Year 5

Welcome to our Year Five page.

Welcome back and we hope you've had a lovely half term.

We have lots to look forward to!

Half Term Five. 

Our class text this half term will be The Explorer by Katherine Rundell .

In English we will be understanding poetry, writing a persuasive text and an explanation text about lifecycles.

In maths, we will be learning how to divide using written methods.  We will then focus our learning on decimals and percentages, perimeter and area. 

For our science lessons we will learn about lifecycles in a variety of plant and animal species.

In computing we will be learning how to use coding to make instructions happen.

Our Geography topic this half term will focus on Rainforests.  We will learn where they are and what creates a rainforest.  We will also consider why they are important.

In DT we will sew an applique patch to reflect the lifecycle of a butterfly. 

During our PSHCE lessons we will be focusing on appreciating ourselves and others.  We will consider how our character strengths can help us to appreciate people and experiences.

In RE we will continue our learning about pilgrimages.  We will find similarities between pilgrimages in different faiths and consider whether a person with no religion can also go on pilgrimage.

During Spanish lessons we will learn about classroom items and prepositions.  We will practise saying where classroom items are.

Important information:

Monday and Wednesday are our PE days. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kits. PE kits: Plain white T shirt and plain black shorts or tracksuit bottoms and trainers.

Reading at home: Children are encouraged to read at home for at least 10 minutes every night. Reading Records should be completed by your child and signed by an adult each week. 

They should bring a book bag to school every day.

Children can choose a new book as soon as they have competed one, there is no set day for changing books.

Fluency and Phonics: Children should be reading their online books at least twice per week.  If past words are needed, please speak to Mrs Meredith.

Home-learning:

All home-learning will be set weekly. We will provide English and Maths home-learning with additional topic activities. Children will also have weekly spellings to learn. 

Please encourage your child to use spelling shed each week.  Children have their logins.

It is essential that children continue to practice their times tables and division facts each week.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to ask. We are happy to support all our children and families in any way we can.

Mrs. Clews, Mrs. Meredith and Miss Ashton

EXTRA 

Year 5: BBC Bitesize lessons:https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zhgppg8/year-5-and-p6-lessons

Spellings: https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Reading: Oxford Owls   www.oxfordowl.co.uk      Class login:  Year Five 23               Password: Scooby

Primary help: http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/index.html

Spanish:   https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zxsvr82

Maths: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

Times tables games - Learn them all here!