A Very Warm Welcome to Year 5 from all of the team

Miss Corrall - Allium Class Teacher

     Miss Howie - Buddleia Class Teacher     

           Miss Birch - Year 5 Teaching Assistant           

Mrs Bailey- Year 5 Teaching Assistant

                             Welcome to Spring 2 from all of the year 5 team. We are excited to jump into teaching and learning with our amazing Geography led topic!

‘What are the Alps?’

This half term, the children will be learning all about the Alps – the mountain range in Europe.

Our key text this half term is Skellig by David Almond – a fantastic mystery novel full of suspense. This is one of Miss Howie’s favourite books!

Children will be inspired by the story to do their own suspense writing. 

Over the half term, we will also be learning:

• MATHS – Fractions, converting units of measurement
• ENGLISH- Suspense stories and persuasive writing
• SCIENCE – Properties and changes of materials 2
• COMPUTING – Programming on Scratch
• GEOGRAPHY– The Alps mountain range
• RE – Buddhism
• ART – Painting Mountain landscapes
• PSHE – Health and Wellbeing 2
• PE – Netball and Gymnastics
• MFL – The way we look

Key Dates for Spring 2

PE and Outdoor Learning

In the Spring term, PE takes place on MONDAYS. PE/Outdoor learning take place on alternate THURSDAYS. PLEASE ENSURE YOUR CHILD HAS CORRECT PE KIT ON MONDAY AND THURSDAYS.

PE kits consist of PLAIN black shorts or jogging bottoms, PLAIN white t-shirt, and trainers (not school shoes). 

This year, children will need to come to school in their school uniform and bring their PE kit to get changed into. Children will also need to bring their Outdoor Learning kit to get changed into with wellies in a separate bag.

Please see the timetable for this half term below:

Homework in Year 5

Each week, we ask that all children read with somebody at home at least three times a week. This could be any adult or an older sibling or friend. Please sign their diary and add a comment. Every little bit of reading really does help children on the learning journey - even if they are competent readers, they will still need to practise with an adult to develop comprehension.

We also ask that the children practise their weekly spellings which can be found below. We conduct a spelling quiz each week on THURSDAYS.

A vital aspect of Maths is that the children have a secure recall of times tables, so we ask that they spend some time each week on TT Rockstars practising these. 3-5 minutes daily is recommended.

To support with the children’s learning, school has purchased a set of CGP revision books for each child.  Tasks from these will be set as homework each week. Homework will be sent home on FRIDAYS and must be returned by the following WEDNESDAY for marking. Please ensure your child completes this weekly to embed their learning, rather than completing it all in one go.

The homework for this half term will be as follows (your child will also write this in their communication diary for each week):

ALLIUM Parent and Carer meeting

BUDDLEIA Parent and Carer meeting