A Very Warm Welcome to Year 5!(2022 - 2023)

Please find information about our classes below:

MEET THE YEAR 5 TEAM:

5LC - Mr. Constantine is the class teacher and he is supported by Ms. Gregory.

5JF - Mrs. Foulds is the class teacher and she is supported by Miss Begum.

We are also very lucky to be joined on our team by three specialist teachers:

Madame Preston - French

Mr. Rees - Music

Mr McPoland - P.E

P.E

On Monday mornings, Year 5 will be going swimming. Both classes will be back to school before lunchtimes. Swimming will continue until the end of Spring 1 term. On Fridays, the children will have their second PE lesson of the week. We politely ask for your child to wear the correct PE kit (white T-shirt, blue shorts and black pumps) and could you please label it clearly. We will send PE kits home after each PE lesson so they can be washed and brought back to school for the following Friday morning. After February half-term, we will stop Swimming and instead have a Monday afternoon PE session in school.

READING

Please could we politely remind you that your child's reading book and reading record must be brought into school every day. Reading is extremely important and if you have the time we would appreciate it if you could listen to your child read at home at least once a week and sign their diary with any comments. Thank you.  

HOMEWORK

Homework will be issued each Friday and will be due in school on the following Wednesday. This will consist of one grammar and one arithmetic task. In addition, the children are expected to read three times a week at home and complete their reading diaries. We politely request that ideally, an adult listens to their child read and sign their child’s reading diary at least once a week.

Homework is to be handed in on Wednesday morning. If any child needs help with their homework, this will be given on Tuesday lunchtime. It is important for our children to be independent and follow routines and deadlines, therefore completed homework must be handed in on Wednesdays so that new homework can be stuck in books and ready to hand out again on Friday. This is to prepare them for Year 6 and beyond as well as being an important life skill.  .

CONTACT

We are always available at the end of the school day if you have any questions or you can contact us through Class Dojo. Alternatively, you can arrange a telephone conversation should you require one.

We hope you have a happy and lovely time in Year 5 and that you really enjoy and cherish your learning opportunities. We are looking forward very much to welcoming you back to school and meeting you all once more!

Mr. Constantine, Mrs. Foulds, Ms. Gregory and Miss Begum.

AUTUMN 

In English, we will be reading the novel, 'Diary of a Mill Girl' - an historical novel set in the North-West of England, about a Victorian mill girl. Our writing linked to this novel will consist of character and setting descriptions and diary entries. We will also explore a range of sentence types to enhance our writing. This work will complement our Geography topic, 'Our Local Area'

Our Guided Reading sessions will consist of reading and deconstructing texts linked to 'Diary of a Mill Girl'. All of this along with a narrative poetry unit where we will focus on The Highwayman and The Lady of Shallot.

In Mathematics, we shall focus on Number & Place Value/Multiplication & Division. 

In Science, we will be looking at ‘Changes and Properties of Materials.

In our RE lessons, we will be investigating and discussing, 'Why Do Some People Believe God Exists? 'What matters most to Christians and Humanists?' will be our second enquiry question.

Our Humanities work will consist of enquiry led learning linked to the our local area - mapping skills and field work studies and a study of the Ancient Greeks.

Art and Design lessons will consist of drawing techniques and skills and then a study of the northern artist Reg Gardner.

In Design and Technology, we will be conducting market research, enterprise skills and then textiles, where we will be designing and embroidering our own Christmas decorations to sell in the community.

SPRING

In English, we start the new year with a Shakespeare unit where our core text will be Macbeth. 

Our Guided Reading sessions will consist of a focus on inference skills and we will again use texts linked to Shakespeare along with New Reading New Thinking.

In Mathematics, our main focus will be Fractions and Multiplication & Division. We will also cover, Area & Perimeter and Statistics.

In Science, our topics are Earth & Space followed by Forces.

In our RE lessons, we will be consider the Islamic faith answering the question 'What is it like to be a Muslim in the UK today? Then we will move on to 'What would Jesus do?'

Our Humanities work will be centred around Mexico and Central America including a study of the Mayans.

Art and Design lessons will cover colour mixing, using complimentary colours and painting in monochrome. 

In Design and Technology, we will be using Darrell Wakelam as an inspiration to produce sea life sculptures.

School Vision

Together Everyone Achieves More

TOGETHER, as a team, we will ensure that EVERYONE in our school is safe, happy and healthy.

We will strive to make our school a place where each child ACHIEVES their potential, develops their skills and deepens their knowledge and understanding of this ever-changing world.

The MORE we work together as a community, the closer we will be to our vision of prosperous futures for every child we nurture.

School Mission

                   For pupils to determine their own futures by getting the very best start in life.

School Values

Friendship

Achievement

Independence

Respect

Forgiveness

Integrity

Enthusiasm

Loyalty

Determination

Year 5 Curriculum Overview

AUTUMN 1

Year 5 Reading for pleasure and reading to learn

Diary of a Mill Girl by Sue Reid

Street Child by Berlie Doherty

Read for pleasure and read to learn!

This half term, the Year 5 Geography focus is 'Our local area within the North West'. To support the children’s geographical knowledge and understanding about how our local area has developed, we will be reading 'Mill Girl' This is a a book about about a young girl who is forced to work in a Manchester mill during the industrial revolution. In our daily guided reading sessions we will be reading and discussing another novel linked to our whole class shared read. As the children contribute to quality text discussions they will have the opportunity to further develop and improve their reading skills focusing on the seven Key Stage 2 content domain areas below.

2a Define it!

2b Find it!

2c Summarise it!

2d Infer it!

2e Predict it!

2f Relate it!

2g Explore it!

2h Compare it!

Here are the books we are reading in class. Also included, are further novels linked to our learning. Perhaps you could read one of these for pleasure.

Topics covered in PSHE