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 autumn term curriculum overview
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Our current Year 5 displays
Autumn Term Curriculum Overview
English:
Narrative: Short stories including ‘Wolves in the Walls’
Non-fiction: Non-chronological report ‘ The Monsterology Handbook’
Poetry: vocabulary building and structures
Maths
Place value and rounding of larger numbers
Interpret negative numbers
Place value of numbers with up to 3 decimal places
Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1,000
Properties of number: multiples, factors, and common factors
Prime and composite numbers
Multiply and divide mentally
Solve problems involving knowledge of key facts
Add and subtract using a range of strategies
Add and subtract using formal written methods
Formal written method for multiplication
Formal written method of short division
Computing
Data and Information – flat-file databases
Science:
Earth and Space
Forces and Motion
History:
Ancient Greece: A study of Greek life, their achievements, beliefs and influence on the western world
Geography:
World News
Using atlases, globes, maps and secondary sources of information to explore the human and physical characteristics of Greece
Music:
Ancient China: pentatonic scale
Jazz: combining pitch and rhythm to make melodies
Art:
Drawing: I need space
DT:
Electrical systems – Doodlers
French:
Revise prior learning from Year 4
Topic ‘As-tu an animal?’ (Have you got a pet?)
PE:
Gymnastics
swimming
invasion games-rugby
PSHE:
SCARF scheme-
Unit -Me and my relationships:feelings, friendship skills including compromise, assertive skills, cooperation and recognising emotional needs.
-Protective behaviours (network hand)Growth mindset
RE
What does it mean to be Muslim in Britain today?
What would Jesus do: Can people live by the values of Jesus in 21st century Britain?
Key Dates
- Thursday 12th September at 3.25pm - 'Meet the teacher' meeting for children, parents and carers in the Year 5 classroom.
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 'Shackleton's Journey' by William Grill. This non-fiction book retells Shackleton's story.
Our class novel is 'Secret's of a Sun King', by Emma Carroll. This narrative is a glorious historical adventure with a nimble, thrilling 1920s tale, as well as a wonderful subplot set back in Ancient Egyptian times, as found in a scroll written by Tutankhamun’s best friend.
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.
In science, we are currently learning about 'Earth and Space'.
