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 Lost Happy Endings
A magical tale about what happens when, one night, a wicked witch steals the happy endings to bedtime stories.
The key skills we will be focusing on are:
Use of expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely
Describe settings, characters and atmosphere
Integrate dialogue to convey character and advance the action
Use of inverted commas and other punctuation to punctuate direct speech
Shared Reading
This half term, Year 5 will be reading the text: Jinnie Ghost
Jinnie whispers dreams to children as they sleep. She brings Charlotte's dolls to life, makes Amy's carpet bubble with frogs and toads and conjures up a giant to carry Joe away shoulder-high to his castle in the sky. But the break of dawn takes Jinnie away...and the children wake to a new day, brushing wonder from their eyes.
Maths
This half term, Year 5 are focusing on:
Percentages: Write percentages as fractions. Solve problems with percentage equivalents.
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.
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 the Vikings
We will be asking:
Why have the Vikings gained such a bad reputation?
How did the Vikings try to take over the country and how close did they get?
Raiders or settlers: how should we remember the Vikings?
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)