Year 5

Year 5 – Terms 5 and 6

We would like to welcome all parents, carers and children back to year 5. We hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable Easter! We are looking forward to a fantastic final term two terms in year 5!

Meet our team:

5BN – Mrs Baker and Mrs Newport TA – Mrs Lucas & Mrs Mulligan

5L – Mr Lucas TA- Mrs Powderham

5S – Mrs Sumner TA- Mrs Neal & Mr Arul

 

Maths

We will start the term looking at angles; how we measure, draw and calculate them. Then we will move on to studying transformations, include; reflections and lines of symmetry.

We will also continue to work on speed of multiplication facts and using these in more complex ways.

English

Topic

Term 5

Science – Properties of materials

This term we will build on our knowledge of the three states of matter; solid, liquid and gas, and investigate insulators and conductors. We will focus on writing scientific conclusions and how to interpret data, we will also link this to our scientific understanding.

History - Tombs and Tutankhamun

During the term, we will learn about the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and who built the pyramids. We will use our historical skills to investigate Egyptian artefacts and understand what they tell us about the past and ancient Egyptian life.

Term 6

Geography - Kenya

During this term, Year 5 will be investigating climate, the impact of tourism and how life is changing for the Kenyan people. We will do this by establishing locational knowledge and using geographical language to describe location within the world. We will continue to develop children's map reading skills and introduce them to a range of different types of maps.

Science – Living things and their habitats.

This term we will investigate the different life cycles of animals. We will learn about the life cycles of mammals, birds, insects and amphibians. We will use our observations skills to continue watching the frog spawn with the classroom and document the changes we see. Children will also study the different parts of plants and investigate how it reproduces.

PE

PE kits should be worn to school only on Wednesday and Friday.

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday children should wear full school uniform.

Homework

Spellings will be given out on Monday and tested on Friday each week.

Children should continue to build the speed and accuracy they are able to answer times table questions.

Children will bring home a reading book and reading record, please regularly record and discuss their chosen book.

 

Allotment

In year 5 we have an ongoing allotment project. Children will go out in small groups experienced volunteer on a rota basis.

 

Any questions/queries, please do ask the class teacher – we are at the classroom door at the end of every day and are happy to talk to you.

Year 5 Team