Welcome to Year 5 

The Team

Miss Pollard
Year Lead
Elm Class
Miss York
Teacher
​Sycamore Class
Miss Hegarty
LSA
​Sycamore Class
Miss Soden
​LSA
​Elm Class
     Miss Davies
           LSA
      Elm Class

PE Days

Outdoor PE
Miss York's Class: Mondays
Miss Pollard's Class: Mondays
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Indoor PE
Miss York's Class: Wednesdays
Mr Pollard's Class: Wednesdays

Make sure your child comes into school wearing a PE kit suitable for outdoor PE on both days so that they can stay warm.

Key Dates

Monday 15th April- Home learning launched
Monday 29th April 2024 - Whole School Maths Day.
Monday 6th May 2024 - Bank Holiday (School closed).
Monday 13th May 2024 - Home learning due in.
Thursday 23rd May 2024 - Home Learning Gallery in the hall at 2.45pm (All families welcome). 
Friday 24th May 2024 - Last day of term.

Term 5

Project: The Mayans


This half term we will be learning how to :
  • Describe the key physical features of the Maya civilisation.
  • Sequence the key periods in the Maya civilisation.
  • Identifying periods that were happening in Britain at the same time.
  • Name the features of the rainforest.
  • Explain the challenges facing the Maya in the rainforest.
  • Explain how the Maya settled in the rainforest.
  • Name the features of Maya houses.
  • Identify the similarities and differences between Maya and Anglo-Saxon houses.
  • Explain the Maya creation story.
  • Identify the characteristics of important gods or goddesses.
  • Make deductions about cities.
  • Name the features of Maya cities.
  • Create a plan of a Maya city, including the main features.
  • Explain the reasons for the decline of the Maya civilisation.
  • Evaluate the reasons for the decline of the Maya civilisation.
  • Identify similarities and differences between the Maya civilisation and the Anglo-Saxons.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Visit Milton Keynes library and find out information about this time period.

Writing 

This half term our class text is 1000 year old boy by Ross Welford. During our English lessons we will be learning how to:
  • Write a warning tale
  • Write a persuasive advert

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Watch a variety of TV adverts 
  • Look through magazines at adverts
  • Create your own warning story

Maths

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Add and subtract fractions with different denominators.
  • Multiply fractions with integers.
  • Solve problems using fractions.
  • Understand the equivalence between some common fractions, decimals and percentages.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Continue to practise times tables using TT Rockstars or DoodleTables (log ins are inside reading records)
  • Practise on Numbots (using your TTRockstars password) to become very quick with your addition and subtraction skills.
  • Practise maths skills on Doodle maths.
  • Use the White Rose Home Learning booklets each day to recap what has been learnt in school.
  • Practise using this half term's maths vocabulary (numerator, denominator, equivalent, mixed number, improper, unit fractions)

 Science - Unbalanced Forces

This half term we will be learning how to:​
  • Describe gravity and its effects.
  • Describe the relationship between mass and gravity.
  • Describe air resistance and its effects.
  • Describe friction and its effects.
  • Describe water resistance and its effects.
  • Describe the relationship between surface area and air and water resistance.
  • Explain how to make an object aerodynamic or streamlined.
  • Describe the effects of levers, pulleys and simple machines on movement.
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Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could: ​
  • Investigate different forces you may have in the home
  • Look at simple machines and how they move

Computing

Suggested Activities to Support Learning
This half term we will be learning how to:
  • Create a toy with simple images with a single movement.
  • Create a short stop motion with small changes between images.
  • Think of a simple story idea for their animation then decompose it into smaller parts to create a storyboard with simple characters.
  • Make small changes to the models to ensure a smooth animation and delete unnecessary frames.
  • Add effects such as extending parts and titles.
  • Provide helpful feedback to other groups about their animations.
To support your child at home you could: ​
  • Use Stop Motion studio at home to practise the skills we are using in school.
  • Talk to your child about online safety and protecting their own data.

 

Art and Design

This half term, we will be learning how to: 
  • Understand and explain what retrofuturism is.
  • Participate in discussions and offer ideas.
  • Evaluate images using simple responses, sometimes using formal elements to extend ideas.
  • Provide plausible suggestions for how a piece was created.
  • Comfortably use different stimuli to draw from.
  • Use past knowledge and experience to explore a range of drawing processes.
  • Select and place textures to create a collagraph plate, applying an understanding of the material, which may be supported by testing.
  • Create a selection of drawings and visual notes that demonstrate their ideas using sketchbooks.
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Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:​
  • Discuss what you like and dislike about a variety of art pieces
  • Look online at retrofuturism

Music

This half term in music we will be:
  • Explain what musical theatre is and be able to recall at least three features of this kind of music.
  • Categorise songs as action songs or character songs.
  • Select appropriate existing music for their scene to tell the story of a journey.
  • Perform in time with their groups, ensuring smooth transitions between spoken dialogue, singing and dancing.
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Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:​
  • Listen to music and clap or sing along.
  • Practise tapping out a beat and repeating it.
  • Buy a musical instrument to use at home.

PSHE

This half term in our Jigsaw lessons we will be learning about 'Relationships'.
We will be:
  • Learning about our own identities and individuality.
  • Learning about changes in friendships and how to negotiate and compromise during fall-outs.
  • Learning about feelings of attraction towards others.
  • Learning about feelings of jealousy.
  • Learning how to stay safe when using technology to communicate with friends.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Talk to them about what they are learning in school.
  • Answer questions that they may have about this topic.

RE - Islam

​This half term we will be learning:
  • Who Muhammad was and why he is important to Muslims.
  • How Muslims believe the Qur'an to be the word of God.
  • How Muhammad acts as a role model to Muslims.

 

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Discuss different religions.
  • Talk about beliefs that you or your family hold.

PE

During our outdoor PE sessions this half term, we will be learning track and athletics skills including running, jumping and throwing.
​During our indoor PE sessions we will be throwing, hitting and catching skills. 
PE kits should be worn to school on our PE days. Please note that we do try to continue with our PE sessions even when the weather is very cold. We also currently have all windows open during the day for better ventilation so please make sure you wear weather-appropriate PE attire (warm jumpers, jogging bottoms) as well as suitable trainers for the outdoor PE sessions.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Choose a sport to take part in at home.
  • Find sporting videos to watch online.








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French
Suggested Activities to support learning
This half term in French we will be learning about where we live.
To support your child at home you could:
  • ​Practise some of the phrases we have been learning at school.
  • Listen to French songs and nursery rhymes.