Year 5
Summer term
Welcome to Year 5, we are continuing our busy year!
We have two focusses within Theme this term. We are continuing our unit on ‘Antarctica’ exploring Antarctica as well as the effects of Global warming on the continent. We are then moving on to ‘Volatile Earth’, learning about Earthquakes and Volcanoes.
The first RE unit this term will be ‘To the ends of the Earth’ where we will be focusing on the gifts of the Holy spirit and the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Our first Science topic will be ‘Living things and their habitats’ where we will be focusing on Sexual and Asexual reproduction in plants and then looking at life cycles of humans, amphibians, reptiles and birds. We are then moving onto ‘Let’s investigate’ where we will be completing lots of investigations to improve our ‘Working Scientifically’ skills.
English Writing and Reading lessons will also be linked to our topics. We are going to be continuing the read ‘Sky Song’ and then reading ‘Running wild’. We will be writing a variety of texts related to the book.
Spelling will be taught in short daily sessions working on the key Year 5 spelling objectives as well as first revising key areas from previous years.
Maths will follow the Year Five curriculum as well as extra arithmetic sessions where methods are taught and revised separately with regular assessment. Our focus this term will be Area and perimeter, statistics, shape, angles, negative numbers, converting units and decimals
We want to make sure that every child in Year 5 is prepared and ready for Year six. This means some children may have extra input in English or Maths some afternoons to make sure they are ready.
Our PE day is Thursday, please send your child to school in full PE kit on Tuesdays.
We will be swimming for the first half term on a Monday morning, please make sure your child has a full swimming kit including a swimming hat.
Homework
There is an expectation that children will read at home daily and encourage your child to write in their reading journal when they have read a book. Thank you for your continuing support for this.
An overview of all the spellings each half term will be sent home the first full week in September and weekly spellings will be tested on a Friday.
All children have their login details for TT Rockstars. They should continue to improve their rapid recall of multiplication facts using this. This is so important and really impacts on how well children can use Year 5 arithmetic methods fluently and accurately. There is an expectation that each child spends 30 minutes a week – this is six 5 minute games. We will be completing our ‘Times table superheroes’ weekly to also encourage times table recall.
Please ensure children come to school each day with a water bottle so they keep hydrated. They are welcome to refill this throughout the day.
We will, as always, work our hardest to ensure that the children have a happy, productive and successful final term in Year Five which we are sure they will.
Pease come to speak to Mrs Batchelor if you have any queries or concerns or you can email any queries to: schooloffice@sacredheart.peterborough.sch.uk. These can then be forwarded to us and we can reply/ make a phone call if needed.
Thank you for your support,
Mrs Batchelor, Ms Braithwaite, Mrs Culleton
