Year 5
Welcome to our year 5 page, we have two classes in our year group, Brunel 5B (Engineer) taught by Ms Shuttleworth and Zephaniah 5Z (Poet), taught by Mrs E Montague (Mon, Tues) and Mrs N Cole (Weds, Thurs, Fri). In addition to this, our Teaching Assistants Mrs Hopkins, Miss Szlachcic, Mr Perry and Miss Duckhouse support our learning,
Year 5 Weekly Timetable
Our Master Reader Books for This Year
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Curriculum Focus for This Year (See Whole School Overview for more details)
- History – Victorian Reading, Mayans, Ancient Egypt.
- Geography - North and South America - Landscapes, The Amazon, Earthquakes
- Science – Properties and changes of materials, Forces, Earth and Space, Animals including humans – Changes, Living things and their habitats – life cycles, reproductive systems
- Art - Lowry, Henri Rousseau, Peter Thorpe, The Wave - printing
- DT – Structures, Mechanisms, Food
Other Useful Information
PE:
PE days are Monday and Wednesday. Each term we will cover two areas of the curriculum, generally one indoor and one outdoor. We will draw expertise from the children who have strengths in these areas outside of the classroom. During the summer, we will be swimming weekly. Please ensure children have their P.E kit in school every day – with appropriate tracksuit or jumper/ jogging bottoms. Please ensure all items are clearly named.
Outdoor Learning:
Our outdoor learning day is every other Friday. Children should arrive in school in school uniform as usual but with outdoor learning clothes in a bag. This includes bringing long sleeved tops and full-length trousers. They will need to bring a change of clothing including socks, underwear and trainers, to ensure they remain warm during the colder Winter months! Don't forget a hat and sun screen in the hot summer months. Children will change when necessary, depending on the nature of the activity. Not all outdoor activities require a change of clothes.
Water Bottles:
The children should have a clearly named water bottle in the classroom. This should be a different bottle from their lunch drink and should be WATER only. The bottles should be taken home daily.
Reading:
In Year 5 we continue with Accelerated Reader, our reading programme, but we also look at how to answer comprehension questions based on a text extract. Please promote a love of reading and read regularly at home. Reading should be recorded in your child's reading journals.
Spellings:
This year, we are using a new programme for teaching spellings, ‘No Nonsense Spelling’. A progressive scheme with a programme for each year group. Spelling practise at home is a part of all children’s homework and we ask that parents record a comment in the diary each week to let us know that your child has practised. You will also find spelling practise strategies stapled into their diaries for ideas on how to implement this.
Times Tables:
Maths is taught everyday. We build on numbers taught in previous years – but extend our place value to the millions. All topics in maths will build on the children’s learning from Year 4. In particular, their fluency in times tables will really benefit them when multiplying and dividing fractions, and converting to percentages. To ensure that this fluency is maintained, we would like the children to continue daily practice of their times tables and related division facts.
How you can help support your child's learning:
- Promote a love of reading and read regularly at home
- Encourage a growth mindset and a can-do attitude. The power of ‘yet’!
- Working maths into every-day life – counting out money at the shop, telling the time, helping to weigh and measure ingredients etc
- Complete the maths homework and practice any times tables your child still does not know.
Letters
Reading Museum TripBasketball Club
Class Name Information
Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah was a British Jamaican writer and poet. He has written five novels, including the widely acclaimed Refugee Boy (2001) His first book of children's poetry was the very successful Talking Turkeys.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel 
A British civil and mechanical engineer. Brunel built dockyards, the Great Western Railway (GWR), a series of steamships including the first purpose-built transatlantic steamship, and numerous important bridges and tunnels.
Year 5 in Action
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