Welcome to Year 5

Class Teachers

Willow: Miss Marten-Long

Juniper: Miss Dell

Support Staff 

Mrs Cleveland, Mrs Stringer, Miss Harper

Key Messages/Dates

Autumn 1

• PE (TBC) (Please ensure your child comes to school in full PE kit)

What are we learning in Year 5 this half term?

Reading

These are all the texts that your child will explore throughout the year!

At St Margaret's we are passionate about reading! We teach a daily reading session based on a Curriculum for Unity School’s Partnership (CUSP) text. The core texts are supplemented by a variety of additional texts, to support children developing their reading fluency and confidence across a range of text types.

This half-term our core text is... 'SHACKLETONS JOURNEY' by William Grill

This beautifully illustrated book tells of Ernest Shackleton’s incredible expedition as he attempted to cross Antarctica.

Ernest Shackleton

When his ship was trapped in pack ice, Shackleton guided his 27 crew members across floating ice and dangerous seas to safety, ensuring that not a single man was lost.

Writing

At St Margaret's Primary Academy we follow CUSP for our writing curriculum. The CUSP curriculum is a vocabulary rich, knowledge based approach to help develop pupils' retrieval, vocabulary and deepen learning.

During the first half of autumn we will be writing...

• Formal Letters of Application - We will be applying to join Shakleton on his expedition!
• Third Person Stories Set in Another Culture - Linking to our History unit on the Greeks!
• Poems which explore form - Haikus and Cinquains!

Maths 

At St Margaret's Primary Academy we adopt a Mastery approach to teach maths lessons. The mastery approach supports children in becoming fluent and confident mathematicians. Maths lessons include opportunities for children to apply their knowledge to reasoning and problem solving. This term we will complete our blocks of learning based on:

Children will have the opportunity to practise and develop their times table knowledge daily. 

History/Geography

In History we will be...

Science

This half term, children will learn about...

PSHE

This half term, children will work through the Jigsaw unit 'Being Me In My World'

Home learning

We expect children to read a minimum of 3 times a week at home; this should be recorded in your child's reading record. 

Children are expected to practise their times tables at home regularly using Times Tables Rockstar. 

https://ttrockstars.com/