Year 5
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Welcome to Year Five
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Important Dates:
Monday 28th April - Back to school
Monday 5th May - Bank Holiday (School closed to all)
Monday 19th May - Inset Day (School closed to all pupils)
Thursday 22nd May - Values assembly in church - please make sure values homework is given to your child's class teacher by Friday 9th May
Friday 23rd May - Break up for half term
Monday 26th May - Half Term (One week)
Monday 2nd June - Back to school
Thursday 5th June - Crazy hair day
Thursday 12th June - Year 5 Black Country Living Museum Trip
Friday 13th June - Year 5/6 sports day - 1:30-3:00
Monday 23rd June - Visit from PCSO
Friday 27th June - Summer Fair
Monday 30th June - Forest School - Please come to school wearing forest school clothing.
Thursday 3rd July - Year 5 Eco-Workshop
Thursday 10th July - Values assembly in church - please make sure values homework is given to your child's class teacher by Friday 27th June)
Friday 18th July - End of year!
If you were unable to attend our 'Meet the Teacher' session, please click on the link below to access the presentation used.
A reminder that Year 5 have PE every Wednesday - please ensure your child comes to school in the correct PE kit and footwear. If you are unsure on the PE uniform, it can be found on the tab 'Uniform'.
If your child walks home alone or brings a mobile phone to school, please ensure the forms have been completed and sent to school via Arbor.
English
During our English lessons throughout the Summer term, Year Five will be focusing on intruction writing to create magic potions. Following on from this we will be writing a non-chronological report based on our history unit The Tudors before finally completing narrative writing using a video stimulus.Throughout all lessons, we will continue to reinforce and develop the use of writing structure, accurate punctuation and grammar alongside a focus upon the Year 5/6 statutory spelling list (which can be found in the documents).
Reading
During the Summer term, Year Five will study the texts 'Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone' by JK Rowling and 'The house with chicken legs' by Sophie Anderson. Throughout both texts, we will focus upon the core reading skills of vocabulary, inference, predicition, explanation, retrieval and summary...The children will also take home their own reading book from school based upon their ZPD level. We encourage the children to read every day, whether this be independently or through shared experiences, across a range of text types to support their confidence, fluency and exposure to vocabulary.
Maths
As a school, we follow the Power Maths scheme and the units we cover are outlined in our curriculum overview. These units support the children in developing problem solving and reasoning skills as well as the ability to explain and justify their answers using manipulatives where necessary. In addition to this, we complete a daily 5 in 5 (five questions to test the retrieval of mathematical learning) and TTRockstars to help build confidence, fluency and accuracy within the subject.Curriculum
During the Summer term, the children will study a variety of interesting units in our wider curriculum which are outlined in our curriculum overview.
Art - The children will create half-bust sculptures using clay.
History - We will study the Tudors; more specifically how religion changed during the rein of Henry VIII and its impact on Britain today.
Geography - The children will be learning about the Black Country, answering the question 'How did the Black Country get its name and what is its significance?' including a trip to the Black Country Living Museum.
Design and Technology - We will be studying food seasonality and healthy plates before designing and creating their own pizzas.
