Welcome to Year 5!

Staffing:

There are 3 classes in Year 5:

5S - Ms Stapleton and Ms Salt

5TM - Ms Tang and Ms McKibben

5W -  Mrs Wight 

Also working in our year group are Mrs Izon, Mr Tawil, Miss Nosheen, Ms Hussain

In Autumn we will be learning:

Curriculum

• Literacy- Writing a setting description based on ‘The Promise’ and writing a rap based ‘Rhythm and Poetry’ by Karl Nova.
• Maths - Place Value - decimals including tenths and hundredths
• History – Black History Month- Performing Arts
• Geography- Is living in Devon the same as living in Northwest England?
• Science - Properties of materials.
• Art- Drawing techniques and 3D clay sculptures.
• PSHE- What makes up our identity?
• MFL- French
• Computing- Quizzing
• RE- What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today?

Books we will be reading this half-term:

• The Promise- Nicola Davies
• Rhythm and Poetry- Karl Nova
• Against All Odds – Alistair Humphreys
• The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day - Christopher Edge

Reading books

Your child will need to bring their reading book everyday and log their reading onto Pageticker.

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!

Things to remember:

P.E.

All classes - Wednesday (Outdoor PE)

All classes - Thursday (Indoor PE)

On PE days 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

• Term ends – Thursday 22nd October. Returning on Monday 2nd November.
• Inset Day- Friday 23rd October.

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!