Welcome back after the summer holiday! We hope that you all had a brilliant and relaxing break and that the children are excited to start Year 5. I am looking forward to getting to know all of you and embark on this learning journey together.
Our foundation curriculum will be following Oak Academy where Geography, History, Art, DT, Music and Computing will be taught over a rolling half-termly basis.
In Geography, we will be exploring ‘Local and Global: Why are trees important?’ which will focus on map work for locating and identifying changes, climate zones and biomes, the issue of deforestation. We will investigate natural resources which includes renewable and non-renewable energy, food production and water.
In DT, we will use CAD (Computer-Aided Design) to explore and design sustainable housing. We will also explore computer systems in Computing sessions.
Our first Art unit of the year will delve into photography and painting skills with facial expressions in portraiture as our stimulus.
After half term, we will begin our History journey travelling back to the time of the Romans and what happened after they left Britain, what religion looked like at the time, and how the Anglo-Saxons came to settle after them.
This year, the children are able to make curriculum links and connections between areas of learning and consolidate skills. All of the themes chosen, deliver the programmes of study for the National Curriculum. MFL, PSHE, R.E and Science will be taught discreetly.
As mathematicians in Class 5, the children will be continuing their mastery journey. We will focus on mental arithmetic methods (and when to use them) and revision of times table and division facts. We will begin the term looking at place value of numbers including decimals and a range of written methods for addition and subtraction involving money, negative numbers and short multiplication and division.
This term, in English, we will focus on fiction writing linked to the book The Nowhere Emporium, followed by first-hand accounts linked to the moon landing. The children will be encouraged to use a variety of vocabulary, conjunctions, fronted adverbials and punctuation in order to engage the reader and make their writing exciting. We will continue to work on spelling, grammar and punctuation (SPaG) throughout the year.
Our PE sessions are on a Monday and Wednesday. Please ensure that children have the correct PE kit in school at all times. In the interests of safety, no jewellery, including earrings, should be worn on PE days.
As the weather gets colder, the children may prefer to wear tracksuit bottoms and jumpers during PE – please make sure children are dressed weather appropriate.
Children in Class 5 receive regular homework on a Friday which is due on a Wednesday. Spellings will be given out weekly on Monday, ready to be tested the following Monday. Additional creative homework may also be given out throughout the year.
Please do not hesitate to contact me, should you have any questions or concerns. I am usually available at the end of each day and am happy to discuss any of these with you.
Thank you for your continued support of the school.
Mrs Wiley (Class 5 teacher) Mr Elson (Support staff) Mrs Guest (Support staff)
