Year 5

Welcome to our Year Five page.

Welcome back and we hope you've had a lovely half term.

We have lots to look forward to!

Half Term Three. 

Our class text this half term will be Leon and The Place Between by Angela McAllister. We will be reading Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly in our reading lessons.

In English we will be writing setting descriptions and a non-chronological reports about space.

In maths, we will be learning about prime and composite numbers, square and cube numbers and then fractions. 

For our science lessons we will learn about the relationship between the Earth, Sun and Moon.  We will also learn about how this relationship creates day and night.

In computing we will be developing our word processing skills and learning about how to keep safe online.

Our Geography topic this half term will focus on knowing the main features of South America. We will find out the geographical features of the continent and the main countries in South America. 

In Art we will learn to mix colours to match objects and create different shades. 

During our PSHCE lessons we will be learning about the different parts of our brain and how these impact our emotions.  We will think about how to look after our mental health and wellbeing, regulate ourselves and understand that often our behaviour communicates our feelings.   

In RE we think about what Humanists believe.  We will compare this with other faiths and religions that we know.

During Spanish lessons we will develop our dictionary skills.  We will also learn bout pronouns, dates and talk about school subjects.

Important information:

Monday and Wednesday are our PE days. Monday is swimming.  Please ensure your child brings their swimming kit to school every week.  On Wednesdays, children should come to school in their PE kits. PE kits: Plain white T shirt and plain black shorts or tracksuit bottoms and trainers.

Reading at home: Children are encouraged to read at home for at least 10 minutes every night. Reading Records should be completed by your child and signed by an adult each week. 

They should bring a book bag to school every day.

Children can choose a new book as soon as they have competed one, there is no set day for changing books.

Fluency and Phonics: Children should be reading their online books at least twice per week.  If past words are needed, please speak to Mrs Meredith.

Home-learning:

All home-learning will be set weekly. We will provide English and Maths home-learning with additional topic activities. Children will also have weekly spellings to learn. 

Please encourage your child to use spelling shed each week.  Children have their logins.

It is essential that children continue to practice their times tables and division facts each week.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to ask. We are happy to support all our children and families in any way we can.

Mrs. Clews, Mrs. Meredith and Miss Ashton

EXTRA 

Year 5: BBC Bitesize lessons:https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zhgppg8/year-5-and-p6-lessons

Spellings: https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Reading: Oxford Owls   www.oxfordowl.co.uk      Class login:  Year Five 23               Password: Scooby

Primary help: http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/index.html

Spanish:   https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zxsvr82

Maths: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

Times tables games - Learn them all here!