Welcome to Year 5!
Miss Allen-Cawley
We all hope you’ve had a fantastic summer and are ready and excited to get started. We are really looking forward to this term and the year ahead and we hope you are too!
English
We’ve got lots of exciting activities planned in English. Our writing focus is based on our first book we are reading Curiosity: The story of a Mars rover. We will develop our SPAG knowledge through this text and continuing to learn about the various word classes and different spelling patterns, including the Y5/6 word list. We will be focussing on how to apply all our SPAG work into our own narrative writing.
In Guided Reading, we will be studying Boy in the tower, a dystopian science fiction novel with lots of twists and surprises.
Maths
We will start our year with looking at place value up to 1,000,000 and will continue to develop our skills in the 4 operations, our understanding of Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and division. We will be focussing on the Using and Applying aspect of Maths through Reasoning Challenges and improving our Maths fluency through Fluent in Five each morning.
Please remember to carry on practising your times tables up to 12×12.
Science
Our topic this half term is Earth & Space. We will be learning all about the planets in our solar system, about the phases of the moon, how shadows are formed and about the seasons change. This links brilliantly with our first book we are studying in English, giving us a deeper dive into the planet Mars and the Curiosity rover.
Topic
Our topic for the whole of this term is The Tudors. We will be learning all about the Tudor reign and monarchs – Henry VIII and his wives, the battle of Bosworth and what daily life was like in the Tudor times.
Jigsaw
Our first Puzzle is called Being Me In My World. We will be discussing how we learn, how we can help others in our school community, and setting goals for the year ahead.
Computing
We will start the year with our very important recap of internet safety and staying safe and responsible online. We will then be using different types of information to create our own databases. We will also be learning about vector drawings and creating our own drawings using different programmes.
PE
PE will be on Mondays and Wednesdays.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR FULL PE KIT. This should include a plain white t-shirt or Corrie t-shirt, plain black shorts (not short cycling shorts) or leggings and black pumps or trainers.
Homework
You will be given Maths and Spelling homework each week as well as being able to choose from a range of creative activities in Topic.
Homework is given out on Friday and is due in the following Wednesday.
Reading
You will be expected to read at least twice each week, and must have an adult sign your reading logs each time. Reading books and logs will be collected in every Wednesday to be checked, signed off and changed. We can only change the reading books if children have read twice and books are handed in on time. Reading books and logs will be sent home on Fridays.
We can’t wait for to get to know you all and for an exciting term ahead!
Miss Allen-Cawley