Year 5

Welcome to Year 5! This year at BRW we are focusing on ‘The Treasure Within’. This will underpin all we do in school and help us to focus on our work with our faith at the centre of everything we do.

The Treasure Within

Maths

Year 5 will deepen their understanding of mental and written methods to ensure they have a range of ways to solve problems. We will focus on: Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Measurement and Statistics. Throughout these topics, we will explore contextualised problems that will encourage the children’s independence in maths so they become life-long mathematicians.

English

Our class texts this term will be: Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. Using these varied and exciting texts alongside imagination, we will create original pieces of writing and poetry. There will be lots of discussion and group writing to ensure the children can confidently use the skills when asked to independently. As always, there will be a focus on spelling, punctuation and grammar to ensure Year 5 produce writing of the highest quality.

To know You more clearly

In RE, the children will follow the ‘To know you more clearly’ curriculum of:

Creation and Covenant: in which pupils will encounter the God who creates and calls people.

Prophecy and Promise: in which pupils explore the Christian understanding of the prophets as they point to fulfilment of God’s promise in a Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Wider Topic

 

During Science lessons, children will be exploring the properties of materials, different states of matter and changing materials through lots of practical investigations!

History and Geography lessons will be focusing on Ancient Egypt and Climate and the impact that these topics have on our world today.

Art lessons will provide opportunity for the children to develop their drawing skills such as; observational skill, experimenting with a range of lines and mark making.

In DT Year 5 will be creating and producing their own delicious food!

In PE we will begin sessions developing our Basketball skills and Multi – sports with Gordon. We will also be continuing swimming lessons later in the term.

Music this term focuses on orchestral and film music giving children the opportunity to be their own composers!

Year Five will also be studying French, building up a basic vocabulary and essential conversation skills. Pupils will have an opportunity to practice their pronunciation through speaking and listening activities in lessons with our French teacher. In Computing, the children will be able to develop their coding and inventive skills, whilst working with a variety of software.

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://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-age-9-10-year-5/

History: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zg87xnb

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