Welcome to Year 5
Our teachers this year are: In Baloo, Mrs. Crossley and in Simba Miss Arnall.
Miss Smedley, Mrs. Ghosh, Mrs. Akram, Mrs Derbyshire and Miss Hussain will work across both classes.
Year Five is a very exciting year with lots going on. Please keep up to date with everything that is happening in both classes on this page or via Class Dojo. Please don't hesitate to speak to your child's class teacher if you have any questions.
Homework
Homework is set on a weekly basis for Spellings and Number facts. Timetables are sent out via the app (Timetables Rockstars) and can be accessed at home. All children have a log in. This needs to be completed daily, to ensure the children get the best opportunities to succeed. Spellings will be sent out weekly for the children to learn at home.
Reading Books
Reading is a life skill, so it is so important that your child reads on a daily basis. Please try to read with your child every night. Encourage your child to read a wide range of books, any reading is better than no reading at all. If you are struggling for reading material, please ask your child to speak to their class teacher.
Reading books must be in school every day so that their progress can be monitored and their name moved up the class reading tree, the children may also need to read during the day.
PE Kits
Children have PE twice a week. This year that will be on a Tuesday afternoon. It is important for your child's safety, that they come into school in the correct kit. Please ensure that the your child comes into school on a Wednesday wearing their PE kit (white t-shirt, black joggers/shorts/leggings, black jumper/jacket and trainers).
A New Chapter
It is a very busy year ahead of us, but we are so excited to get to know you all and fill your brains with knowledge! All you need to do is give 100%.
Please join our class dojo page too! Click on the link HERE to go straight to the website and sign up using your child's code. If you don't have the code please speak to Miss. Arnall or Mrs. Crossley who will be able to give you your child's individual code.
Our Spring B project is Rivers: Where do they come from? Where do they go?
In English, we will be reading The Highwayman and having a go at writing our own narrative poems.
In Maths, we will be focusing on Fractions, Decimals and Percentages, Perimeter and Area and Statistics.
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages - Comparing and ordering decimals – KS2 Maths - Year 5 - BBC Bitesize, Equivalent decimals of halves and quarters – KS2 Maths resources for Year 5 - BBC Bitesize, Percentages - KS2 Maths - BBC Bitesize
Perimeter and Area - Perimeter on a grid - KS2 Maths - Year 5 - BBC Bitesize, How to work out an area - BBC Bitesize
Statistics - Timetables - Maths - Learning with BBC Bitesize
Lots of the children have expressed an interest in Sudoku.
Sudoku - Play Free Sudoku online - solve web sudoku puzzles
In Science, we will be exploring Changing Materials.
Changing Materials - Properties and change of materials - KS2 Science - BBC Bitesize
In PE we will be learning gymnastics and how to play cricket.
In Computing we will be focusing on data and information and e-safety.
E-Safety Advice - Keeping children safe online | NSPCC
Data and Information - Working with data - BBC Bitesize
In PSHE our learning will be about being healthy.
In Geography, we will be finding out about rivers.
Rivers - Bing Videos
In DT we will be learning about food and hopefully making something delicious!
In Music, we will listen to and appraise a range of music, including 'The Fresh Prince of Bel Air', and continue to develop our Glockenspiel playing skills.
Our questions in RE are: If God is everywhere, why do we go to places of worship? and What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today?
In Spanish we will be learning about talking about Habitats.
Please see our medium term plan below and class newsletters for more information.
