Year 5

Welcome to the Year 5 page

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Year 5 marks the beginning of UKS2, which means our children are nearing the end of their primary school journey! There is so much to look forward to this year: an exciting curriculum, opportunities to explore our local community and lots of practical learning opportunities. We will also aim to develop the children's independence with their learning which will stand them in good stead for Year 6 and beyond!

Your teachers in Year 5 are Mr Williams and Mrs Coulton. Mrs Taylor, Mrs Godfrey and Mrs Gee are our teaching assistants and they help to support children with their learning across both classes.

If you wish to contact us then please feel free to e-mail, ring or catch us on the playground after school.

swilliams@mvps.org.uk

hcoulton@mvps.org.uk

If you have any worries about any particular parts of the curriculum missed please feel free to contact us and talk with us.

Thank you,

The Year 5 Team                               

Mr Williams, Mrs Coulton, Mrs Taylor, Mrs Godfrey and Mrs Gee. 

General information

PE Days

PE is currently on a Monday afternoon and Wednesday morning, but this may change later in the year.  

Homework

Reading homework is given out on a Friday and is expected in on the following Friday.  It consists of comprehension questions that the children should be able to answer mostly on their own.  Maths homework will also be set on a Friday and will be on Doodle Maths online. If they are finding any of their homework too difficult, please encourage them to speak to their teacher before the homework due date.  The children will also be expected to practise their spellings and read at least 3 times to an adult – this reading should be acknowledged and signed off by an adult in their reading record.

Our expectation is that the children should be able to complete their homework on their own and should take approximately 30 minutes to complete.  If they do not complete the homework at home then there will be a homework club on Friday lunchtimes in order for them to complete it. 

Planning Days (PPA)

Mrs Hooper (5W) and Mrs Cowin (5C) will cover Year 5 for part of every Friday. During these sessions the children are taught PHSE, RE and Art as well as Maths and literacy skills.

Curriculum

Maths

Multiplication and Division

• Multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing upon known facts.
• Multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one or two digit number using a formal written method, including long multiplication for 2 digit numbers.
• Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a 1 digit number using the formal written method of short division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context.
• Solve problems involving addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these, including understanding the use of the equals sign.

Fractions

• Compare and order fractions whose denominators are multiples of the same number.
• Identify, name and write equivalent fractions of a given fraction, represented visually including tenths and hundredths.
• Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other and write mathematical statements.
• Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number.
• Multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers, supported by materials and diagrams.
• Read and write decimal numbers as fractions.
• Solve problems involving multiplication and division, including scaling by simple fractions and problems involving simple rates.    

Literacy

Listed below are some of the blocks of learning that we will be studying this year. There will also be some other smaller blocks of learning throughout the year.

Autumn

• Explanation writing about a rover built for planet Pandora.
• Argument writing about graffiti.
• Sci-Fi Fiction story based on robots.

Spring

• MacBeth study
• Fantasy fiction writing based on HarryPotter
• Fiction writing based on Weslandia.
• Report writing about Dragons

Summer

• Persuasive writing based on For the Birds
• Poetry based on Dreadful Menace
• Fiction writing linked to Oktapodi
• Recount about Eden Project

Year 5 Termly overview

These are the topics we will be studying in year 5, along with a brief description of what the children will be learning about.

Autumn Term 1:  We Are Space Explorers 

• Planetary movement
• Gravity and other forces

Autumn Term 2: Totally Urban

• Study of New York City
• Map skills

Spring Term 1 and 2: Vicious Vikings 

• Anglo Saxon kings
• Viking and Anglo Saxon rule and effects on Britain.

 Summer Terms 1: The Circle of Life

• Life cycles of plants and animals 

Summer Terms 2: Changing Me

• Body changes and Puberty