Welcome to Year 5
Teacher - Mr Devlin
Teaching Assistant - Mrs Garrigan
Teaching Assistant - Mrs Metcalfe
Year 5 / 6 Key Information
PE Days: Thursday. 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.
Swimming: We attend swimming lessons every Friday as part of the national curriculum. Please send your children to school in their normal school uniform with a swimming kit in a drawstring bag. This must include trunks/ swimming costume, a towel and if necessary, hairbrush, deodorant and goggles
Reading Books: Children will have a book banded reading book and a library book. If children do not have signatures in their reading record from home on a Monday, they will be required to stay in for some of their morning break time as a consequence. 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 on a weekly basis.
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, Beowulf, The Odyssey and Percy Jackson. 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 changes in properties and different materials including how we separate them, and why they are used for specific things.
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, The Lizzie and Belle, Rumaysa: A Fairytale and Hidden Figures. The class writing outcomes will include writing poetry, persuasive letters, speeches and character and setting descriptions.
In science, Year 5s will investigate Forces and also Earth and Space – this is an exciting term for developing new science skills!
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 5s 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, Curiosity, Alte Zachen and Firebird. Our main writing focuses include fairy-tale narratives, newspaper articles, reports, leaflets and scripts.
In science, Year 5s will continue to understand living things and their habitats. We then move on to animals including humans.
Our geography topic is exploring the rainforests and the animals that it is a habitat 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.