Author: thornj

Events this term: / Friday 22nd April— St George’s Day Celebrations / Monday 2nd May — May Day Bank Holiday / Monday 5th May — INSET Day / Tuesday 10th May — Relationship Education with Brook / Wednesday 18th May—Chester Zoo trip (£4) / Friday 27th May– Year 5 Family Assembly (9.15am Hall) / Friday 27th May-Finish for Half Term / Monday 6th June - Back to School / Monday 27th June-Friday 1st July — Carnival week (Rio Olympics) and Business and Enterprise week / Thursday 30th June — Children’s University Celebration (2pm) / Friday 8th July—Reports to parents and Summer Fair (3.30pm) / Wednesday 20th July—Sports Day (9.15am) / Thursday 21st July– Break up for summer (1.30pm)
P.E. Day is Thursday for all Year 5 classes. As we sometimes provide PE sessions on other days your child’s PE bag should be in school every day. We will send them home at the end of each half term for washing and checking items still fit. In their PE bag they will need: a plain white T-shirt, plain black shorts, black/navy joggers or leggings and a pair of black pumps or trainers. No jewellery should be worn.
Homework will be given weekly for English and Maths. Topic related homework may also be set. Children will be given 1 week to complete homework tasks.
Reading: Children are expected to read at least 5x weekly and complete their reading logs to show this. We encourage the children to talk about their books to an adult when possible.

Year 5
Curriculum Planner
Summer Term:
The Ancient Egyptians
Mountain Environments

Writing Opportunities
We will be concluding the year by studying ‘Ancient Egypt’. We will use this as a platform for descriptive writing in the form of Myths and Legends and stories from other cultures. Our non-fiction writing will include non-chronological reports, persuasive letters and writing to explain.
There will be many opportunities in English, as well as across the curriculum, for children to develop their spelling and writing skills.

Maths Opportunities
This term we will be developing and broadening our knowledge and understanding with regards to Measure, Geometry and Algebra. All students will be working on their fluency, reasoning and problem solving skills within this area of Maths.
As well as this we will continue to build upon the work we have already completed around place value, calculations, statistics and Fractions, Decimals and Percentages so as to keep our knowledge and skills up to date.
Please help your child to learn their times tables as these are essential for many areas of mathematics.

Reading Opportunities
During our Reading Response sessions we will complete guided reading tasks related to a specific text. Some of these texts may be digital which we access via Bug Club. Children can also access these at home. Please ensure your child has their personal log-in.
We cover a range of fiction and non-fiction texts which we link to our topic areas where possible.
There are opportunities throughout the week for children to read individually. They have access to books in their class library as well as our school library. We also encourage our children to bring in books they enjoy from home.

Social, Moral, Spiritual, Cultural
As we are a Rights Respecting school, we will continue to encourage our children to consider their rights and responsibilities in all aspects of their school day.

Curriculum targets are available to view on the Year 5 blog, accessible through the school website.

Cross – Curricular Opportunities
In History this term we will be learning about the Ancient Egyptians. During the unit children will be researching the daily life of an Egyptian; the role of a Pharaoh; the afterlife; the hierarchy of Ancient Egyptians and Gods and Goddesses. At the end of the half-term children will use the knowledge and understanding they have gained of Ancient Egyptians to create their very own Egyptian Exhibition in and around our classrooms, which parents are invited to attend.
As designers and creators children will make their very own Egyptian slippers as well as 3D sculptures.
Our Geography topic for this term is Mountain Environments. Children will be using atlases to name and locate many of the world’s most famous mountainous regions and looking at how human and economical features can affect the mountain environment.
In Science we will begin the term by looking at levers and pulleys with regards to forces, following this we will focus on Humans with an emphasis on sex and relationships. More information regarding this unit of work will be provided soon. We will conclude the year by looking at how plants grow.
We will be exploring the topic ‘precious’ during our RE sessions. Children will be looking at precious items and places within different religions across the world. They will then be linking these items to memories that they find precious.
Children will be taught both French and Music by specialist teachers this year.