A Parent Guide to Year 5

Miss Baugh is teaching Atlanta (covered by MIss Hancock)

Mrs Horan is teaching Los Angeles

Our teaching assistants in Year 5 are Miss Blackledge and Mrs Dyde

Other staff who teach us:

Mr Raiswell and Sports Coaching Group ( PPA)

Mrs Valente and Mr Lewis ( Miss Baugh's management time)

 

English - Writing

Our book to support our writing for the first spring ½ term is Arthur and the Golden Rope by Toss Stanton. We use this book to write a myth, creating characters (heroes, villains and monsters) and settings. 

 

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During Spring 2, we study The Darkest Dark written by Chris Hadfield and use this as a resource to help us write a formal biography about Chris Hadfield. 

 

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English - Reading

Our reading books for the Spring Term will be Odd and the Frost Giants and Exploring Space. 

 

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Maths

This term, we will be completing the following units in our Maths lessons: 

  • Multiplication and Division B 

  • Fractions B 

  • Decimals and Percentages 

  • Perimeter and Area 

  • Statistics 

 

PE 

This term, Year 5 have PE on Wednesdays and 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: Earth and Space 

PSHE: Dreams and Goals and Healthy Me, plus No Outsiders 

PE: Watch, move and connect plus Modified Football 

History: Were the Vikings vicious? 

Geography: How can I describe my location in the world?  

Art/DT: Mixed Media/Mechanisms  

RE – What happens when we die  

French:  Healthy Eating – Going to Market and Clothes 

Computing: Databases, Game Creator and 3D Modelling 

Music: Performance Poetry and Music from Around the World 

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 Mondays).

Useful Websites

Times Tables Rockstars - https://ttrockstars.com/

Accelerated Reader - https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6706008

Purple Mash - https://www.purplemash.com/login/

Topmarks Maths games - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn

 

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Topic:

The Bold and the Brave

Explorers

Our World

Maths

Place Value

Addition and Subtraction

Multiplication and Division A

Fractions A

Multiplication and Division B

Fractions B

Decimals and Percentages

Perimeter and Area

Statistics

Shape

Position and Direction

Decimals

Negative numbers

Converting Units

Volume

Writing

Harry Potter – Informal letter

P2W: Queen of the Falls – Recount/Diary

P2W: The Lost Happy Endings – Traditional tales

P2W: Arthur and the Golden Rope – Myths (Vikings/Norse mythology)

P2W: The Darkest Dark – Biography

P2W: Jinnie Ghost - Poetry

P2W: The Paperbag Prince – Persuasive/informative leaflet

P2W: The Hunter – Adventure story (journey narrative)

Reading

P2R: Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls

P2R: Hansel and Gretel

P2R: Odd and the Frost Giants

P2R: Exploring Space/Planet Unknown

P2R: The Last Wild/Rubbish – A Look Behind the Scenes

P2R: African Tales

Science

Living Things and Their Habitats

Properties and Changes of Materials

Earth and Space

Forces

Animals Including Humans

Computing

Purple Mash:

Coding

Online Safety

Spreadsheets

Purple Mash:

Databases

Game Creator

3D Modelling

Purple Mash:

Concept Maps

Word Processing

History

Anglo Saxons - Learning about the Anglo Saxon invasion of Britain and how people lived. Looking at evidence from the Sutton Hoo excavation.

Were the Vikings vicious? – Finding out about the Viking invasion of Britain and how people lived. Making comparisons with the Anglo Saxons.

Is it better to be a tribe or a kingdom? – Study of a historical civilisation from a non-European country (Benin).

Looking at the lives of significant individuals.

Geography

Map Skills – Grid references, compass directions, locating countries and cities, OS map symbols. (Harry Potter theme)

How can I describe my location in the world? – Hemispheres, tropics, time zones, latitude and longitude

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

D&T

Structures – Bridges

Mechanisms – Pop-up books

Electrical systems – Doodlers

Art

Typography and Maps – Explore the art of typography and use this to create a map of Hogwarts from ‘Harry Potter’.

Mixed Media – Create landscapes with energy and a sense of space.

 Architecture – Looking at aspirational and eco homes.

 

French

 

My School, My Subjects

Time in the City

Healthy Eating – Going to Market

Clothes

Out of this World

Going to the Seaside

Music

Love Music Trust:

Getting Loopy

Samba

Love Music Trust:

Performance Poetry

Music from Around the World

Love Music Trust:

Improvising Colours

Newsbeat!

PSHE/

Citizenship

(2023)

Health and Wellbeing -

What makes up our identity?

Living in the Wider World -

What decisions can people make with money?

No Outsiders

Jigsaw:

Dreams and Goals -

Aspirations, how to achieve goals and understanding the emotions that go with this.

Healthy Me -

Being and keeping safe and healthy.

No Outsiders

Jigsaw:

Relationships –

Building positive, healthy relationships.

Changing Me –

Coping positively with change.

No Outsiders

PE

Athletics 1

Circuits

Handball

Tennis

Hockey

Football

Orienteering/Team Building

Athletics 2

Gymnastics

Cricket

Rounders

RE

Why do people have to stand up for what they believe in?

Investigating historical and modern-day examples of people who have fought for their beliefs.

 

What happens when we die? – Children interpret different sources of wisdom and beliefs about what happens when we die and the importance of funerals.

 

Who should get to be in charge?

Why are some places in the world significant to believers?

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