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This term the writing will be inspired by the book ‘FArTHER’ by Grahame Baker-Smith. The focus writing tasks will be a setting narrative and writing a letter.

The children will be continuing to work on their grammar and punctuation knowledge and applying it in their daily writing. Some of the areas that we will focus on are: using standard English, relative clauses, modal verbs and punctuations marks used for parenthesis and identifying the different word classes.

In spelling, we use the Headstart Primary scheme. The words for each week are on the document below or click on the link: /uploads/45/grade/23060202_grade_file.pdf:

Set 1: week beginning 9.1.24

Set 2: week beginning 5.2.24

Set 3: week beginning 11.3.24

In our reading lessons, we focus on the reading skills required to help the children improve their understanding of texts. Each lesson works on the different skills required to become a successful reader including making sure the text makes sense, making predictions, retrieve and record information, identify facts and opinions and looking at the author’s use of language. These are the books we are looking at this term in our reading lessons:

Reading at Home

Reading with your child is very important as it helps them develop their learning in all areas of the curriculum. Talking with your child and asking them questions about their reading book will enhance their comprehension skills. Suggested questions are in the information booklet below. The home reading reward scheme will continue in year 5 and the children will be rewarded for every 5 books that they read. The reading record books must be signed by an adult to count.

Maths 

This term the children will be focussing on: Place Value, Fractions and Decimals, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Measure, Geometry and Statistics. 

We will be continuing to revise the times tables in the weekly fidget spinner challenge on Fridays!

Science

The children will be learning about the properties of materials, Animals including humans and life cycles. The children will be carrying out investigations and learning lots of scientific vocabulary. 

R.E.

In RE, the two units studied this term are Jesus and Easter. The two key questions are:

Why do Christians believe Jesus was a great teacher?

Why do Christians believe that Easter is a celebration of victory?

P.E.

During PE, the children will be working on their fitness and coordination skills. This will be taught by Mrs Riddle on Monday and Tuesday afternoons. The Monday lesson will be alternate weeks. The children should come to school on these days in their PE kit. 

PE kits should include:

A team coloured t-shirt or a white t-shirt

Black shorts

Trainers (not pumps or slip on shoes)

School Hoodie

Curriculum

In Geography, the children will be looking at the Scandinavian and Nordic Region and comparing life there to the UK. They will be comparing the biomes, the climate zones and the physical and human features.

In History, the children will be learning about the Anglo-Saxon invasion and the impact on Britain. The children will also learn about what life was like during this period by looking at their homes, the laws and the different jobs that they did.

In design and technology, the children will be making an Anglo-Saxon house using wood and other natural materials!

In art, the children will be using pencils to explore how they can create different emotions and movement with tone and different types lines.

In French, the children will be learning new words and phrases to help them on a school trip and to talk about their hobbies.

Finally, in computing the children will be learning more about programming with Mr Norbury and learning about how to make a video about St John's School with Miss Durber!

Homework

Every child is expected to read (please see the home reading section above), learn their weekly spelling words and continue to revise the times tables at home. This will help to reinforce the learning that the children are doing at school.

As in previous years, the children will be given the opportunity to have the additional English and Maths booklets to complete each week.

The year 5 curriculum information document below will provide a more detailed overview of the learning this term. 

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