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

This term, children will use a range of heuristics to tackle challenges in multiplication and division, fractions, decimals and percentages, perimeter and area, and statistics, while revising prior learning to become more resourceful and independent problem solvers. Throughout these topics, we will explore contextualised problems that will encourage the children’s independence in maths so they become life-long mathematicians.

English

In English, we will be exploring the story of ‘Brightstorm’ by Vashti Hardy and ‘The Wind in the Willows’ by Kenneth Grahame, to create newspaper reports, persuasive writing, descriptions and poetry. Also, we will be focusing on the appropriate use of commas, relative clauses, adventurous vocabulary and recapping on the basics. 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:

In RE, children will follow the To Know You More Clearly curriculum. They will learn about Jesus’ teachings from Galilee to Jerusalem, including the Beatitudes, the Greatest Commandment and the Transfiguration. In the Desert to Garden unit, they will explore Jesus’ journey through temptation, suffering, death and resurrection, and they will also study Hinduism and Sikhism as part of other faiths.

Wider Topic

 

In Science, we will learn about Space and Earth focusing on our solar system and the planets in it. We will also be learning about forces and the impact they have on us and the world around us.

History and Geography lessons will be focusing on the Tudors and Rivers 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. We will use the Space Race as inspiration for our own space themed art work.

In PE we will begin sessions developing our Basketball skills and Multi – sports with Gordon.

Music this term focuses on Jazz and Blues! Year 5 will continue to learn to play their instruments through this music genre.

In DT we will be learning about levers and pulley systems.

In French, children will practice their conversational skills in French by learning how to talk about family, friend and hobbies by 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. Diary checks will be made on a Monday. Year 5 will be expected to have their previous week’s page filled in with their reading successes and signed by an adult.
  2. Children will be given homework each week with a task that they must complete daily. They will be reminded to write down their homework and its due date in their diary and, 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 I will 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 multiplication, division, addition and subtraction skills by using TTRS and Mathletics. It is an essential skill.
  4. Reading every day is essential. 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.
  5. Standard PE kit should be in school every day. Indoor PE kit is a white shirt and black sports shorts. Outdoor kit can include additional black jogging bottoms and a black hoodie, All jewellery must be removed.
  6. Children will be given a list of spellings each week. These will be tested the following week. Please keep a check of these regularly. A useful way to practise spellings is to include them in interesting or funny sentences.
  7. 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/