Welcome to Year 5

The staff in Year 5 are:
Miss Oakes, Mr Gardner, Mrs Feddersen-Doyle and Mrs Milinska

Year 5 have settled quickly back into school for the Summer term. The children have been very enthusiastic about their learning, and they are growing ever more mature by the day. They are becoming more familiar with the routines and expectations in terms of their homework and learning. In preparation for Year 6, there will be opportunities to take on further leadership roles, including prefect duties.

During summer, the children will be learning about many different topics in History and Science, such as the Victorians and Reversible changes. We look forward to providing the children with exciting and engaging wider curriculum topics to help them to showcase their talents and interests in all aspects of the curriculum. 

Religious Education:

During our R.E lessons in Summer 1, we are learning about the period between Easter and Pentecost. It begins by concluding the Season of Easter at Pentecost and then explores how the Church emerged, and continues to emerge 'to the ends of the earth.'

In Summer 2, our focus will be 

During Summer 2, we will also place emphasis on exploring other faiths. We will have an assigned week to explore the five other main faiths around the world today: Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism – this will be our school’s ‘Inter-Faith Week.’

The children will continue to plan and take part in the deliverance of Collective Acts of Worship, including leading the Gospel Assembly. 

English:

In the summer term, we will study a variety of texts, including the graphic novel Tom’s Midnight Garden, study Shakespeare’s work in The Tempest and read a novel set in the Victorian era, Street Child. These quality texts will inspire us to write pieces across all writing genres, and we will be applying our ever-growing grammar knowledge to our written work. 

Maths:

In maths, we will be covering the following areas of learning: Perimeter and Area, Shape, Position and Direction, Decimals, Negative Numbers, Converting Units and Statistics. 

The children have been working hard to practise multiplying a 4-digit number by a 2-digit number but should continue to practise this using the formal written method. We will continue to encourage children to be proficient in their timetables and number of facts, as these are vitally important for many aspects of mathematical problem-solving. 

Science:

In the summer term, the children will explore life cycles, reproduction of plants and animals and reversible and irreversible changes. They will compare the life cycles of mammals to those of amphibians, insects and birds. They will learn about the reproductive parts of plants and how plants are cloned. They will also learn about the process of dissolving and explore the difference between soluble and insoluble substances.

Pupils will build evaluation skills by evaluating their own experiments, asking questions, improving methods, spotting anomalies, suggesting reasons for anomalies and discussing if their results were valid. 

Geography:

We start Summer 1 by building mapping skills which allow children to further explore the range of maps available to geographers and to develop their understanding of the key features of maps. The children will study a range of maps and atlases, including digital maps, and compare their features. They will learn to use the eight compass points to give directions and give grid references to locate places on a map. 

History:

In Summer 2, the children will be learning about the Victorians. It is very important for the children to understand the chronology of the topics and eras taught in history across the school, but also their understanding and fluency of the timeline of events within a topic. The children will research what life was like during this period of time. 

Expectations:

We encourage all children to demonstrate a high standard of behaviour at all times in order to create a safe, respectful and happy learning environment.

Each class has participated in the process of making a set of ‘Golden Rules.’ The children have agreed to follow the rules as they understand that this will help their learning.

Respecting each other and all members of staff is expected and reflects the ethos of our school. 

The children are required to listen carefully and to develop their self-control and concentration in class and in the playground. 

Working together with parents and guardians plays a big part in establishing good relationships and standards of behaviour.

We encourage our pupils to follow the school’s STRIVE values across the curriculum and in all areas of school life (Spirituality, Thinkers, Resilience, Independence, Valued, Empathy Spirituality). We will reward one pupil weekly at an achievement assembly who demonstrates the school values. 

Homework

In Year 5, we encourage children to have greater autonomy over their learning, and it is an expectation for children to regularly check Google Classroom for updates and announcements. Homework will complement the learning taking place in school. Children are expected to practise their spellings, number facts and read for a minimum of 20 minutes daily. Meaningful reading record entries are to be made (a minimum of 3 times weekly) and records are to be checked and signed each week by parents. These will also be checked by teachers weekly. We ask that an adult listens to your child read aloud at least once per week and signs the reading record. 

Homework will cover the following areas:

• RE

• Spellings and grammar activities

• Times tables (TTRS)

• English (reading) 

• Maths (arithmetic & topic) 

Homework not handed in on the due date will result in a demerit and is recorded on our online school rewards system ‘Epraise’.

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to the term ahead!
 

‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world’

Nelson Mandela