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Year 5

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

                                

Spring 2nd Half 2024

Guided reading – The Girl Who Stole an Elephant, Nizrana Farook

 

We will use this text to explore key reading skills whilst also enjoying this well-loved story. We will explore a range of poetry and non-fiction texts to further enhance our learning too.  We will explore a range of poetry and non-fiction texts to further enhance our learning too.

Maths

 

We will continue our mastery approach and look at fractions following the Power Maths scheme. This encourages lots of discussion and investigation to deepen the children's understanding.

English

We will read, enjoy and learn from Kensuke’s Kingdom – Michael Morpurgo

We will write alternative endings for this fantastic story, focusing on language and vocabulary. We will look at journalistic writing and write newspaper articles and a missing child poster. Then we will focus on non-fiction and write non-chronological reports on the Amazon rainforest.

Ongoing throughout this and each term will be a strong focus on spelling, punctuation and handwriting. Please help your child to practise these skills at home. Spellings will be tested on a Wednesday and new ones to practise will be sent home after the test ready for the following week, use our subscription to Emile to support this.

RE - Lent - 

In this unit, we will know that Lent is a Season of Change for Christians to become more like Christ, and understand some things that damage human relationships and the consequences of giving in to temptations that are wrong. We will recognise that the Sacrament of Reconciliations is the Church’s celebration of God’s forgiveness of sin.

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

Geography - The Americas

 

We will study geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom and a region in a South/North America.

We will compare and contrast two differing regions e.g. rich/poor Brazil, hilly/icy Argentina and locate the mountain ranges, rivers and oceans. 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, and look at economic activity and distribution of natural resources. We will use atlases and globes to find out about other features of places e.g. mountains, weather patterns.

Science

Our topic is Earth and Space

 

We will study the movement of the Earth and other planets in the solar system and how the Earth’s rotation brings about night and day. We will be able to explain the movement of the moon in relation to the earth.

You can learn more about Earth and Space using the resources on BBC-Bitesize.

Music

We will continue to follow the Charanga music scheme, looking at genres of music, artists and instruments. We will continue to focus on and develop our musical vocabulary.

Computing – We are web developers

 

- To understand that you have to make choices when using technology and that not everything is true/safe

- To analyse information

- To evaluate information

- To understand how search results are selected and ranked

PSHE – 

We will be using Ten Ten for our PSHE this half-term.  We will learn about online safety and the sharing of information and then become aware of cyber-bullying. We will look at types of online abuse and how it can impact your life and lifestyles. Finally, we will look at making good choices.

Reading –

 

Children should read at home every night and have their diary signed by a guardian. Please aim to read at least 5 pages 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. 

Key dates –

  • Trip to Jodrell Bank Tuesday 27th February
  • PE every Wednesday and Thursday, please ensure your child has their PE kit in school.