Welcome to your Year 5 class page!
This half term we will be learning about
Amazing Africa
Looking for some Extra Practice?
Below are some links directly to some educational sites that children can use to practice their skills.
Hello and welcome to our Year 5 class page!
Here you can find out what we are doing in English, Maths, Science as well as find out more about our topic this term.
We also have some links available to use to help you continue your child's learning at home. In addition to this, please read regularly with your child and encourage them to read independently for at least ten minutes, nightly.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or queries.
Thank you,
Miss Butterworth and Mrs Malpass
English
In poetry, we will be writing to entertain by writing a poem using personification and emotive language based off the poem 'Is the moon tired?' by Christina Georgina Rosetti.
In English, we will be using the text, ‘The Lost Happy Endings’ by Carol Ann Duffy and Jane Ray to enhance meaning though selecting appropriate grammar and vocabulary, describe settings, characters and atmosphere, Integrate dialogue to convey character and advance the action, Propose changes to vocabulary, grammar and punctuation to enhance effects and clarify meaning and use consistent and correct tense.
How you can help your child?
Encourage your child to read their reading book and ask them questions about the text which they are reading. Also, please encourage your child to log on to Reading Plus to access a wide range of reading books and quizzes.
Maths
In maths, we will identify multiples and factors, know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (non-prime) numbers, establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19, multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one- or two-digit number using a formal written method, including long multiplication for two-digit numbers, multiply and divide numbers mentally, drawing upon known facts, divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method of short division and interpret remainders appropriately, multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000, recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (²) and cubed (³), solve problems involving multiplication and division.
How you can help your child? Practice times tables and division facts regularly. Encourage your child to log on to Sumdog and TT Rock Stars to practice their multiplication facts and battle against their friends to become a Rock Star champion.
This terms newsletter...
This science Knowledge Organiser:
Homework
Monday - Grammar / spellings or Comprehension (due in Wednesday).
Wednesday - Maths (due in Friday).
Half termly learning logs will be set, linking to the next topic.
Year 5 Common Exception Words
Theme
As historians, we will learn about the biomes and climate of Africa, explore Djembe drum in West African culture, understand the changes Benin has experienced over 1,000 years, understand how bias affects our understanding of History, use artefacts to identify historical events which took place in Benin and understand the Europeans affect on the people of Benin.
How you can help your child?
Use your research skills to explore the biomes of Africa. How do they compare/differ to the United Kingdom? Explore the country of Benin in West Africa. What historical events took place in Benin?
Science
As scientists, we will learn describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird and describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals
How you can help your child?
Explore the animals in your local habitat. Can you classify them as mammals, amphibians, insects or birds? What features of each animal can you identify? How are they similar/different?
Class Text this Term:
This all happened a long time ago, in your grandmother's time, or in her grandfather's. A long time ago. Back then, we all lived on the edge of the great forest...
Neil Giaman's and Lorenzo Mattotti's retelling of one humanity's enduring tales.