Welcome to Year 5

Homework will be sent on Friday alternating weeks, maths then English on paper. To be completed and returned by following Thursday.
Spellings will be introduced to children on a Monday. Spelling test will be on Friday. Please encourage your children to use Spelling Shed to practise.

PE: Children to come to school in their P.E kits on their designated days. Please ensure that your child comes appropriately dressed following school PE dress code. Year 5 P.E days: Tuesday (indoor) and Thursday (outdoor)

Timetable

Charlton Class

Newton Class

What We're Learning

Details of the Year 5 learning journey can be found here: 

Year 5 - What we're learning

Please note, this page will be updated termly, so please keep checking back.

Spring Term

Stars and Stripes

We start Spring term studying the book Hidden Figures, which is set in America between the 1930s and 1960s and describes the barriers for black women in society at that time. It contains biographical information about four influential mathematicians and engineers, all of whom contributed to the space race while working for NASA. We will explore issues faced by the main characters, including segregation in the workplace, and the inequalities between men and women in the workplace during the 1930s to 1960s.

During Spring 2, we will move on to a book by author Frank Cottrell Boyce called Cosmic. This allows us to discuss inclusivity/diversity and looking different to our peers.

Year 5 will be visiting Jodrell Bank this term to consolidate our Earth and Space Science topic. This sits perfectly supporting our book ‘Hidden figures’ looking closely at the pioneers working at NASA in the 1960s.

Science:

Through our forces block, children will explore that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object. They will be identifying the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between moving surfaces. Finally, children will recognise that some mechanisms, including levers, pulleys and gears, allow a smaller force to have a greater effect. 

During our second block children will be able to describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system. Describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth and use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.

Whole class reading 

The Greenling
Peter Pan

Spring 1

 

Autumn Term

We are so excited to be learning about the Greeks this term. We are reading and studying 'The Adventures of Odysseus' in English as part of our brilliant 'Who let the Gods out?' topic. During the term we will explore the Ancient Greeks and the influence they have had on today's society.

In Science we explore through a variety of investigations and practical science

lessons forces and Earth and space. Keep an eye on MyEd and we will share with you many activities the children experience this term.

Science:

Through our ‘properties of materials’ unit, the children will be working scientifically to investigate which materials have the best properties for a task. We will look at what makes the best materials for food preparation, packaging and keeping items hot to cold.

Autumn 2, we will be covering 'changes in materials'. Children will be planning their own investigations looking at soluble solutions and separating solutions. Asking question such as ‘Do all liquids make nails rust?’. Over a number of days, we will been observing different liquids and how they change an iron nail.

Whole Class Reading:

Year 5 will be delving deep into a range of texts during whole class reading. Books we will be reading this term are:

• Way Home by Libby Hathorn
• Beetle Boy by M.G Leonard

We will use a range of guided reading tasks related to our reading dogs such as: Retrieval Rex, Vocabulary Victor, Prediction Pip, Summarising Sheba and Inference Iggy.

Autumn 1

Autumn 2