Year 5

Welcome to Year 5! In our final term, we will be continuing the curriculum theme ‘Stewards of the Earth; Guardians of God’s Gifts’!  Year 5 are wonderful stewards in school and I am looking forward to seeing the new ways they show this as we investigate our new term topic title: ‘How can we change, challenge and grow this term?’

STEWARDS OF THE EARTH; GUARDIANS OF GOD’S GIFTS

Maths

This term we are exploring decimals, shape, position and direction and measurement, whilst using our heuristics to solve problems related to these topics. We will also be revising and consolidating our number and place value understanding, to support these topics.

English

This term, our writing will be inspired by ‘Clockwork’ and ’The Explorer’, as we continue to become sophisticated writers using a range of grammar and punctuation, within a variety of genres.

Come and See

In Religious Education, we’ll delve into the theme of ‘Transformation,’ examining the influence of faith and spirit, particularly during Pentecost. Following that, we’ll explore ‘Freedom and Responsibility,’ delving into concepts of free will and our capacity to contribute positively to society. Lastly, we’ll investigate ‘Stewardship’ and our role in caring for the world. Additionally, we’ll study ‘Hinduism’ as our focus on ‘Other Faith.

Wider Topic

 

Our wider topic work will focus on the question; ‘How will we change, challenge and grow this term?’.

History and Geography lessons will be focusing on how Clifton Village has bloomed from the Victorian era, WW1 and through to present day. We will explore what caused this and use our map skills to investigate this further.

Art lessons will provide opportunity for the children to include texture to their artwork and produce their own William Morris wallpaper.

In DT Year 5 will be creating and producing their own William Morris inspired cushion by exploring textiles.

In Computing the children will be developing their IT skills through Microsoft Office and will be coding through Scratch.

In PE we will begin sessions developing our athletic skills, ready for sports day. and rounders. Dance will be every Friday afternoon, focusing on the ‘braver, stronger, fearless’ theme. Swimming will be Thursday mornings. Music this half term focuses on composers and the children will be composing their own pieces of music, inspired by ‘Swing Music’.

In RHE, this term the children will be learning discussing what it means to have positive body image.  The children will develop an understanding of the world around them, how to be safe and how to be global citizens of the world.

Help from home!

  1. Please check Homework diaries regularly for weekly information about your child’s work and progress. Children’s diaries will be checked and signed on Monday mornings to ensure reading is taking place at home. Your child must be completing this every day with the pages they have read, the title of the book and an adults initials. Please discuss characters, themes, plots and ask for your child’s opinions on the books they are reading; this will help with their success in English. Recording this information in their homework diary is extremely useful evidence of their reading.
  2. Children will be given homework each week. As Year 5s, they are encouraged to take responsibility for remembering to complete their homework, but they may need the odd reminder from someone at home to get it done! Homework is not something that should worry them and please remind them that if they are ever struggling to complete a homework task, then they should come and see me.
  3. It is very important that all children can recall their number facts quickly and correctly, so when possible please encourage your child to practise their times tables and division facts and mental addition/subtraction through TTRS, Mathletics and Numbots.
  4. Please ensure your child has their PE kit in school every day. They need a PE kit for both indoor and outdoor PE. Their outdoor PE kit should include a hoodie and something to keep their legs warm (gym leggings or jogging bottoms). PE kits must be school colours.
  5. Children will be given a list of spellings each week on a Wednesday. These will be tested the following Wednesday. Please keep a check of these regularly.Your support this year will be crucial and I’d like to thank you in advance for your support over the coming term.

Miss Ashton

 

Useful Links:

Maths: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39

SPaG: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhrrd2p

Reading: https://www.vashtihardy.com/brightstormintroduction

History: http://www.clifton-village.org.uk/

History: http://www.clifton-village.org.uk/cliftonhist/chall1.html

Art: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/william-morris-388

Art: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/introducing-william-morris

Science: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zryycdm