Year 5
Welcome to Year 5!
This page will be updated with information throughout the year. Keep popping in to find out what is going on in Year 5.
Summer Term
Meet the teachers:
Mr McGowan (5M)
Miss Vance (5V)
Miss Shaw (5S)
Support Staff
Miss Jones
Mrs Hunter
Mrs Reynolds
Mr Harrington
Children will develop fluency, reasoning and problem-solving through a mastery approach. They will consolidate Year 4 learning and explore place value in numbers up to one million.
The four operations and fractions will be taught throughout the term, alongside weekly arithmetic sessions. Children should continue learning multiplication tables up to 12 × 12, supported by Times Table Rock Stars.
We will be learning how to write non-chronological reports, instructional texts, diary entries and narrative whilst exploring a range of sentence structures, subordinate clauses and vocabulary. Spelling and grammar will be explored as well as experimenting with a range of punctuation. We will be encouraging children to develop their inferential skills and written responses during guided reading and reading comprehension sessions.
Ancient Egypt
This topic is all about the achievements of the earliest Ancient Egyptian civilization, looking at schools, work, home life, culture and religion. We will be using drama, books and the Internet as well as being visited by an Egyptologist, to build a greater understanding of what life was like back in the Ancient Egyptian period. On this day, the children will have the opportunity to dress up as Ancient Egyptians and take part in some of the games that were played during the Egyptian civilisation. This will be a fantastic day with many interactive activities taking place.
Throughout this term, the children will be offered these experiences in conjunction with our Abbey ethos:
Soft skills:
Communication, accepting responsibility, teamwork, creativity and leadership.
Life Skills:
Participating in a show, speaking clearly, debating, asking interesting question, know how to cook a variety of meals and problem solving.
Bucket List:
Egyptian day, Bonfire Night experience and Christmas production.
We will start the term by developing a chronological knowledge of world history and where the Ancient Egyptian civilisation fits into this. We explore the achievements of the Egyptians and how they have impacted on the world today. Mummification, Gods and Goddesses, the River Nile, Tutankhamun, Hieroglyphics and the number system are just a few of the topics that we cover. The children will compare their lives today to that of an Ancient Egyptian child.
The children will be using an atlas and online resources to locate the continents and the bodies of water that surround Egypt. We will focus on the journey of a river and the importance of the River Nile to the Egyptian civilisation. Throughout this unit, we will explore the human and physical features in the African continent.
The children will develop their skills using chalk pastels, water colours and sgraffito. The majority of our work will be influenced by Ancient Egypt. The children will be developing their use of artistic vocabulary such as: tone, depth, blend, layering and wet on wet to create their very own Egyptian scene. The children will also be be studying the work of a famous Egyptian artist, Reda Abdel Rahman for inspiration.
Our topic this term is ‘Everyday Materials’. We will be looking at properties of certain materials and how and why those specific properties make them suitable for particular uses. The children will explore familiar objects in detail and find out about accidental scientific discoveries.
They will continue to work scientifically and carry out comparative and fair tests to answer questions about how and why certain materials are selected and used because of their properties.
This term, children will be participating in Tag Rugby and Gymnastic sessions. They will build on their previous knowledge of invasion games by practising more complex skills such as passing backwards, forward facing and using a different shaped ball.
Apparatus will be used to develop jumping and landing skills within gymnastics. The children will be expected to create more complex sequences with control and linking moves.
PE lessons take place on:
5M - Friday
5V - Friday
5S - Wednesday
Homework
For Maths homework, we will be encouraging children to use Times Table Rockstars. We also ask that reading is done regularly at home and recorded in their reading diaries at least 2-3 times a week, these will be checked by class teacher. Any/all reading can be recorded in the diary and entries can be made by pupils or Parents/Carers. The children will also have weekly spellings which should be practised at home.
The children's login details have been given out for the children to stick on to the front/ or back of their reading records for safe keeping.
Spellings
Your child will be tested on their spellings every Friday.
At the start of every half-term, a spelling list will be sent home with your child. Please ensure that your child learns their spellings and are tested on them at home where possible. The spellings can also be accessed on Spelling Frame, where the children can practise their weekly spellings through a range of engaging games, as well as being able to participate in mock/practice tests. Please note that the meaning and understanding of the spellings are important to the spelling test too. The children will be given the spelling in a context. Even though the children will learn and practice spellings from a set rule, the maximum spellings on a test will be 14.
Please can you encourage and remind children to wear black school shoes to school and not trainers. Our children look so smart when they are in full school uniform and we would like the same standards for everyone.
Also, a gentle reminder that mobile phones are not permitted to be brought into school. If there is a particular reason why your child needs to bring a phone into school, please speak to the office staff as there are certain conditions that are outlined in a letter and a form needs to be signed.
For the latest up-to-date news and events please link the school calendar to your personal calendar.
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Spelling frame spelling games
The spelling frame website allows children to play games related to their spellings that they will be tested on.
Parent Guide to the National Curriculum
Bah Humbug Costume List
Bah Humbug Script 2022
Bah Humbug Backing Track
A Toast Backing Track
Dead and Gone Backing Track
Christmas Eve Backing Track
He Was Jacob Marley Backing Track
Glad to be a Chimney Sweet Backing Track
Sleep Tiny Tim Backing Track
Greetings of the Season Backing Track
Fezziwig's Shindig Backing Track