Welcome to the Year 5 page, here you will find the latest updates, information about what we are learning and resources to support the learning of our children. 

Miss Winwood

Class Teacher 

Computing Lead

Mrs Pincher 

Class Teacher 

PSHE/RSE Lead

Mrs White

Support

Mrs Law

Support

Each afternoon, we will enjoy our class novel, Who Let the Gods Out. During our Monday and Friday reading sessions, we will be reflecting and deepening our understanding of our class novel.  During our mid-week sessions, we will develop and practice fluency, analyse the texts and producing written responses to what they have read.

During the first Autumn term, we will be focusing upon sentence structure, handwriting, presentation, editing and improving our writing.

During the first half of the Autumn term, we will be developing our knowledge of place value to 1,000,000. We will using Roman Numerals, comparing and ordering numbers, reading a writing numbers in in numerals and words and partition. After this, we will apply our place value knowledge to addition and subtraction methods.
Throughout our Maths sessions, we will be developing our knowledge and use of mathematical vocabulary and we will be applying our knowledge to reasoning and problem solving.

Reading 

Each afternoon, we will continue to enjoy our class novel, Who Let the Gods Out. During our Monday and Friday reading sessions, we will be reflecting and deepening our understanding of our class novel.  During our mid-week sessions, we will develop and practice fluency, analyse the texts, and produce written responses to what they have read.

Writing 

During Spring 1, we will be reading The Day the Crayons Quit. We will be reviewing and building on the children’s use of previously learned grammar and sentence types. In addition to this, we will be teaching the following:

Learn how to identify and write expanded noun phrases that include a prepositional phrase.

Learn how to identify and write ellipsis as a stop mark and an incomplete thought.

Learn how to identify and write an ellipsis as a pause.

Maths

We will be following the White Rose Scheme.

Multiplication and division B

Fractions B

Decimals and percentages

Perimeter and area

Statistics

Reading 

Each afternoon, we will continue to enjoy our class novel, The 1,000 Year Old Boy. During our Monday and Friday reading sessions, we will be reflecting and deepening our understanding of our class novel.  During our mid-week sessions, we will develop and practice fluency, analyse the texts, and produce written responses to what they have read.

Writing 

During Summer 1, we will be completing our independent writing of an explanation text, inspired by 'The everyday Journeys of Ordinary Things'. We will be reviewing and building on the children’s use of previously learned grammar and sentence types. In addition to this, we will be teaching the following:

Paragraphs

Past Participles

Use of brackets, Commas and Dashes

Maths

We will be following the White Rose Scheme.

Statistics

Shape

position and direction

Decimals

Negative Numbers

Converting units

Volume

Summer Term 1

Science: Physics - Astronomy

History: Industrial Revolution

PSHE: How can drugs common to everyday life affect health?

Art:Chinese art/Print making

French: Fruits and vegetables

PE: Swimming and rounders

RE: Do beliefs in Karma, Samsara and Moksha help Hindus lead good lives?

Computing: Spreadsheets

Music:  Dancing in the street

Homework

Maths 

Interactive Multiplication Chart | Math Playground

Paint the Squares - Interactive Number Charts (topmarks.co.uk)

KS2 Maths - BBC Teach

Maths - Topmarks Search

English

KS2 English - BBC Teach

Purple Mash by 2Simple

Other subjects

Watch Newsround - BBC Newsround

GoNoodle Home

KS2 French - BBC Teach

Purple Mash