Year 5
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Welcome to Year Five
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Important Dates:
Monday 6th January - INSET day
Tuesday 7th January - Children back to school
Monday 13th January - Forest School - children to come to school in their forest school clothing
Monday 27th January - Extra PE - Children to come to school in their PE kit
Wednesday 29th January - School Nurse Visit - Puberty Talk
Thursday 13th February - Values assembly in church - please make sure values homework is given to your child's class teacher by Wednesday 5th February.
Monday 3rd March - Forest School - children to come to school in their forest school clothing
Monday 10th March - Extra PE - Children to come to school in their PE kit
Monday 7th April - Year 5 Library Visits
Thursday 10th April - Values assembly in church - please make sure values homework is given to your child's class teacher by Wednesday 2nd April
Friday 11th April - Year 5 Easter Service in church
If you were unable to attend our 'Meet the Teacher' session, please click on the link below to access the presentation used.
A reminder that Year 5 have PE every Wednesday - please ensure your child comes to school in the correct PE kit and footwear. If you are unsure on the PE uniform, it can be found on the tab 'Uniform'.
If your child walks home alone or brings a mobile phone to school, please ensure the forms have been completed and sent to school via Arbor.
English
During our English lessons throughout the Spring term, Year Five will be focusing on narrative writing using a video stimulus. Following on from this we will be using persuasive writing to write a complaints letter followed by a newspaper report and finally instruction writing.Throughout all lessons, we will continue to reinforce and develop the use of writing structure, accurate punctuation and grammar alongside a focus upon the Year 5/6 statutory spelling list (which can be found in the documents).
Reading
During the Spring term, Year Five will study the texts 'Vi Spy' by Maz Evans and 'There's a boy in the girls bathroom' by Louis Sachar. Throughout both texts, we will focus upon the core reading skills of vocabulary, inference, predicition, explanation, retrieval and summary. We will also discuss the increasingly mature themes of both texts which include: the power of fate, the importance of friendships, justice, character transformation and mental health..The children will also take home their own reading book from school based upon their ZPD level. We encourage the children to read every day, whether this be independently or through shared experiences, across a range of text types to support their confidence, fluency and exposure to vocabulary.
Maths
As a school, we follow the Power Maths scheme and the units we cover are outlined in our curriculum overview. These units support the children in developing problem solving and reasoning skills as well as the ability to explain and justify their answers using manipulatives where necessary. In addition to this, we complete a daily 5 in 5 (five questions to test the retrieval of mathematical learning) and TTRockstars to help build confidence, fluency and accuracy within the subject.Curriculum
During the Spring term, the children will study a variety of interesting units in our wider curriculum which are outlined in our curriculum overview.
Art - The children will create Ancient Egyptian relief art using modroc.
History - We will study the Ancient Egyptians in more detail with a particular focus on the importance of the River Nile.
Geography - The children will conduct a study of Africa, specifically Kenya and Tanzania.
Design and Technology - We will focus upon developing a range of sewing skills to connect pieces of fabric in order to create a bag.
