Year 5 General Information

WELCOME BACK!Welcome back to school - I hope you

had a lovely summer holiday! This year there is lots of enjoyable learning

opportunities to look forward to but if you have any questions or would like to discuss anything, please come and let

us know. Miss Powell and Miss Jenkins

PE lessons are on Thursdays. Please

ensure your child has a labelled PE kit in school.

Year 5 will be swimming in November.

Reading diaries need to be signed

at home each week. Library

books are changed

every Monday.

Year 5Autumn

Curriculum Information

Prehistoric Britain

Helpful Home Activities

Help your child improve their reading by spending ten minutes reading and talking about books together each night. Use the questions in the reading diaries to help with question ideas.

Support your child in practicing multiplication and division facts. Your child has a Mathletics account they can use online at any time.

You could research the topic this half term by looking at Prehistoric Britain and the changes which occurred during this period.

LiteracyIn the first 4 weeks of this term we have been studying Jamaica. In Literacy we have learnt

about the poems of Benjamin Zephaniah and the stories about Anansi the spider. We will be

finishing the term looking at persuasive and descriptive writing.

NumeracyThis half term we will be looking at using all 4 operations both mentally and with efficient written methods. We will also be exploring the properties of numbers such as prime numbers. Finally we will be learning to identify, draw and

measure different types of angles and how to measure and calculate length, perimeter and area.

GeographyIn the first 4 weeks of this term we have been studying Jamaica. We

have looked at the location of Jamaica in relation to the UK and the

rest of the Caribbean islands. We have researched the climate,

landscape, traditions and culture.

ArtDuring our time studying Jamaica we

have looked at the colours of the Jamaican flag and used these to

create alternative pictures of Usain Bolt, palms trees and a map of

Jamaica. We have also looked at the costumes worn during carnival and

created our own masks.

ScienceThis half term we are exploring the

properties of different materials including their hardness, solubility,

transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to

magnets. We will investigate factors which affect dissolving and how to

separate mixtures of materials. Finally, we will investigate the differences

between reversible and irreversible changes.

Social and EmotionalDuring circle time and PSHE lessons, we will be looking at new beginnings. As part of this we will consider how to create enjoyable and considerate relationships with others.

Physical EducationPE this half term will focus on dance and

invasion games. We will be going swimming every day for 2 weeks in

November. A separate letter about this will be sent to you closer to the date.

Religious EducationThis half term we will be visiting Shireland Road mosque as part of our topic on the life of Muhammad and his importance to

Muslims.

Y5 Autumn Term

Prehistoric Britain

HistoryThis half term we will be looking at the main changes that took place from the Stone Age through the Bronze Age into

the Iron Age. We will study the changes in housing, farming, religion, art and

culture.