WELCOME TO YEAR FIVE
Class Teachers: Mrs Boorn and Mrs Lyden
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Cottrell
Please read the below termly newsletter and curriculum overview:
Year 5 summer term curriculum overview
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Our current Year 5 displays
Summer Term Curriculum Overview
English:
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The Write Stuff sentence stacking Non-fiction –: Biography writing Non-fiction: Plastic Pollution speech Poetry: Poems which explore form |
Maths
Perimeter (and revision of area)
angles
multiplication and division
solving problems involving scaling by simple fractions and rate
conversion of measures
reading timetables
problem solving with 4 operations
shape and measures
statistics
Roman numerals
Computing
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NCfCE (National Centre for Computing Excellence) Creating media - vector drawing and editing media Programming |
Science:
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Animals including Humans Reproduction of living things. Human life cycle compared to other animals. Living Things and their Habitats- investigating the life cycles of plants and animals |
History:
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The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor |
Geography:
South America - physical and human features (population, rivers, mountains)
Biomes and Climate Zones
Using Maps
Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key
Music:
Animal Kingdom -harmony, intervals and chords.
Rock and Roll listening and appraising. Lead and backing vocals, chords, lead and bass guitar
Art:
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Sculpture and 3D: interactive installation |
DT:
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Cooking and nutrition – What could be healthier? |
French:
PE:
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Invasion games - handball Orienteering Athletics Striking / Fielding - kwik cricket Dance - South American theme Sports’ Day |
PSHE:
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SCARF units: - Being my Best - Growing and Changing |
RE
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Green Religion: What do religious and non-religious worldviews teach about caring for the earth? Hinduism, Christianity, Islam -Is pilgrimage worth it? |
Key Dates
- 1st July -Sports Day
- 3rd July - Reserved Sports Day
Google Classroom
Homework
All homework will be posted via Google Classroom.
| Homework | Posted | Due the following: |
| Spelling | Wednesday | Wednesday |
| Reading Comprehension | Friday | Wednesday |
| Maths | Friday | Friday |
N.B. Occasionally homework dates may change so please keep an eye on the steam for updates.
Once in Google Classroom you can access the assignments via the 'stream' or 'classwork' area.
News and photographs:
We frequently update the Google Classroom stream with photographs of the children and their learning and class information so please check as often as possible.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are unable to access your homework tasks on Google Classroom.
READING IN YEAR 5
Year 5 Recommended Reads
Are you looking for a new book to read?
Have a look at this list of recommended reads from Booksfortopics.com.
Click here to view the book list.
Click here to view the 50 recommended reads for Year 5. How many have you read?
Response to Reading
As a class, we are reading and sharing responses to 'The Explorer', by Emma Carroll. This adventure novel is about four children, Fred, Con, Lila and Max, who crash-land in the Amazon rainforest after their plane falls out of the sky.They must learn to survive in the wilderness, find shelter, and hunt for food, eventually discovering traces of another human inhabitant and a map. The story explores themes of friendship, survival, and the environment.
Many children are keen to follow the text when we are reading to the class. Our next text is ‘Boy in the tower ’ written by Polly-Yo-Hen. Children are welcome to bring this text into school; please don’t forget that we have a fabulous local library.
BoomReader
All reading activity is recorded onto the digital reading record app BoomReader. It is a quick and easy way to track reading both at school and at home. 
Readers of the week
Every week we track and recognise the top six children that have added the largest number of entries onto BoomReader. Could it be your child this week? Please continue to listen to your child read and ask questions about the text.
