Welcome to Year 5
Teacher - Mr Devlin
Teaching Assistant - Mrs Garrigan
Teaching Assistant - Mrs Metcalfe
Year 5 / 6 Key Information
Spellings:
PE Days: Monday and Friday. Please come to school dressed in your PE kit on your PE days. This includes a plain white t-shirt, plain black or grey leggings/trousers/shorts/sweatshirt and suitable trainers.
Reading Books: Children will have a book banded reading book and a reading for pleasure book. These can be changed on a Monday and a Friday. Book banded books will be changed if reading records have been signed. In Year 5 and 6 the children’s books are often longer with more chapters, therefore children may not need to change their reading for pleasure books every week.
Library books: Children have the opportunity to access books from the library when they are choosing reading for pleasure books.
Homework: Homework is sent out on a Friday and is due the next Friday to be marked. Spellings are sent out on a Monday and the children are tested the following Monday. We also expect children to be regularly completing TTRS and reading for pleasure at home.
Homework Expectations
This is just a reminder of the expectations for KS2 homework. Every day, all children should complete five minutes of spelling practise, reading and times table practise.
At our school we are passionate about reading and it is massively beneficial to children. It supports their development in all areas of the curriculum, their mental wellbeing and broadens their imagination.
What’s happening in Autumn term?
This term in maths, Year 5 will be learning about Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division and Fractions.
In English, we will be reading The Man who Walked Between the Towers, Hidden Figures, The Tempest and The Odyssey. We will be using these books to explore different areas of literacy including writing fact files, biographies, reports, diaries and letters.
In science, Year 5s will investigate animals including humans and light where we will learn about how the heart works, exercise and what is good for our bodies. When exploring light we will look at its different sources, and how reflections and shadows are formed.
Our history topic is based on The Anglo-Saxons and The Vikings where we will look at life after the Romans, the beginning of the monarchy and developing England, the defeat of the Anglo-Saxons and how The Vikings shaped Britain’s future with their methods of invasion.
What’s happening in Spring term?
This term in maths, Year 5 will be learning about Multiplication and Division, Fractions, Decimals and Percentages, Perimeter and Area and Statistics.
In English, we will be reading The Island, Freedom Bird, The Whale and Beowulf. The class writing outcomes will include writing poetry, persuasive letters, speeches and character and setting descriptions.
In science, Year 5s will investigate Electricity, Living things and their habitats. In Electricity we will doing lots of investigations with circuits, learning about voltage and how to be safe around electricity too. In Living Things and their Habitats, we will discover how to classify plants and animals into different categories using the Linnaean System, microorganisms and looking at the local habitat we have around our school grounds.
Our geography topic is called ‘Brazil Vs UK’. In this unit, we will compare the differences between South America and the United Kingdom in culture, entertainment and music and community.
What’s happening in Summer term?
This half term in maths, Year 4s will look at decimals, money, time, shape, statistics, position and direction. Year 5s will look into shape, position and direction, decimals, negative numbers, converting units and volume.
In English, we will be reading Kaspar – Prince of Cats, Anne Frank, High Rise and Firebird. Our main writing focuses include fairy-tale narratives, newspaper articles, reports, leaflets and scripts.
In science, Year 4s will continue to understand living things and their habitats. We then move on to Evolution and Inheritance looking at the theory and evidence for it, and how humans have adapted over time.
Our geography topic is exploring the rainforests and the animals that it is a habitiat for, the weather, deforestation and how climate change is impacting it and. We will also be learning about The Tudors in history looking at all things King Henry VIII, his wives, how they developed the Church of England and what life was like in that period.