A Parent Guide to Year 5

Miss Willington and Mr Hastings are teaching Atlanta 

Mrs Horan is teaching Los Angeles

Our teaching assistant in Year 5 is Mrs Machin

Other staff who teach us:

Mr Raiswell (PE in PPA)

Mrs Valente (French and Music in PPA)

Autumn term - The Bold and the Brave

English - Writing

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
During the first couple of weeks, our writing is based around Harry Potter. We will write descriptions of characters and settings, leading to our final piece which is a letter to our parents during our first term at Hogwarts. We will also use Harry Potter as a fun way to learn how to use and create a map in geography.

Our main book to support our writing for the rest of the first term is Queen of the Falls. The Mastery Keys we will teach and use to assess the children's writing are listed below.

After the October half-term, we study The Lost Happy Endings and us this as a resource to help us write descriptions of character, settings and atmosphere. The Mastery Keys we will teach and use to assess the children's writing are listed below.

English - Reading
Our reading book for the Autumn Term will be Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls and Hansel and Gretel. The Mastery Keys we will teach and use to assess the children's reading skills are listed below.

Maths

This term, we will be completing the following units in our Maths lessons:
•    Place value
•    Addition and Subtraction
•    Multiplication and Division
•    Fractions

Useful Websites:

To help you along the way we have found some websites which they may find useful.   Many of these are interactive and use brief tutorials or engage the children to use their knowledge through the playing of games. 

  • A site with Maths Tutorials as well as Maths Games. Some of these games are linked to memory and would therefore help pupils to retain key information. http://www.online-maths-tutor.com/ 

PE
This term, Year 5 have PE on Fridays.
We ask that children come to school in their PE kit rather than school uniform. This should include shorts and house team t- shirt and/or sweatshirt. If the weather is cold, then black tracksuit bottoms or leggings may be more suitable. Please ensure that long hair is tied back and earrings are removed or covered for PE on the appropriate days.


Other Areas of the Curriculum
Science: Living Things and their habitats, Properties and Changes of materials
PSHE: Being Me in My World, Celebrating Difference and No Outsiders
PE: Pass, Move and Score, Symmetry, Balance, Travel/Perform
History: Anglo Saxons
Geography: Map Skills
Art/DT: Typography and Maps/Building Structures (bridges)
RE - Why do people have to stand up for what they believe in?/Why doesn’t Christianity always look the same?
French: My school and time in the city
Computing: Coding and online safety
Music: Love Music Trust, getting loopy and samba
 

Homework Expectations

Children are expected to complete the following tasks each week:

  • Reading at least 3 times per week. This should be recorded in reading records and may include reading independently or with an adult.
  • Times Tables Rockstars (for at least 15 minutes).
  • Practise weekly spellings (in preparation for our test on Thursdays).
  • Reading records signed by an adult each week.