Year 5 2023 - 2024
Mr Bull
Teacher
Welcome to Year 5!
Mr Bull and Mrs McFetridge
Spring Term 2023 – 2024
Our whole school Learning in Context theme is:
'Connected by Curiosity: Whizz, Pop, Bang!'
Class Dojo is a great way for us to keep in touch with you. We post regular photos of the work we have been doing in school and share any messages that need to communicated with the whole class. There is also the option for you to upload things you've been doing at home. It's always great to see what you've been up to!
English
The Paperbag Prince
The Paperbag Prince is a charming picture book, beautifully written and illustrated by Colin Thompson.
The main character determinedly recycles and reuses other people’s discarded items from all across his land, in order to save and repair it throughout the years of it being used as a dump. It is only when the council finally leaves and hands him his land back that the land is able to heal and recover after years of damage. As with all of Thompson’s books, the detailed illustrations add so much to the story and every page could tell a story in its own right. A beautiful book with a beautiful message about sustainability and the impact even one person can have when they are determined..
The key skills we will be focusing on are:
Use a variety of pronouns within relative clauses - who, which, that and where
Use a vaeriety of adverbs of possibility and modal verbs
Link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials
Revise commas in lists, fronted adverbials, parenthesis and suboridnate clauses
Shared Reading
This half term, Year 5 will be reading the text: The Last wild by Piers Today
In a world where animals no longer exist, twelve-year old Kester Jaynes sometimes feels like he hardly exists either. Locked away in a home for troubled children, he’s told there’s something wrong with him. So when he meets a flock of talking pigeons and a bossy cockroach, Kester thinks he’s finally gone a bit mad. But the animals have something to say…
Maths
This half term, Year 5 are focusing on:
Fractions: Recognising and converting mixed to improper fractions and vice versa.
Decimals: Round decimals to nearest whole number and round to one decimal place. Compare and order decimals
Percentages: Write percentages as fractions. Solve problems with percentage equivalents.
Science
This half term in science, we will be focusing on the topic ‘Living things and their habitats’.
Research David Attenborough and how he has contributed towards documenting the life cycles of different species around the world.
Describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird.
Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals.
World Knowledge
In Year 5, we will be focussing on developing our understanding of the Anglo Saxons
We will be considering:
Why the Anglo- Saxons and Scots invaded.
What the Anglo-Saxons beliefs were.
How the Anglo-Saxons were ruled.
Year 5 PE is on a Friday afternoon. Please can all the children come into school on this day in clothes and shoes that are suitable for PE.
This half term we also have additional cricket sessions each week. Please also wear PE kit every Tuesday as well.
Spring Term 2 – Gymnastics / Handball
Things to remember in Year 5:
- P.E. Friday with Mr Coleclough
- Homework set on Wednesday due for the following Monday
- Spelling Test on Wednesday
- Five reads a week with reading diaries due in on Monday.
- Times Table Rockstar practise each week set alongside homework
- Home read books are changed throughout the week
- Monday reading diaries in for guided reading
Useful websites:
- http://www.mathletics.com
- http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html
- http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/chinese-dragon-ordering
- http://www.primarygamesarena.com
- www.mathszone.co.uk
- http://www.math-exercises-for-kids.com
- www.subtangent.com
- https://www.mathplayground.com/
- http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths
- http://www.theschoolrun.com/primary-numeracy-glossary-for-parents
English
- BBC Spellits (Spelling games) (KS2)
- BBC Bitesize (Spelling and grammar) (KS2)
- Arcademic Skill Builders (Literacy and maths games) (KS1 & KS2)
- Crickweb (Literacy and maths educational games) (KS2)
- Kids Spell (Create your own spelling lists & games) (KS1 & KS2)
- Fun Brain (Maths, reading and spelling games) (KS1 & KS2)
- Learning Games for Kids (Spelling and word games) (KS1 & KS2)
- Eduplace.com (Levelled spelling and vocabulary games) (KS1 & KS2)
- PrimaryGames.com (Spelling rules, incl. vowels, blends, plurals etc) (KS1 & KS2)
- ICT Games.com (Look, cover, check game) (KS1 & KS2)
- The Times Spelling Bee (Listen to a word and spell it) (KS2) (14 day trial: £1)
- Manythings.org (Aimed at ESL students but includes useful spelling & vocabulary games) (KS2)
- Spelling city (Vocabulary and spelling interactive activities, printable worksheets, games) (KS2)