Welcome to Year 5!
Throughout Year 5 we learn about a vast range of topics. These include: Space, the history of St Helens, the USA, programming, data handling and many more! We also read a large selection of books from many different genres and we further our knowledge of many areas of maths including fractions, percentages and decimals.
English
Throughout the year we use different texts to enable us to learn about different types of writing and apply our learned grammar in different genres. The books that we use to enagage the imagination and that allow us to create our own wonderful pieces of writing are:
Race to the Frozen North, The Lost Happy Endings, Arthur and the Golden Rope, Malala's Magic Pencil, The Brilliant Deep and Bold and Brave Women from Shakespeare. From thest texts, we create narratives, letters, diaries, non-chronological reports, speeches and myths. In grammar we continue to develop our understanding of sentence structure, punctuation and specific grammatical features like fronted adverbials, modal verbs and parenthesis.
Mathematics
In maths, we use White Rose maths to structure our learning and the guide the children in small, logical steps through the curriculum. We adjust these lessons to meet our needs and complete daily arithmetic and weekly problem solving lessons to apply our learning using unfamiliar questions. Throughout year 5, we develop our understanding of number and place value, to expand from year 4's work on thousands and tens of thousands into hundreds of thousands. We also build on previous learning of roman numerals and decimalisation. Further to this, we build upon the learning done in previous years on multiplication to start multiplying by 2 digits numbers. In addition to the above, we learn in depth about fractions, shapes, position and direction, and addition and subtraction. We like to use concrete and pictorial resources in our maths lessons to enable us to understand in as much depth as possible.
Science
Science in year 5 is as hands-on as possible! We build upon lots of previous year groups learning ot do with animals, humans, habitats, properties of materials and forces. We also complete lots of learning on space which involves naming the planets but also applying our knowledge on gravity to learn about the gravity of spherical bodies. Additionally, we learn about the movement of the moon in relation to the earth and the movement of the earth in relation to the sun.
Other curriculum areas
History - In History, we learn about our locality - the town of St. Helens, we learn about The Mayans and first up in the Autumn term we learn about Crime and Punishment.
Geography - Throughout the year in Geography, we learn about Rivers, the USA and Rainforests.
RE - In RE we learn about Domestic Church, Baptism and Advent amongst many other topics.
Spanish - In Spanish, we learn about sports, food and drink, taking a journey across spain and family.
Music - Using our Charanga scheme, we will be learning about rhythm, melody and notation through well known songs such as Make you feel my love and the fresh Prince of Bel Air
Art - In Art, will work on sculpture, home design and sketching. We use different artists as the inspiration behind these topics.
Design and Technology - We learn about mechanical pulleys, stitching and baking.
PE - We will be improving our overall stamina and fitness, perfecting football skills and working on orienteering
Computing - We will be learning about data handling and programming!
PSHE - We will be learning about looking after our physical and mental well-being. We will also be looking at what to do when things go wrong.
Reading books need to be in school every day. Please have your reading record signed each day so that we can make sure that you are reading regularly. You should aim to read between 20 and 30 minutes a night during the week, and at least once over the weekend. Book quizzes may be completed at home or in school. If you are using the app at home, then you need to access our school's designated page:
ACCELERATED READER
If you are struggling to access this at home please do let me know.
Homework
Homework will be online and available through ‘Century’ – please ask me if you have forgotten your usrename and password. Each week, if you have completed your homework, you will be rewarded with Dojos.
In addition, it would be a great idea to use Times Table Rock Stars to maintain the excellent knoweldge that you gained in Year 4!
St Austin's RC Primary
