Year 5

ENGLISH

Inspired by the adventures in our reading books, we will be learning how to write biographies and diary recounts with a ‘lost in space’ transmission.

Alongside our reading work, we will be exploring a wide range of Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary taken from the texts.  We will play with vocabulary to aid our understanding and extend our understanding through finding synonyms and antonyms, analysing prefixes, suffixes and root words, investigating shades of meaning as well as using words correctly within and across a range of contexts.

  MATHS

This half term is all about fractions!  We will be focusing on equivalent fractions, converting improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa; comparing and ordering fractions; adding and subtracting fractions.

SCIENCE

In Science we will be learning about ‘Earth and Space’, exploring questions such as ‘How many planets are in our Solar System?’, ‘How do we get night and day?’ and ‘Does the Earth’s moon change shape?’

GEOGRAPHY

This half-term we will be learning about mountains, focusing on the differences between older and younger mountain ranges; similarities and differences in the climate of mountainous and non-mountainous areas; as well as how mountains impact on peoples’ lives.

 RE

This half term we will be learning about aspects of Christianity with a particular focus on the Christian figure of Jesus, exploring the question ‘Why do Christians believe Jesus is the Messiah?’ and using the Bible to locate evidence.

PE

Children will have two PE sessions each week – please make sure your child wears their PE kit to school every Monday and Tuesday.  Please make sure your child has their school PE kit on, a school PE hoody or school jumper.  For safety reasons, all watches and jewellery must be removed for PE lessons. If your child wears earrings, they must be able to remove them independently or cover them with medical tape.  Please send medical tape in with your child if needed.  Alternatively, it may be easier to leave earrings at home on PE days.

         This half term we will be learning skills to take part in ‘Street Art’ dance and hockey.

 COMPUTING

The children will continue to learn about aspects of online safety each week.

The children will continue to learn about online safety, covering a range of issues.  Within       our creative computing curriculum, we will learning how to create vector drawings.

MUSIC

This term we will be following the Charanga Model Music Curriculum, where we will be  learning to sing and play in different styles.

ART

We will be exploring the work of the abstract space artist, Peter Thorpe. Alongside this, we will learn about what abstract art is and how this is different to non-abstract, or representational art.  We will also look at the work of some other abstract artists such as Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian, exploring and trying out some of their techniques and styles of working.

  PSHE

During this half term, the children will be learning about different aspects of life using LifeWise PSHE.  We will learn about the digital world and how to keep safe online; about respecting others and their beliefs; how to be effective communicators and about autism and the neurodiverse brain.

MFL

This term we will continue learning French with Rigolo 2, unit 1: A L’ecole.  We will be revising numbers and time and talk about likes and dislikes in school.

 HOME LEARNING

In year 5, children still need to read lots! All children are expected to read at home most nights for 15 – 20 minutes either to themselves or with an adult. This could be their school Accelerated Reader book, listening to a story read by someone else or sharing a favourite book. All are equally valuable. Talking about what they have read is also vital to help develop comprehension skills. This is particularly beneficial to the children when completing their Accelerated Reader quizzes.  All children have a reading record book in which parents, carers or the children themselves can record what they have read or make any comments.

In addition, children all have access to Times Tables Rockstars – we have a weekly times tables check in class, so please encourage your child to keep practising their times tables – five or ten minutes a day is likely to be more beneficial than an hour once a week.