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 Four. 

Our class text this half term will be The Girl Who Walked on Air by Emma Carroll. .

In English we will be writing diaries and an explanation text about Forces.

In maths, we will be learning how to add and subtract fractions.  We will then focus our learning on written multiplication and division methods with up to 4-digit numbers. 

For our science lessons we will learn about different forces in the world around us.

In computing we will be creating concept maps and continuing to develop our understanding of the need to be safe and responsible online.

Our Geography topic this half term will focus on understanding how Blackpool grew to become one of the UK's favourite seaside resorts. 

In DT create a structure from recycled materials which could become a landmark reflecting an aspect of European life.  We will base our design on Blackpool tower. 

During our PSHCE lessons we will be focusing on understanding our character strengths and how we use these to show and develop resilience.  We will discuss how we can use our strengths to be our best selves.

In RE we will complete our learning about Humanism and begin to learn about a range of pilgrimages in a variety of faiths.  we will think about why pilgrimages are significant for believers and find similarities and differences between faiths.

During Spanish lessons we will learn about the verb 'ir' and transport.

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!