A Very Warm Welcome to Year 5 from all of the team
Miss Corrall - Allium Class Teacher
Miss Powell - Buddleia Class Teacher
Mr Elstone - Year 5 Teaching Assistant
A Very Warm Welcome to Year 5
Welcome to the start of the new term from all of the year 5 team. We are excited to jump into teaching and learning with our amazing history led topic.
‘Who were the Vikings?’
This half term the children will be learning all about the Vikings. Our key text this half term is ‘Riddle of the Runes’ by Janina Ramirez. Children will be using the story to write a narrative about defeating a monster. They will be focussing on character description. Additionally, children will be writing an instructional text later on in the half term.
Alva is a girl in a Viking world, but her father – before he went away – gave her the same freedoms as a boy. She is a natural detective, seeking out mysteries in the small village that is her home. Her inspiration is her uncle Magnus. Then some monks arrive, from a far-off place called Lindisfarne. They bring news of a code, of hidden treasure – and violence follows them. Alva, her uncle and her loyal wolf, Fenrir, must hurry to try and break the code, and find out what the link is to Alva’s missing father. However, there is a mysterious enemy in their midst…
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Over the half term, we will also be learning:
- MATHS – Decimals, fractions, data and timetables, area and perimeter
- ENGLISH- Instructions and narrative through character description.
- SCIENCE – Properties and changes of materials
- COMPUTING – Databases
- HISTORY– Vikings
- RE – Judaism
- ART/DT – Designing a Viking shelter.
- PSHE – Health and Wellbeing
- MUSIC – Sing up: Learning to sing ‘Madina tun Nabi’.
- PE – Netball and Gymnastics
- MFL – The way we look
We will continue to ask the children to read three times a week at home and to practise their spellings weekly. These will be given each Friday and tested the following Thursday.
PE and Outdoor Learning
In the Autumn term, Swimming takes place on a Monday morning. PE and outdoor learning take place on alternate Wednesday Mornings. PE kits consist of PLAIN black shorts or jogging bottoms, HIVE T-shirts, 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 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. We also ask that the children practise their weekly spellings which can be found in your child's reading diary each week. We conduct a spelling quiz each week as part of a dictation lesson, and these words form part of our English teaching for the week. 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. We also have weekly homework to complete, and children can be rewarded for their efforts of going above and beyond by up-levelling to a bronze, silver or gold card!
Parent and Carer Curriculum Meeting Buddleia
ALLIUM- Parent and Carer Curriculum Meeting Year 5
