Welcome to Year 5!
Teacher: Miss Gregory
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Hogan
A copy of the Year 5 curriculum overview can be downloaded below.
PE days are on Thursday mornings - you need a full indoor and outdoor kit at all times. These will be sent home every half term for a wash!
Spelling Test Day is every Friday (Please access spelling shed x3 a week using your username and password.
Homework is reading 3 times a week, recording in reading journals, accessing times table rockstars and completing 3 termly homework tasks.
HOMEWORK - Spelling shed 3 times per week, read at home 3 times per week and times table rockstars 3 timer per week.
PE days are on Thursday mornings - you need a full indoor and outdoor kit at all times. These will be sent home every half term for a wash!
Year 5 are currently reading...
Journey to the river sea by Eva Ibbotson.
Term: Spring 2
Topic: Adventure into the Amazon.
Do we need the rainforests?
Hello! Welcome to Year 5's page on our School website. On this page, you will be able to find all of the learning that is currently taking place in our class this half term.
Literacy
Fiction unit: Stories from another culture (The great kapok tree/ Journey to the river sea/ Vanishing rainforest)
The outcome of this unit is to write our own story from a different culture, based on deforestation.
Non-fiction: Persuasion/debates (The Sharmans apprentice)
The outcome of this unit is to write a persuasive letter to the WWF and to plan and present a class debate.
Maths
Week 1 - Geometry reflection/translation.
Week 2 - Mental/Written Division
Week 3 - 2D/3D shape including sorting
Week 4 - Calculating with fractions
Week 5 - Measurement (Area & Volume)
Week 6 - Statistics, measures and calculations.
Science
This half term we are going to be learning about life cycles of plants, animals and humans.
WHY ARE SOME LIFE CYCLES DIFFERENT TO OTHERS?
Computing
This half term we are going to be studying flat file databases linked to animals in our Science and Geography topics.
ONLINE SAFETY - HEALTH AND WELLBEING.
Other foundation subjects
Geography - The Amazon Rainforest.
KEY FOCUS PERSON - CHICO MENDES - CONSERVATIONIST.
Art / D.T - Amazon wallhanging - tapestry/ textiles/collage/pastels.
ARTISTS - Henry Rousseau and Ruth Daniels.
PSHE - I am healthy.
R.E - Christianity - Jesus - The Miracles.
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY A MIRACLE?
Music - Rainforest Music using the Charanga.
Below you can find some of our knowledge organisers and our termly newsletter.
Please also see the Y5/Y6 statutory spelling list. These are words which children need to learn by the end of Year 6.
Below is our spelling overview for the year and Summer terms homework: