | |
Maths During Maths lessons we will be covering: Multiplication Division Fractions It is important that your child practises their multiplication tables and division facts as this will help consolidate their learning. | English This half term we will be writing a non-chronological report. This will be based on the RMS Titanic that hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage from UK to America. This will link in with our big question and global theme which is power and governance. Our Book Study book this half term is A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig. |
Home Learning
We will set homework each week on Spelling Shed. This will need to be completed by the following Thursday. | Dates for your diary
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Parent Events Dates and times for Parent’s Evenings will be on Dojo for parents and carers to sign up to. Please ensure you are linked to your child’s Dojo page. | For your information
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Year 5 | Autumn 1 |
Learning Journey Our Learning Journey this half term will be about North America focusing on the theme of ‘Human Rights’. This will start with a history focus, learning about the American Revolution, followed by indigenous tribes and the impact European immigrants had on them. In geography, we will delve into the various biomes of North America including the tundra and grasslands and the features and animals that inhabit them. | |
Maths During Maths lessons we will be covering: Place value Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division We will have a focus on arithmetic skills throughout the year. Daily practise of what we have been learning in lessons on Maths IXL and times tables practice is vital.
| English This half term we will be writing a narrative. This will be based on a graphic novel called ‘Illegal’ by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin. This will link in with our question, ‘Should we be given the freedom to move freely around the world?’ We will be looking at year 5 specific grammar expectations and spellings from the year 5 and year 6 word list. For Book Study, we are looking at the book ‘Resist’ which is non fiction and explores our ‘Human Rights’ global curriculum topic. |
Home Learning Please make sure that you are signed into your child’s Dojo account to receive the latest information from school. We also encourage:
We will set weekly independent home learning on Class Dojo and will expect all children to complete their homework every week and post it on their dojo or hand it in on paper. | For your information
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