Welcome to Year 5

Year 5 Curriculum Map

Year 5 Essential Information

 Below are some brief details about our learning this half term and some key information to help the half term run smoothly. Please do keep an eye out for regular information about our class on the new school and any last minute information or changes on the school app.  

English: In class we will continue to follow the Jane Considine scheme which proved successful last year. The children will write a detailed account of their Christmas break;  a persuasive letter; historical fiction and debate an environmental topic. Alongside this they will study a variety of texts with a link to the industrial revolution and the Victorian era.

Reading: Children are still expected to be reading at home and should all have their own book to take home or one of their own choice, that is at the expected standard for their age . We ask that the children read at home at least 3 x per week. They have been issued with their own Planner in which a parent/guardian should sign to say your child has completed the required reading. The children are also expected to write down 5 new words they encounter during their reading each week and define them in the planner. The planners will need to be checked in school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. In class we have whole class guided reading on a range of fiction and non fiction texts, 3 x per week as well as daily story time. Some children requiring extra assistance will be heard regularly in class. You can help your child’s progress by hearing them read for at least 5 minutes every day or questioning them on what they have read. It really is the key to all their future success.

Maths: We will continue to follow the White Rose Maths programme of study and will revisit  and extend multiplication of fractions and decimals to thousandths. Children are also set 3 mathletics tasks each week which should be completed at home. Please email me if you require their login details. We also recommend they keep practising their multiplication tables on TT Rockstars at least 3 times a week, at home, as this will benefit their division and fraction work immensely. They will also continue to use TTRS in school on a regular basis.

HUMANITIES

HISTORY: Learning about the Industrial Revolution and the impact it had on Leeds.

GEOGRAPHY: As context for the local effects of the industrial revolution we will be looking at the conditions that led to Leeds becoming a textiles city and how trade links were established.

Science Looking at the properties of materials and how they can be changed and in some cases reverted back to their original state. In the second half of term we will be looking at physical changes to our body, linked to our SRE as part of PSHE.

RE: In R.E. the children are fortunate to have Jenny Leng coming in each week to explain stories from the Old Testament  and in the second half of term we will look deeper into the Easter story as part of our Salvation unit

Computing: We will be looking at flat based data systems - both paper and computerised.

UNDERSTANDING THE ARTS

ART: This term the children will begin to look at textiles and Rahul Mistra, using the Art Access online scheme of learning. 

MUSIC: We have started using a specialist music site called Charanga and are fortunate to have Mr Gleeson the music lead taking the lessons.  In addition the children will also receive weekly tuition on playing the ukelele.

PSHE – As part of their SRE children will be looking at the changes that will occur during puberty.

P.E. – This half term in P.E. we will focus on hockey and  OAA which looks at completing an array of physical challenges using strategy and team work. PE is on a Tuesday and Friday so please send your child to school already dressed in their P.E. kit.

 Things to remember:

• All children should bring a flask or bottle of water to school. This should be taken home and washed every day.

Please read with your child for 5 minutes every day or questioning them on what they have read. It really is the key to all their future success.

• PE is on a Tuesday and Friday for this half term. Children should come dressed in their P.E. kit and will stay in it for the rest of the day. A change of clothing is not necessary. Children need to come to school in a white t-shirt and black shorts or black tracksuit plus trainers.
• Planners should be brought into school on a Monday, Wednesday & Friday, signed by a guardian to say they have heard their child read and with 5 spellings + definitions each week.
• Spellings are sent home on a Friday evening. The subsequent spelling practice of the words is the following Thursday. Spelling practice will take the form of dictated sentences. The children will receive a score out of 10 for the practiced words and another score out of 10 for the correct punctuation in their sentences and correct spellings of common words they should already know.
• Mathletics homework will usually consist of 3 tasks I have set the children. Please ensure the children attempt these before playing on other areas of Mathletics as their scores are fed through to me and allow me to target any areas the children might be struggling with. If you have lost your login, please contact Mr Routledge
• Children access TTRockstars 3 times a week in school, However, it is recommended that they spend 5 minutes on it every day to get super secure and quicker.
• Children should not bring anything to school other than book bag, school book, planner, packed lunch and a water bottle.

 May I remind parents and carers to ensure that all of your child’s clothing is named as it makes finding the right owner so much

. Thank you for your continued support.

Should you need to get in touch, please contact the school office or my email address

Glen.routledge@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk

                Mr Routledge     

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