Welcome to Year 5

Class Teachers:

Willow: Mr Wicks

Juniper: Mr Dobbins 

Support Staff: 

Mrs Harper

Key Messages/Dates

• PE is on a Wednesday. Please ensure your child comes to school in full PE kit. 
• Willow class will be swimming this half term during their PE lessons. Please ensure they come to school with their swimming equipment (towel, swimming costume, swimming hat which is mandatory to be allowed in the pool. Swimming goggles are optional)

What are we learning in Year 5 this half term?

Summer 1

Reading

These are the texts that we cover 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.

This half term, our core texts are 'I Am Not a Label' by Cerrie Burnel and 'Secrets of a Sun King' written by Emma Carroll. 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.

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 Summer term Year 5 will be continuing to develop their understanding of how to write a successful biography, as well as writing narratives that include dialogue. 

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 ‘Flashback 4’ where children recap 4 previously learnt skills, fluency activities and opportunities for children to apply their knowledge to reasoning and problem solving. This term we will complete our blocks of learning based on decimals, percentages, perimeter and area, properties of shape and statistics. 

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

Geography

In geography, we will be studying ordinance surveys and how to use fieldwork to support this. There will be a focus on grid references, contour lines and what the land in our local area looks like, both on and off of a map.

Science

This half term, children will continue to learn about Space. Expanding on their understanding of our solar system and the phases and changes of the moon. They will also be exploring why space exploration is important to scientists around the world and will include looking at recent space exploration to develop their interest in the stars.

Home learning

We expect children to read a minimum of 3 times a week at home; this should be logged on Boom Reader. If you need support with Boom Reader, please come and speak to a member of the Year 5 team who will be more than happy to help. 

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

https://ttrockstars.com/