Class Teacher: Mrs Talley
Class Teacher: Mr Payne
Learning Support: Miss Knowles
PE Days:
Wednesday PM (indoor) and Thursday PM (outdoor) – Children should come to school in PE kit on those days.
Please ensure that your child is wearing a full PE kit (plain white or house coloured t-shirt, black leggings/skirt/shorts/jogging bottoms, white socks and plimsolls or trainers) in school each PE day. Long hair should be tied back and earrings must be removed or covered with tape for PE.
Library Day: Monday
The children will be given an opportunity to visit the library once a week during which they will be able to select a reading book for pleasure. We will read daily in class and there will be opportunities for independent and paired reading throughout the day. If your child would like to take their library book home, please make sure it is brought back into school every day.
School Reading Book (Bug Club): Friday
The children will be able to change their school reading book once a week. We recommend re-reading books if they are finished before this time.
Longer texts, that require more than a week, can be kept until they need to be exchanged.
Celebration Assembly: Friday
As a school, we host our celebration assemblies on a Friday afternoon. Our ‘star of the week’ will receive a certificate in this assembly and their parents/adults are invited to join us. We also award two children with a ‘great job’ certification every day – these certificates are to recognise and celebrate those children who have shown great enjoyment, perseverance and success – in line with our school values.
This half term we will be learning:
Subject | Topic name |
English | The Secrets of a Sun King (diary and narrative) How to make a Mummy (instructions) |
Maths | Multiplication and Fractions |
Science | Physics – Energy |
History | Ancient Egypt |
PSHE | Health and wellbeing |
DT | Sustainable products |
RE | Prophecy – The Magi |
PE | Dance and Fitness |
Computing | Creating media – Video Production |
Music | Composition notation – Ancient Egypt |
Spanish | Spanish portraits |
This half term we will begin by developing our understanding of multiplication and division. Children will learn to multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1,000, recognising the effect this has on place value. They will also explore multiples of 10, 100 and 1,000 and use this knowledge to identify patterns and make connections within number. We will then move on to fractions, where pupils will learn about equivalent fractions, converting between improper fractions and mixed numbers, comparing and ordering fractions and adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers. This will help to build a secure understanding of fractions and prepare children for more complex calculations later in the year.
The children worked incredibly hard in the lead up to the Multiplication Check in Year 4 and made great progress however, it is important that they continue to practise their tables as these skills can become less secure without regular practice. Speed, fluency and accuracy are vital when applying times tables knowledge to other areas of the math curriculum. Please continue to support your child to become a ‘Times Table Master’ by encouraging them to use TTRockstars regularly.
This half term we will be using the text Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll to inspire our writing. During our first learning journey we will be recapping the features of diaries, learning how to use adverbials for cohesion, writing complex sentences and learning how to use parenthesis. The children will then apply these skills when writing their own diary entries in role as Lilian. Later in the term we will be reading How to Make a Mummy before the children write a set of instructions for mummifying a tomato!
Reading
This half term we will be taking part in The Hampshire Illustrated Book Awards. Over the next few weeks, the children will read six different picture books before voting for their favourite. Their votes will be added to those from other schools across the county before the winner is announced later in the term.
We will also be ensuring that there is free-reading time and encouraging the children to read widely and often both in and outside of school.
We are also looking for volunteers to come and be mystery readers. If you are able to spare 15 minutes on a Monday afternoon, please speak to a member of the Year 5 team and we will arrange for you to come and share a book/books with your child’s class.
Thank you so much to the parents who have volunteered so far – the children have loved hearing you read and really look forward to seeing who is coming in each week.
As we have now settled into our routines in Year 5, each half term your child will receive a homework pack. These activities are optional, but completing them will earn your child house points or dojos. The tasks are designed to reinforce what we are learning in class and help build confidence and retention.
Our main focus for home learning continues to be daily reading. Just 15 minutes each day can make a big difference to your child’s vocabulary, comprehension and confidence. Your child also has their log in for Bug Club to practise the spelling games we use in class, and we continue to encourage regular use of TTRS to ensure quick and accurate recall of multiplication facts.
If you have any questions about the home learning, please reach out to the Year 5 team.