Year 5
Year 5 - Spring 2 term
Key Times
Homework |
Each week, children are expected to learn their spellings which will be sent home on a Friday. The spelling test will then be the following Friday. In addition to this, children are expected to read and complete their Read the Rainbow bookmark and log in to Times Table Rockstars to complete Times Table practise daily. |
PE |
In year 5, the PE days are Tuesday and Thursday for both classes. Please ensure that your child comes to school wearing school uniform and they will then change in school. In Spring, Brown Lemur class will have swimming lessons on Thursday. Please ensure your child brings their swimming costume, a towel, and a swim cap in a separate bag to take swimming.
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Trips |
In the Spring term children in year 5 will be heading to Wales on their residential trip. |
Key Times |
For Year 5, the school day will begin at 8.30, and end at 3.30. Please ensure your child is on time as we complete morning revision each day. |
What are we learning?
English |
In English, we will be reading ‘The Switch’ by Anthony Horowitz. We will use this book to support our writing where we will be creating a non-chronological report, writing, and participating in a debate and finally creating a suspense narrative. |
Maths |
In Maths we will start off the term working with decimals and percentages before moving on to perimeter and area. |
Science |
In Science, we are continuing our learning about materials. We will look at which material changes are reversible or irreversible. We will also look at different mixtures and how we can separate them. In addition to this, we will look at temperature and dissolving. |
Geography |
We will be continuing to expand on the topic of Brazil. In this topic we will learn about what makes Brazil distinctive. We will focus on the types of resources available in Brazil and their advantages and disadvantages. |
History |
We will be continuing through the timeline of British history and looking at the Vikings. We will discuss whether the Vikings left a mark on Britain. Thinking about key places and historical figures from the time. |
RE |
In RE we will focus on Christianity. We will discuss whether God intended for Jesus to be crucified. We will learn about the crucifixion and what happened in the days before and after. |
Computing |
We will learn about databases. We will think about how we can find information in databases as well as creating our own database. |
Art |
In Art, we will be completing a topic on printing. In this topic we will look at the artist Erich Heckel. We will be learning about relief printing and focus on words such as outline, silhouette, overlay and carving. |
Mandarin |
In Mandarin, we will revise all our previous knowledge in preparation for the YCT test. |
PSHE |
In PSHE, we will be thinking about economic wellbeing. Specifically, we will be focussing on money. We will learn about the role money plays in peoples lives and risks which might be associated with money. In addition to this, we will learn about budgets and spending decisions. |
PE |
We will be learning Tag Rugby. We will focus on building up our skills in passing, catching, spatial awareness and evading. |
Music |
We will look at the Blues: Blues scale and Improvisation. This will build upon the children’s prior knowledge of scales from Spring 1. |
DT |
In Spring term, children will continue to use their woodworking skills to create a bird box. We will look at different ways to join pieces of wood together to ensure our bird boxes are strong. |