Year 5 2023 - 2024
Mr Bull
Teacher
Welcome to Year 5!
Mr Bull and Mrs McFetridge
Summer Term 2023 – 2024
Our whole school Learning in Context theme is:
Migration: Incredible Journeys
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 Hound of the Baskervilles
Late one night, Sir Charles Baskerville is attacked outside his castle in Dartmoor, England. Could it be the Hound of the Baskervilles, a legendary creature that haunts the nearby moor?
The key skills we will be focusing on are:
Use of expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely
Fronted adverbials to add cohesion
Describe settings, characters and atmosphere
Relative clauses to add extra detail
Use of commas to punctuate parenthesis
Shared Reading
This half term, Year 5 will be reading the text: Street Child
The unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children’s homes.
Maths
This half term, Year 5 are focusing on:
Statistics: Solve sum, difference and comparison problems using line graphs
Geometry: Find missing lengths in rectangles. Describe, identify and represent shapes following translation or reflection.
Percentages: Can use 1% to calculate 10%, 5%, 50% and 100%
Science
This half term in science, we will be focusing on the topic ‘Forces’.
Explain and demonstrate how levers work
Explain why objects fall to Earth
Invetsigate the impact of air resistance
Investigate and explore the effect of friction on different materials
Explain and demonstrate how a pulley works
World Knowledge
In Year 5, we will be focussing on developing our understanding of Victorian Chester
We will be asking:
- How has Chester changed?
- What parts of Victorian Chester still exist today?
How have the Victorians impacted our lives today?
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.
Summer Term 1: Athletics and Cricket
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)