Welcome to Year 5 with Mrs Ditchburn and Mrs Slater
Year 5 Curriculum Overview – Autumn Term
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English
Learning
The children’s writing will be linked to the term’s topics and class readers
They will:
- create information texts read, write and perform poetry
- use descriptive language in narratives
- write a recount using relative clauses
How you can help at home
Encourage your child to read every day for a minimum of 30 mins. Could you set aside 30 mins of family reading time where the house is nice and quiet? Even 10 minute blocks of reading are beneficial for reading development. They can read magazines, books, newspapers – First News is a great newspaper specially written for children. The Week Junior is also a good source of information for those who prefer non-fiction. If you can, read the books they are reading so you can engage in exciting dialogue, discussing character, setting and storyline as well as making predictions and inferring why certain events may occur or why characters behave in the recorded manner. How does the author take you on this exciting journey?
Talk about any new, interesting or difficult vocabulary that they meet. Do they need to use a dictionary to gain a better understanding?
Books can be expensive to buy but a library ticket would enable your child to access a wide variety of literature for free. Or have a book swap with friends and family.
Creative Curriculum
Learning
Beast Creator
Geography – using an atlas to locate minibeasts and animals around the world.
Art – sketching minibeasts and using zentangles designs in the style Rosalind Monks. Children will also be making sculptures of minibeasts
Computing – systems and networks
Science – (WS) locating, drawing and recording bugs and insects found around the school. We will be dissecting a bird’s egg too!(SK) researching gestation periods and life spans of mammals, insects, birds and amphibians..
Pharaohs
Geography – human and physical geography of Egypt. Life on the Nile
History – travelling back 5000 years to Ancient Egypt, to learn about its fascinating culture. How they mummified their dead, built great pyramids and communicated.
Art – we will be designing amulets
D&T – researching materials for a chair fit for a Pharaoh; designing and making model chairs.
How you can help at home
Encourage your child to read more widely to gain more information about the topics. Ask questions; as they research in school and at home, they often find fun and fascinating facts.
There are amazing resources to be found in the museums and galleries of London which relate directly to our topics. Most of these are free so, if you are able to spend a day on the weekend exploring them with your child, it will greatly enhance their topic learning.
Maths
Learning
Number
Roman Numerals
Place Value – knowing numbers to 1,000,000; being able to round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000; know how to use a number line; comparing and ordering numbers.
Addition and Subtraction
Using the column method to add/subtract more than four digit numbers, recognise the importance of inverse operations, multi-step problems.
Multiplication and Division – to know multiples, factors, common factors, prime numbers, square numbers and cube numbers, and use rounding to check answers.
Fractions
Compare and order fractions, including fractions >1. Add and subtract fractions with different denominations and mixed numbers.
How you can help at home
The children will need to know their times tables inside out and back to front. For example:7 x 8 = 568 x 7 = 5656 ÷ 8 = 756 ÷ 7 = 8 and then the related facts:0.7 x 8 = 5.60.8 x 7 = 5.65.6 ÷ 8 = 0.75.6 ÷ 7 = 0.8Make sure your child has regular access to Times Tables Rockstars – they really enjoy battling with their friends (and teachers) and it is an excellent way to improve their recall of all tables.http://tablestest.comWe use www.mymaths.co.uk to set homework sometimes, however the children can use it anytime to practise something we have learnt or test to themselves.
PHSE
Learning
Our themes for this term are Health and Wellbeing, Relationships and Living in the wider world.
How you can help at home
Encourage your child to discuss their feelings.
RE
Learning
The focus for this term is Pilgrimages and Sacred Places.
How you can help at home
By being respectful of all faiths and allowing children to ask questions about the subjects studied.
PE
Learning
All for Sport (Tuesday)
How you can help at home
PE kit MUST be in school at all times and CLEARLY LABELLED with your child’s name. Long hair must be tied back for all sport activities. Earrings will be required to be removed during physical exercise – if ears are newly pierced then they must be taped for safety reasons.Children well enough to be in school will be expected to participate in the activities.
Spanish/Music
Learning
The children will receive music lessons with Mrs Folan. The children will continue their Spanish lessons, weekly.
How you can help at home
Encourage your children to listen to a wide range of different music styles.
Ask your child about their learning.
In addition
Boxes of tissues are always greatly appreciated and thank for your donations so far!
If you have any questions or queries, however small, please do not hesitate to write a note or make an appointment via the office for us to give you a call back.
We are looking forward to the term and would like to thank you in advance for your support.
Mrs Ditchburn & Mrs Slater
