Welcome to Year 5 

The Team

Miss Scott
Year Lead
​Sycamore Class
Mrs Humphris
​Class Teacher
Elm Class
Tracey
​LSA
Mrs Shahid
​LSA
Steph Butler
​LSA

PE Days

Indoor PE
Miss Scott's Class: Mondays
Mrs Humphris' Class: Wednesdays
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Outdoor PE
Miss Scott's Class: Tuesdays
​Mrs Humphris' Class: Tuesdays

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

WB 8th March - Parents Evening Appointments
​26th March - Last day before Easter break

This Half Term

Project: Our Planet

This half term we will be :
  • Learning about different biomes around the world and how plants and animals adapt to these biomes.
  • Finding out about time zones around the world.
  • Learning about the Earth's axial tilt and how this creates seasonal changes across the globe, including lengthening or shortening of daylight hours.
  • Learning about settlements and why some areas across the globe have more settlements and higher population density than others.
  • Thinking about environmental changes and what we can do to protect the Earth from environmental damage.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Use Google Earth to virtually visit different biomes around the world.
  • Go on a walk and identify changes in our biome that indicate that the seasons are changing.

Writing (Based on Survivors by David Long)

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Write non-chronological reports using clear paragraphs.
  • Write in a formal tone using Standard English.
  • Use conjunctions to link ideas.
  • Use commas, brackets and dashes to add parenthesis.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Read regularly and discuss new vocabulary and punctuation.
  • Use our google classroom page to see what new vocabulary we will be learning in class.
  • Read information texts and discuss the features and language.
  • Find out more about different biomes around the world.

Maths

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Convert between different measurements including length, volume and capacity.
  • Identify equivalent fractions
  • Convert between mixed and improper fractions.
  • Complete number sequences of fractions.
  • Compare and order fractions including those greater than 1
  • Add and subtract fractions

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Continue to practise times tables using TT Rockstars (log ins are inside reading records)
  • Practise on Numbots (using your TTRockstars password) to become very quick with your addition and subtraction skills.
  • Play maths games online.
  • Practise using this half term's maths vocabulary (numerator, denominator, fraction, half, equivalent)

 Science - Significant Individuals

This half term we will be learning:
  • About how our understanding of the world and science has changed over time.
  •  About significant individuals in different areas of science and how their work contributed to our understanding of the world.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could: ​
  • Find out about different areas of science your child is interested in.
  • Research some famous scientists from around the world.

Computing

Suggested Activities to Support Learning
This half term we will be learning to:
  • Use spreadsheets to record information.
  • Learn about the different functions of spreadsheets.
  • Use a spreadsheet to plan an event.
To support your child at home you could: ​
  • Discuss how you might use spreadsheets in your life.
  • Show your child how to access Excel or Google Sheets on your home computer and how it can be used.
  • Create a spreadsheet at home for a particular purpose e.g. recording how much reading they have done, recording pocket money savings or housework etc.
 

Art and Design

This half term, we will be thinking about sculpture art. We will be learning to:
  • Explore different layering and texture techniques.
  • Produce more intricate patterns
  • Consider the properties of different materials and how they could be used.
  • Discuss and evaluate our own work and that of other sculptors.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:​
  • Use natural resources found in parks and gardens to create sculptures.
  • Virtually visit some online art galleries and talk about what you find.
  • Have regular conversations about art that you enjoy.
  • Practise fine motor exercises with your hands.

Music

This half term in music we will be:
  • Listen to different body percussionists and identifying similar themes.
  • Creating our own music using body percussion.
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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 'Healthy Me'
We will be:
  • Learning about the effects on our bodies of smoking and alcohol.
  • Learn about what to do in an emergency, including learning the recovery position.
  • Learn about body image and how the media promotes certain body types.
  • Learn about our relationship with food and how to respect our bodies.
  • Learn about ways to create a healthy lifestyle.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Involve them in meal planning and cooking.
  • Take up a healthy hobby together such as walking or cycling.

RE - Christianity and Holy Week

This half term in RE we will be:
  • ​Learning about the events of Holy Week.
  • Learning about why this week is significant for Christians.

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.
  • Discuss any Easter traditions you have in your family.

PE

Our outdoor PE lessons take place on a Tuesday afternoon. During our outdoor PE sessions, we will be developing our invasion game skills including dribbling, passing and creating our own invasion games.

Miss Scott's class have their indoor PE sessions on a Monday afternoon, and Mrs Humphris' class have their indoor PE sessions on a Wednesday afternoon. During our indoor PE sessions, we will be developing our gymnastics 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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