5KF

Class: Year 5 Class 5RM and 5KF

Date: Autumn 2  2019

General Information / Upcoming Events

Thank you for all your support in the last half term.  This half term we welcome Mrs Boulakhras to the Year 5 team on a Monday and Friday. The Samaritan shoe box appeal is happening again this year so please contribute if you are able by filling a shoe box.   We are also looking forward to celebrating Christmas and learning the new Christmas songs ready for the carol service in church.

PE

P.E. day is on a Thursday.  Please ensure your child has suitable P.E. kit for both inside and outside including jogging bottoms, a jumper and trainers.  Pumps are needed for the hall.

In addition to the Thursday P.E. lesson, all children will complete a ‘daily mile’.  This will involve them running/walking a mile of the playground every day.

This half term we will be doing dance linked to World War II.

Reading Books

Children will develop their reading skills once a week with the class teacher as part of a guided reading group.  In addition to this, children are expected to read independently at home at least five times a week.  This could be a book from home or a book from the school library.  Please could you sign their Home Reading Records each time they read with a small comment that you or your child can write. Children will visit the library on a weekly basis.

Curriculum – What will children be learning this half term?

English

Poetry – The Lost Words

Fiction text - Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll

Maths

Multiplication and division

Measurement – Perimeter and area

Science

Marvellous Materials - Filtering, evaporating, sieving, and dissolving.

RE / PSHCE

Emotions/Resolving conflicts

Computing

Spreadsheets-  Use a spreadsheet to: convert units of measurement; model a real-life problem and to create simple formulae.

History / Geography

History – WWI and remembrance.

Art / Design

D&T – Food Technology Food Seasonality

World War I  - drawing skills

French

To practise sentence building with adjectives and nouns.

To learn masculine nouns/animal names and use them when answering questions.

To understand how to change masculine nouns into the plural.

Music

Next half term

Homework  5KF

What will be given?

When will it be sent home?

When does it need to be returned to school?

English

Maths – My Maths

Spelling Shed

Reading

Times tables Rock stars

Topic

Thursday

Thursday

Monday

5 times weekly

Ongoing

Once every half term

Tuesday

Thursday

Monday (test)

Ongoing

Ongoing

Homework  5RM

What will be given?

When will it be sent home?

When does it need to be returned to school?

English

Maths – My Maths

Spelling Shed

Reading

Times tables Rock stars

Topic

Friday

Friday

Tuesday

5 times weekly

Ongoing

Once every half term

Wednesday

Friday

Tuesday (test)

Ongoing

Ongoing

How can parents help?

Please listen to your child read at least five times a week and talk to your child about what they have read.  Children can pick a reading book from school, home or the library.  You can find a list of recommended books on our website or the book trust website. Try to encourage a variety of genres and authors.

Learning all the time table facts should also be ongoing with children becoming quicker with their mental recall. 

Please make sure homework is in on time and children have a clean and complete P.E. kit in school. 

Useful links to support learning

mymaths.co.uk             https://ttrockstars.com/login

primarygames.co.uk          www.spag.com

www.stmatthewschadderton.co.uk           https://www.spellingshed.com