Year 5

Welcome to Year 5's class page

Please see below the weekly timetable for Year 5

Here is a summary of what we will be learning in Spring term.

English

In Spring 2, we will be reading 'The Darkest Dark'

Children will be learning to

- Use a variety of verb forms used correctly and consistently.
- Use commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing
- Link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials and tense choices
- Use brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis

Recap: Extend the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions (Y4)

Writing outcome - Recount (Biography)

To write a formal biography about Chris Hadfield

Reading

Each week, our reading lessons will focus in a new short reading text, covering a range of text types that link to our learning across the curriculum. We will develop the six key reading skills (VIPERS) - Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval, Summary as well as improving fluency and prosody.

Maths

Below will be the KIRFS we will be focusing on this term. These will be practised weekly but it would be beneficial to practise also at home on websites such as top marks (daily 10).

Spring kirfs

Fractions and percentages

Add and subtract fractions with the same and different denominators

Multiply mixed fractions and fractions by a whole number.

Explore percentage, fraction and decimal equivalence.

Transformations

Co-ordinates in all four quadrants

Translation and reflection

Calculate intervals across zero as a context for negative numbers.

Science - Living things

We will be learning about the life cycle of living things including the parts of a plant.

Geography- Does climate change affect economic activity?

French - Traditions and Celebrations

Computing - Microbits (Coding)

My Happy Mind - Relate

My-Happy-Mind-Poster.pdf

PSHE - Online Safety

Religious Education (RE)

Understanding Christianity (Salvation)

PE - Swimming

Swimming will be on a Tuesday morning. Children will need to wear their PE kit to school and bring their swimming kit in a bag.

Indoors

Navy/Black shorts
White polo shirt or t-shirt (N.B. This should be a different polo shirt to any worn as part of the school uniform)

(for gymnastics, a black leotard may also be worn).

Outdoors

Tracksuits will be allowed for outdoor games in cold weather; these should not be in team colours/fashion brands.

Trainers should be worn which are robust, sturdy and intended for exercise and not fashion.

Design and Technology - Create a pop up book

Homework

Maths- Given out every Thursday to be handed in by the following Thursday.

Reading records – Reading homework – 10 mins each day signed in the home reading record books – 20 times a month reading homework is expected in Upper Key Stage 2. Books will be checked every Wednesday.

If you have any questions, worries or concerns please contact me using the class email: year5@cpa.dsat.education

Thank you.

Miss Westwood & Mrs Wilkinson