Dear
Parents/ Carers of Year 5 Pupils,
Welcome
back and happy new year! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are
ready for another busy term. Thank you very much for your kind messages, cards
and gifts.
Spring
Term Curriculum
Here
is an outline of some of the areas of learning that we will be covering in
class this term.
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Maths
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Long
multiplication
Division
(whole numbers)
Different
types of numbers
Decimal
numbers (reading, writing, ordering, rounding) Calculations involving decimal
numbers (+ - x ÷)
Percentages
and fractions
Word
problems
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English
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Greek
Myths
Performance
Poetry
Stories
from a different point of view
SPaG
Reading-
our class text is ‘Journey to the River Sea’
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Science
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Properties
of Materials and Changes of Materials
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R.E.
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What
does it mean for Christians to believe that God is holy and loving?
Christians
and how to live: ‘What would Jesus do?’
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Computing
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Using
the internet with discernment
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P.E.
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Dance
and Gymnastics (Tuesdays)
Invasion
game skills (Thursdays)
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Topic
(History,
Geog, Art, D.T.)
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‘Lasting
Legacies’ – learning about Ancient Greece
DT
– designing and making clay cups
Anglo-Saxons
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How you can help at home
Homework
Year
5 children will continue to complete a current affairs homework weekly. This
needs to be handed in every Wednesday. They will also continue to receive a
list of Maths facts to learn at home (every Wednesday) and these will be tested
the following Wednesday. Your child will learn a spelling rule each week and
will receive a list of spellings that follow this rule (every Monday) which
they will need to learn for a weekly spelling test on a Friday.
If
your child has any trouble with homework, all they need do is come and ask us
(where possible before the due date). It
is also appreciated if you could help encourage children to take responsibility
for their own homework. It is really helpful if you can encourage your child to
complete their homework in a quiet place where they can fully focus.
The
children will also be tested on a list of 15 half termly spellings at the
beginning and end of each half term. We would appreciate your help in
supporting your child in learning these tricky words. Please find attached to
this letter the half termly spellings the children need to learn at home (and
what they scored when tested on these spellings last week). These will not be
taught in lessons and will be tested at the end of the half term. Thank you for
your support with this – it makes a big difference.
Reading
Please
continue to read regularly with your child. It is so important as children
become more fluent with their reading that they understand what they have read.
Please ask them questions about the characters and plot to check their
understanding and encourage them to express their own opinions about a
story/book. Please also encourage them to read aloud with appropriate
intonation and expression, paying careful attention to punctuation marks used
by the author.
Planners
The
children need to use their planners to record their daily reading and their
homework tasks. They will also record in their planners their spelling test
score, their times tables club score and their maths facts score every week. Please could you check your child’s planner at the end of each week and
sign the bottom of the page. Your child should take responsibility for asking
you to check and sign it. We will collect the homework planners each Friday.
P.E
The
children will continue to have their Thursday P.E. session with Jon and will
also have an indoor P.E. session on Tuesday afternoons. Sometimes our timetable
has to change so P.E kit should be in school each day please. As the weather is
unpredictable it would be useful for the children to have both outdoor trainers
and plimsolls (or clean trainers) as part of their kit so that we can use both
the hall and outdoors. Joggers and jumpers may also be needed.
Planners, reading
books
Please
have all of these in school each day. Thank you.
Dates for your diary
Parents
evenings – Tuesday 6th February and Thursday 8th
February.
Poetry
Performance – Friday 9th February (2.45pm)
Class
assembly – Friday 23rd February (2.30pm)
Trip
to Compton Verney – Friday 2nd March
Please
don’t hesitate to come and see us if you have any questions.
Yours
sincerely,
Mrs
Michelle Parkin and Mrs Marika Hortop
