Welcome to Year 5
Miss Willington and Mrs Watson 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)
Summer term - Our World
English - Writing
Our book to support our writing for the Summer Term is The Paper bag Prince by Colin Thompson. We use this book to write a persuasive leaflet to give information about waste management.
During Summer 2, we study The Hunter written by Paul Geraghty and use this as a resource to help us write a narrative by changing the characters, animal and setting.
English - Reading
Our reading books for the Summer Term will be Pollution – A look Behind the Scenes and African Tales. 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:
- Shape
- Position and Direction
- Decimals
- Negative numbers
- Converting Units
- Volume
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.
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IXL have separate pages of skills linked to individual year groups. ixl English & Maths
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A site with both Maths and English based quizzes which are marked as you go along. http://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/maths/
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A site with a range of information and questions http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm
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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/
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This site has lots of Maths games which help to practise a range of skills Maths Playground Games
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Lots of maths games on a range of Mathematical concepts. sheppardsoftware Maths
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A range of English games and activities. http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
- Times Tables Rockstars - https://ttrockstars.com/
- Accelerated Reader - https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6706008
- Purple Mash - https://www.purplemash.com/login/
- BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn
PE
This term, Year 5 have PE on Monday and Wednesday.
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: Forces and Animals Including Humans
PSHE: Relationships and Changing Me – plus No Outsiders
PE: Athletics, Rounders, Aim, Strike and Retrieve, Solve Explore and Challenge.
History: Is it better to be a tribe or a kingdom?
Geography: What is the human impact on our World?
Study of the impact that global warming, water pollution and deforestation has on the world’s biomes
Art/DT: Architecture/Electrical Systems
RE – Who should get to be in charge? and Why are some places in the world significant to believers?
French: Out of this World and Going to the Seaside
Computing: Game Creator and 3D Modelling
Music: Improvising Colours and Newsbeat!
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.