Welcome to Year 5! I hope everyone has enjoyed the summer holidays and are refreshed and ready to begin a new school year in Year 5. A new year brings new and exciting opportunities. This term we will be learning lots of new things and will hopefully have some new experiences to enjoy. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. You can make an appointment via the office or feel free to approach myself, Mrs Ward or Mrs Donnelly on the yard.
Miss Revell and Mrs Donnelly teach in Year 5 all week. Mrs Wilson, supported by Mrs Donnelly teaches on Monday afternoons and Mrs Ward takes the children to Birtley Swimming Baths on Thursday afternoons.
This Autumn term, the children will continue to build on their mathematical skills as they take a deep dive into ‘Place Value’ – looking at the value of numbers up to 1,000,000, the powers of 10, and counting on 10, 100, and 1000 more and less from numbers up to 1,000,000!
We will also be working hard to maintain and develop our multiplication skills with regular practice of times tables up to 12. We also encourage children to access Numbots and Rockstars regularly to develop their arithmetic skills.
We have some exciting texts to study in English, beginning with “The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, before we move onto our poetry unit on Matt Goodfellow. We will practise our handwriting daily, to maintain and develop our joined-up handwriting writing skills.
See our long-term curriculum plan to discover what other exciting units we are covering this term.
Our PE days are on a Thursday afternoon when the children walk to Birtley Swimming Baths to take part in weekly swimming lessons. Please make sure you have comfortable trainers and a waterproof coat.
Reading books must be read and signed at least three separate times per week. Please remember to read daily with your child at home and read for pleasure also!
Homework will be given out weekly on a Monday and should be returned by the following Monday. Homework will be set for English and maths each week alongside reading, spelling and Times Table Rockstars practice.
We look forward to working with the children this year as they mature and develop their skills and talents in Upper Key Stage 2!
Curriculum:
English: Recounts, Newspaper Articles, Poetry Study (Matt Goodfellow)
Mathematics: Place Value
Science: Earth and Space
History: The Ancient Maya
Art: Ancient Maya Masks
PE: Swimming
French: Greetings
RE: Christianity
Music: Ukulele practice
PSHCE: Being Me
Computing: Systems
Miss Revell & The Year 5 Teaching Support Team
