Reading 

We recommend that children read at least 3 times a week and once to an adult. This will help to improve the fluency of their reading as well as supporting both their comprehension and spelling.

Guided Reading

Over the course of the week, children will take part in a range of Guided Reading activities. These will be based around our Reading for Pleasure text, Oh Maya Gods by Maz Evans, and will focus on developing key reading skills of Retrieval, Inference and Authorial Choice. The children will also experience school library and book talk sessions.

PE

Our PE days for this term are Thursday and Friday so please come in your kit on this day. For the first half-term, this will be Sports Coach on Thursday and a Be Well Wigan Coach on Friday. We will update on the second half-term once Cricket Coach dates have been finalised.

English 

In English, we will be studying:

Until I Met Dudley and Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions - Explanation texts

The Chocolate Tree and Rain Player - Traditional tales: Ancient Maya folk tales and myths

The Hero Twins and The Road to Eldorado - Narrative writing including adventure stories and graphic novels

In all of these units we will be covering a range of comprehension, grammar and spelling objectives.

Year 5 Team

Teachers:  

Mr W Jones

Miss S Burns

Teaching Assistants:

 Mrs S Henry

Mrs E Shaw

Miss H Worrall

Miss A Wright

Notices

In Year 5 this term, we have a big push on accuracy of times tables, spelling, handwriting and punctuation.

You can support us in this by checking and encouraging accuracy in these areas in your children's homework.

Thank you for your continued support.

Spring trips and events

Trip to Manchester Art Gallery and to see the Halle Orchestra (History / Art / Music)

Details to follow via Parent Pay

Mathematics

In Maths we will be focusing on:

• Multiplication and Division 
• Fractions
• Decimals and Percentages
• Perimeter and Area
• Statistics

Year 5 in pictures...

Homework

Each week, we expect children to practise both their times tables and spelling homework. In addition to this, we usually set a homework on a Friday to be handed in the following Friday. Please see Google Classroom to view the homework each week. Your child's login details are at the front of their Reading Journal/Planner.

Spellings

Spelling strategies and rules will be taught throughout the week. Children will be tested on their spellings and receive their new spellings every Friday.

Year 5 Word List

Below are the Year 5 words that your child needs to be able to spell by the end of Year 5....

Science

Materials and their properties

Dissolving  - a range of practical dissolving investigations usnig salt and sugar.

Our Topic Learning

History and Geography

We will be learning all about the Ancient Maya, studying their culture and legacy as well as developing historical enquiry skills. We will be developing mapwork skills and finding out about the geography of Mesoamerica.

Art and DT

In Art, we are studying the artist Deborah Shapiro and creating our own abstract animal art. In DT, we are designing and making Maya-style worry dolls and burritos.

Computing

This term the children will be learning about Spreadsheets and Coding.

RE

Our topics for this term will be:  Islam - The Qur'an and Christianity - Miracles.

Music

With our music specialist Miss Holcroft, the children will be developing their understanding of musical notation and body percussion, inspired by the music of Anna Meredith.

National Curriculum

To view the National Curriculum expectations for Year Five children -please click here