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 Two. 

Our class text this half term will be Warhorse by Michael Morpurgo. 

In English we will be writing diaries, letters and non-chronological reports about World War One.

In maths, we will be learning about addition and subtraction and using mental strategies to work out multi-step word problems. 

For our science lessons we will continue to learn about reversible and irreversible changes.

In computing we will be developing our word processing skills and learning about how to keep safe online.

Our History topic this half term will focus onWorld War One. We will find out why the war started and who were the main leaders. We will also look at life in the trenches and why people wear poppies today. 

In Art we will look at creating tone and perspective in our drawings. 

During our PSHCE lessons we will think about valuing difference and how diversity is an important aspect of our lives. 

In RE we think about what Hindus believe about God and how they show their beliefs through worship.

During Spanish lessons we will learn about the weather, our hobbies and Christmas. 

Important information:

Monday and Wednesday are our PE days. Monday is swimming.  Please ensure your child brings their swimming kit to school every week.  On Wednesdays, children should come 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.

We also recommend 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!