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It is fantastic to see everyone again after the summer break!
The following information gives an outline of our planned work for the autumn term in Year 5. We look forward to sharing key learning opportunities with you!
Year 5 Hawse End Residential- Wednesday 11th September - Friday 13th September. Keep an eye on the school page for photographs!
CURRICULUM
ENGLISH
Reading
Children in Year 5 will be encouraged to read a range of genres and may listen to and discuss a variety of stories, non-fiction texts, poetry, plays and textbooks in order to understand the structure of different texts and their purpose. They will be asked to make predictions, compare texts or make inferences from clues in texts.
Writing
Children will learn how to identify the audience and select the correct writing style and tone. They will be expected to ensure writing flows well and ideas linked across paragraphs using adverbials of time, number, or place.
Pupils will be encouraged to regularly assess the effectiveness of their own writing and those written by others, focusing specifically on punctuation, grammar, vocabulary and spelling.
Spelling
The National Curriculum for England spelling requirements for Year 5 include statutory spellings and common exception words. There are 360 words in total, so why not practise spelling and using one new word each day? There is a link to the full Year 5 and Year 6 Spelling List in the 'Downloads' section below.
MATHS
Areas of study include:
adding and subtracting numbers with more than four digits
prime numbers, common multiples, cube and square numbers
comparing, ordering and adding fractions with different denominators. Some may also learn how to multiply fractions.
reading and writing fractions as decimals as well as practising rounding to two decimal places
drawing angles and learning how to find missing angles
converting from cm to m and g to kg, but also converting between metric and imperial measurements, such as miles to km
learning the properties of shapes and calculating the area and perimeter of irregular shapes
SCIENCE
What do aliens like to drink? Gravi-tea!!
Expect lots of other cringe-worthy jokes this term as we cover two topics until Christmas break -
Earth and Space lessons will investigate the movement of the Sun, Earth and Moon, day and night, and phases of the Moon as well as discover how theories about our solar system have changed and about how the seasons are created because of the tilt of Earths axis.
Forces in Year 5 Science teaches children how forces affect everything around us. Children investigate examples of, and effects of, everyday forces and then go on to look at different types of forces at work including gravity, buoyancy, friction, air resistance and water resistance.
TOPIC
Africa
We will explore and discover the amazing continent of Africa, exploring each of the five regions to get an understanding of just how vast and diverse Africa really is.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Our PE day is Wednesday.
Every child will require a FULL PE kit (plain black shorts/tracksuit bottoms, PE T-shirt, and a change of trainers/plimsolls) in a named bag. Earrings must either be removed or tape provided.
There is plenty to look forward to in other subjects as well, including Art, Computing, Music, Languages and Design Technolgy...
CLASS 12
Mrs Martin - Monday
Mrs Wallace - Tuesday - Friday
CLASS 13
Mrs Martin - Tuesday
Mr Wilson - Monday, Wednesday-Friday
Senior Teaching Assistants
Mrs Bulman
Mrs Banks
Thank you for your continued support!
Year 5 email address
year5@rferguson.cumbria.sch.uk
Class 12 Home Learning
Homework:
The children will be given a homework grid with a wide range of activities centred around the topic of the term. We would ask them to complete one activity per fortnight and bring their completed homework in on a Friday.
Other activities that we encourage the children to complete at home are:
- Times Table Rockstars
- Doodle Maths
- Doodle English
- Doodle Times Tables
- Doodle Spell
- Learning Beck games
Please continue to support your child's progress in reading by hearing them read every day and asking them questions about what they have read.
We would love to see all the wonderful things you are doing at home. You can send photos, power points, pictures, etc to our class email address.
If you need any further information, resources or support then please speak to your class teacher.
Class 12 Downloads
Victorians Homework gridClass 12 Weblinks
Times Table RockstarsTessellation video - What is tessellation?
Tessellation - How to make a tessellation pattern
The Maths Factor
CBBC Newsround
Maths Chase
Hawse End 2023 Information
Countdown
Time Table Rockstars
BBC Bitesize Earth and Space
Tessellation - BBC Bitesize