A Very Warm Welcome to Year 5 

Miss Corrall- Allium Teacher

                                                                                                      Miss Howie- Buddleia Teacher     

           Miss Birch - Year 5 Teaching Assistant           

Mrs Bailey- Year 5 Teaching Assistant

              Miss Hull- Year 5 Teaching Assistant                

Welcome to Autumn 2 in Year 5! We are extremely excited about our stellar topic for this term - Earth and Space. We will be exploring the question 'Is life in space the future?' In our Science lessons, and across the curriculum.                 

During this half term, the children will be learning all about Space. We will learn about our planet and solar system, the rotation of the Earth and the phases of the moon.  We will even track the phases of the moon to understand how it appears differently to us on Earth as it orbits the planet. We will also be learning all about changes over time in our local area and the county of Nottinghamshire in our Geography lessons - including reading maps with grid references and OS symbols.

Our key text this half term is The War of the Worlds, orginally by H.G. Wells, but rewritten as an abridged version for younger readers. In our writing lessons, children will be creating their own warning stories as well as biographies about famous astronauts.

Mysterious explosions on the surface of Mars signal the beginning of an alien invasion. Soon the ruthless creatures are terrorizing Earth with their unstoppable death rays. Can nothing prevent these merciless Martians from taking over the world?

H.G. Wells’ classic story of Martian invasion, vividly retold for newly independent readers.

Our reading morning is WEDNESDAY (no longer Friday) - please join us to enjoy reading with your child to start your day!

• MATHS –  Addition and Subtraction and Multiplication and Division
• ENGLISH - Writing biographies and warning stories
• SCIENCE – Earth and Space
• COMPUTING – Vector Images
• GEOGRAPHY - Changes to Our Local Area
• RE – Christianity
• ART - Joan Miró's Constellations - surrealist painting
• PSHE – Living in the wider world 
• PE – Swimming and Handball
• MFL Spanish – All about Me

Homework in Year 5

We will continue to ask the children to read three times a week at home and to practise their spellings weekly. This could be with any adult or an older sibling or friend. Please sign their diary and add a comment when they read. Children may complete their diary themselves but an adult must sign it. Every little bit of reading really does help children on their learning journey.

Spellings will be tested on THURSDAYS and children will then be given the next week's words.

Furthermore, a vital aspect of Maths is that the children have a secure recall of their times tables, so we ask that they spend some time each week on TT Rockstars practising these. 

 Homework books timetable

Children have been given two homework books: Spelling and Grammar (SpaG) and Maths. These will begin to prepare them for SATS as well as the expectations in Secondary school. Below is a timetable showing the pages set for each week this half term. Homework is due on WEDNESDAY and books will be given back out on FRIDAYS.

Year 5 Autumn 2 spelling lists

PE AND OUTDOOR LEARNING

In the Autumn term, Swimming takes place on a Monday morning. Children will need to bring their swimming kit and a towel in a NAMED bag. PE and outdoor learning takes place on alternate Wednesday Mornings. PE kits consist of NAMED PLAIN black shorts or jogging bottoms, PLAIN white t-shirt, and trainers. 

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, NAMED bag.

Please see the timetable for this half term below

Knowledge Organisers

ALLIUM Parent and Carer meeting

BUDDLEIA Parent and Carer meeting

KS2 Christmas Songs