Year 5
Our values this term are justice and responsibility under the umbrella of respect.
In English, we will continue our study of The Secret of the Night Train before moving onto the poem, The Highwayman, and The Arrival by Shaun Tan. Our Maths this term will focus on geometry(shapes, position and direction) and measurement. We will study plant and animal lifecycles in Science and will learn about Spain and Coasts in Geography. We also can't forget about our residential visit to Leeson House in Dorset at the end of May.
Our P.E. days for the Spring term are Wednesdays (Athletics) and Thursday (Kwik Cricket). On these days, please come into school dressed in your P.E. kit but with school shoes. Your trainers for outdoor use can be kept in your locker and used for PE. Where possible, if you're unable to remove your own earrings, please come into school without them in. Also, if you are attending an after-school sports club, you may wear your P.E. kit to school.
Please see the curriculum page for more information on our learning this term.
Mrs Pinkerton
Information for Parents
Homework
Maths and English homework will be handed out on Wednesdays for return the following Monday. On occasion, the children may also receive a piece of homework related to one of our other topics in Geography, History, Science or RE.
Spellings will be handed out on a Tuesday and tested the following Monday.
General Reminders
- Please wear winter uniform.
- Hair that is long enough to be tied back please do so fully using a green or hair-coloured band.
- No nail varnish please.
- Plain gold / silver stud earrings only.
- Your child may wear a watch or Fitbit but these must be removed for P.E.
- No other jewellery such as friendship bands etc is permitted.
- If your child wears a religious adornment, please let me know.
Absolutely NO NUTS in school please.
Useful Documents and Links
Reading
Please try to hear your child read every day, just for 10 minutes. It really does make a difference! We read our reading scheme books in class each day so the children can choose whether to read their coloured band books or another text at home. The key is talking about the book and for the adult to ask lots of questions about the text and any unfamiliar vocabulary. Example reading questions can be found below.
I would like to challenge the children to read as many books from the suggested reading list as possible. It really does make a difference! They will be celebrated in the classroom and on the webpage so please let me know once they've completed a book and email a photograph of them with the book. They can read the books themselves or have them read to them. We have a class library, which they can borrow most of the books from.
Writing
Spelling
English Websites
Maths Websites
Y5 have had some fun challenging themselves to solve Countdown style maths puzzles. The children were shown a set of number cards and a target number and had to solve it using their knowledge of the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) and their times tables.
It is a great way to improve fluency and practice calculations (even if you don't end up with the target answer). I join in with the children and sometimes they see the answer before me! Ask them to explain their method as mistakes are made.
The website we use is called NRich and is available here: https://nrich.maths.org/countdown/main.html We were using level 2 and level 3 - the level can be selected under the settings icon in the top right corner.
Other Useful Websites