Welcome to the Year 5 class page – Mrs Finney and Mr Ratcliffe are looking forward to spending this year with you!

                                

Summer 1

Whole class reading.

We will read Incredible Quests and Tales of the Unexpected.

We will use these texts to explore key reading skills – vocabulary, summarise, infer, predict, explain and find evidence from the text to support our answers, whilst also enjoying this well-loved story

Maths

 

We will look at decimals, solving problems using decimals, including addition and subtraction. We will look at negative numbers, measure and converting units, volume and capacity.

We are following a new scheme called Power Maths which will enhance and embed our mathematical investigative skills using the mastery approach.

English

Book focus: Kensuke's Kingdom - Michael Morpurgo

We will use our class book as inspiration for our own writing. We will learn key language and grammar skills We will write a first-person recount and will look at and compose a character and setting description. Then we will plan and write our own balanced argument, and also  an information text. Ongoing throughout this and each term there will be a focus on punctuation and grammar skills and handwriting using the Letterjoin scheme. Please help your child to practise at home, their login for Letterjoin is in their reading diaries.

RE - Easter -

 

The children will know that the Easter Vigil is the Church Celebration of the Resurrection of Christ. They will know the structure of the Vigil and will understand the meaning attached to some of the symbols used during the Vigil. We will also be able to discuss the importance of Christian belief in eternal life.

 

Our Class Saint -  Oscar Romero

Oscar Romero was regarded as the spokesperson for truth and justice for the people. He taught that violence could be overcome by Christian love and was told by the Pope to have courage. Oscar Romero said, “Let my blood be a seed of freedom, and a sign that hope will soon be a reality.” We will work together to think about the incredible work of our Class Saint, and we will use his ideas to inspire our own so that we too can help those who do not have courage.

Feast Day: 24th March

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Geography - Coastal Erosion

 

We will study the formation, physical features, coastal management and erosion on Britain’s beaches. We will describe coastal area and changes in land use. We will consider how the location of these geographical features has shaped life, e.g. land use, why major cities tend to be built by rivers. We will then look at economic activity and distribution of natural resources.

For our map work we will recognise and use OS map symbols and start to follow a short route on an OS map, using 8 compass points. We will begin to use 4 figure co-ordinates to locate features on a map.

Science

Our topic is Materials.

Changes of materials

We will classify materials based on their properties. We will study materials that dissolve and make a solution including reversible changes.

Then describe how materials can be separated.

Music

Over the year we will learn to play the keyboard; this half term we will focus on learning to play music using 5 notes where we don't have to move our hands.  We will focus our learning on hip hop music; understanding how the music developed and the impact it has had on the music we listen to today.

Art - Architecture - Dream Big and Small

We will use sketchbooks to make visual notes of the details, structures, materials, and ideas which appeal to us. We will look at continuous line drawing, and use the design to make technique to produce our own structures.

Computing –

We are adventure gamers

- To combine sequences of instructions and procedures to turn devices on and off

- To design algorithms that use repetition and 2-way selection

- To use technology to control a device

 

PSHE – 

Relationships

We will look at how to recognize things in ourselves and safety with online communities. We will look at being in an online community and online gaming. We will look at how to stay safe online. Finally, we will learn about our relationship with screen time.

French

Unit K – Eating Out

We will learn how to ask for items in a shop or restaurant and ask how much things cost. We will learn some basic weights and how to order for others in a restaurant.

In our French grammar, we will recognise subject pronouns, and use “il” and “elle” with verbs in speech and writing to form sentences.

PE

Basketball and Athletics.

This half term, our PE is on a Tuesday and Thursday.

Reading –

 

Children should read at home every night and have their diary signed by a guardian. Please aim to read for at least 15 minutes each night and enjoy discussing and asking your child questions about what they have read. Children will also have a reading for pleasure book from the school library to enjoy at home. 

Homework

• Daily Maths homework is set to improve fluency.
• Reading at home should take place five times a week. This will be monitored through daily diary checks.
• Weekend homework – English which will be reading comprehension or grammar, and Maths.
• All passwords are in your child’s reading diary for the online homework
• Handwriting can be practised at home using the Letterjoin scheme.
• Spellings using the Grammarsaurus Morphs game or the Emile scheme.
• Activelearn games will be set linked to our daily lessons and reading levels - the children's passwords are in their diary
• Times tables on TTRockstar.