Spring Curriculum Booklet Year 5

Adults in Year 5

Class 5B Teacher – Mrs Broadhurst
Class 5B Teaching Assistant – Mrs Roberts

Class 5M Teacher – Miss McComish
Class 5M Teaching Assistant – Mrs Griffiths

Mrs Broadhurst
Miss McComish

Mathematics

  • Number and place value
  • Calculations
  • Fractions, decimals and percentages
  • Measurement
  • Properties of shapes
  • Statistics

Each child is expected to learn their times tables which will be tested.

English   

  • We will be reading ‘The Explorer’ and using extracts from ‘Journey to the River Sea’ to help us describe different settings using expanded noun phrases and figurative language.
  • We will also produce a range of poetry ending with a piece inspired by ‘The Lost Words’ book including a range of figurative language.
  • Comprehension skills using VIPERS.

Science and Outdoor Learning

  • Living things and their habitats
  • Weekly gardening

Geography

We will be studying the Brazilian rainforest and its importance to the water cycle.  Children will be set a research project as part of their English homework to be presented to the class as a short talk accompanied by slides and/or props.

Religious Education

We will continue with our Hinduism studies as well as the Christian Festival of Easter.

Physical Education

  • Tuesday PE: Gymnastics & Dance
  • Thursday Games: Netball & Football

PE lessons are on Tuesday and Thursday. PE kit should be worn to school on these days.

Music

  • Charanga
  • Space themed music
  • Fresh Prince of Bel- Air

Computing

We will continue our E-safety message, as well as practice programming and learning about the uses of data handling

 Art and DT

Our Art will look at colour and shape, using Kandinsky as a focus. We will also look at observational drawing to apply shading skills.

Art activities – please keep an old shirt or apron in school at all times

PSHE

  • Each week we will use circle time to address relevant classroom topics, such as respectful behaviour and understanding how we learn.
  • Jigsaw Scheme.

P4C (Philosophy for Children)

P4C themes will vary in each year group, according to the topics and interests of the children.  With the teacher as facilitator, the children will be working collaboratively to create relevant questions, give reasons for opinions and discuss the validity of those opinions, develop a sense of trust, tolerance and fair-mindedness and to promote reflective thinking.

French

This term we will be revising and building on the work done in Year 4 on writing sentences, using adjectives and gender.

Homework

  • Set tasks on Teams. These will vary each week.
  • Children will choose an activity from the spelling grid to help them to learn their weekly words.
  • Children will be tested on their times tables on alternate Friday mornings.  They should be practising the level that they are working on using websites such as ‘Hit the button’ or https://www.timestables.co.uk/ for a total of about 20 minutes
  • Children should read for 10-15 minutes every night and be heard by an adult at least once a week.

Please check your child’s homework diary regularly and sign it at the end of each week.  We will be collecting and monitoring homework diaries on Monday morning.

Key Dates

  • The Living Rainforest – Monday 27th January