Welcome to Year 5!

Staffing:

There are 3 classes in Year 5:

5D- Mr Daly

5HW- Mr Hutchinson and Mrs Wright

5TS- Ms Tang and Miss Salt

Also working in our year group are Mr Tawil, Ms Marina and Ms Guinanne. 

In Summer 2 we will be learning:

Curriculum

Literacy: Explanation texts, persuasive writing

Maths: Equivalent fractions, Converting Units, Angles (compare, name, estimate)

History: How did the Industrial Revolution change Manchester?

Science: Are the life cycles of plants and animals the same?

DT: Food and Nutrition

RE: What would Jesus do? Can we live by the values of Jesus in the twenty-first century?

French: Les Seasons (Seasons), La phonétique (Phonics and Pronunciation)

ICT: Word processing (Microsoft, Apple and Google)

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

P.E – Swimming/Games and Gymnastics

Books we will be reading this half-term:

• Viking Boy by Tony Bradman

  Our Earth is a Poem

Reading books

Your child will need to bring their reading book and reading record in every day. 

They will bring home a book banded book at their current level and a reading for pleasure book every week.

10 minutes of reading every day makes a massive difference!

We are aiming for three 20 minute sessions of Reading Plus (two sessions are done at school).  If your child is unsure of their log in details, the class teacher can print them off again.

Things to remember:

P.E.

5D- Wednesday (Gymnastics) & Friday (Swimming)

5TS- Tuesday (Outdoor Games)) & Wednesday (Gymnastics)

5HW- Wednesday (Gymnastics) & Friday (Swimming)

On PE days (not swimming) the children need to come to school in suitable PE clothes and trainers.  If your class is swimming, please check previous emails for key information.

Dates for your diary

Photo Day- Wednesday 10^th June

Sports Day- Thursday 18^th June (9:30)

Fun Run- Friday 19^th June

Careers Day- Friday 19^th June

Term ends- Friday 17^th July (1:15 finish)

Homework:

Please have a look at the weekly homework blog below.  This is updated every week.  Children can also log in to the pupil section of Oak Academy for maths and access Reading Plus at home.

We always encourage home learning if the children want to explore our topics further in their own time and love seeing their work!  

Book bags:

Please bring a book bag into school every day.  The children will be given a reading record and two books (one colour banded book and a reading for pleasure book).  It is expected that the book bag, reading record and reading books are brought into school every day.  We expect children to read their book to an adult at home at least 3 times per week- this needs to be recorded in their reading record. 

Year 5 will change their reading books weekly.