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 two texts: Oh Maya Gods by Maz Evans and Heroes by Marcus Rashford. We will be 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. This will be Sports Coach on Thursday and the class teacher on Friday. 

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 Jones

Mr M Davidson

Mrs C Walsh

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

4th March - Trip to Manchester Art Gallery and the Halle Orchestra at Bridgewater Hall

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...

Spring Term

The Mystical Maya

To view our curriculum map and our suggested activities for the Spring term please click here

Homework

Each week, we expect children to practise their times tables weekly on Times Table Rock Stars and read three times at home (at least once to an adult please). In addition to this, on Fridays we will set a short homework for Spelling, Maths and English which is due in the following Thursday to allow marking time.  Occasionally, the short Maths and English task will be replaced by a research task and a hand-in date will be specified. 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. We will also complete our work on Judaism by visiting the Jewish Museum and recording our experience our R.E. books.

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. We will also begin to learn basic ukulele skills.

National Curriculum

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