This Term's Topics
Topic - The Victorians Maths - Multiplication and DivisionScience - Life Cycles PE - Volleyball
Welcome to the Spring term! Happy new year to all of our wonderful children and their families. We hope you've had a lovely break.
Our new topic is The Victorians. We're excited to learn lots about life in this era. We'll study The British Empire, inventions, child labour, William Morris, the life of Queen Victoria, the poem 'The Kraken' by Lord Alfred Tennyson and lots more. In DT our work will be centred around textiles with a focus on developing sewing skills and creating our own toy.
Our class novel this term is 'Street Child' by Berlie Doherty, which follows the life of a young Victorian orphan whose life is changed by meeting Dr Thomas John Barnado, the founder of the children's charity we now know as Barnados.
Guitar lessons with Mr McKenzie will continue throughout the year. I'm sure you'll all agree the children did a wonderful job showcasing these skills in our Christmas performance.
Snack:
Children may bring a snack of fruit and/or vegetables in a reusable container. Please remember we are a nut-free school.
Physical Education:
PE day is Wednesday. Please ensure that your child brings their full PE kit on this day (black shorts/tracksuit bottoms, PE T-shirt, trainers or black plimsols) in a bag. We also use our track to do the daily mile every day and have specialist coaches who work with us throughout the year.
Class 13 staff:
Mrs Little - class teacher
Mrs Griffin - Tuesdays
Mrs Bulman - senior teaching assistant
Class 13 Home Learning
Homework:
Each half term children in Year 5 will receive a new homework grid with a variety of activities to choose from related to our current topic. All the information you need about this can be found in purple homework books or at the bottom of this webpage.
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
In addition to these, there are lots of links you may find useful to support home learning at the bottom of this page.
Please continue to support your child's progress in reading by hearing them read every day and asking questions about what they have read.
We would love to see all the wonderful things you are doing at home. You can send photos, powerpoints, pictures, etc to our class email address.
year5@rferguson.cumbria.sch.uk
If you need any further information, resources or support, please speak to me (Mrs Little) or another member of the year 5 team.
Class 13 Weblinks
Times table practiceSpelling, grammar and punctuationBBC Bitesize daily lessonsFirst NewsNewsroundThe Bodycoach PE with JoeHawse End 2023 Information Class 13Countdown Magic Squares maths activity Times Table Rockstars Free audio books