Year 5 2024 - 2025

Homework:

We will send home some work on a Friday to be completed independently or with an adult if needed, once a week in year 5. Please encourage your child to do this as it will support the work they are doing in class and will usually involve some spellings and maths.  Homework should be handed in by Wednesday the following week.  We do also ask that you encourage children to access the online resources that we have bought for them to use:   

- Times tables rockstars

- Bug club

- Education City

- Purple mash

The children have passwords and user names for all these sites.

PE:

Our PE days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Children are expected to wear comfortable clothing such as leggings, tracksuit pants or shorts with a t shirt, trainers and a black school jumper over the top.  Clothing should be plain (no football tops or big brand logos) and preferably black and red. 

Water bottles:

Children should bring in their own water bottles with fresh water every day.

Reading:

We will send home reading books with the children and we expect them to read with or to an adult at home five times a week for at least 10 minutes. Then they need to get their reading diary signed once a week by an adult at home to say that they have done this and hand it in to class on a Friday morning. The children must bring their book in their book bag to school every day as they will have the opportunity to read at least once a week with one of the adults in class and change their books regularly.  They will also listen to an adult read, from our class texts, once a day. 

These are some of the class texts that we will be reading this term:

I know What You Did Last Wednesday

Mondays are Murder

Race to the Frozen North

Read Me and Laugh

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Year 5 Curriculum:

Here is a snapshot of what we are learning about in year 5 this half term:

English - Non-chronological reports, story writing (narrative), letter writing

Maths - Place value, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction

Science - Life cycles and Earth and space

French - Classroom commands, numbers and conversational language

Music - Garage Band

ICT - Spreadsheets and internet safety

History - Shang Dynasty

Geography - Volcanoes

RE - The Bible, Holy books from different religions, Christmas

Art - Gargoyles, design and technology - t-shirts