Welcome To Year 5 

Welcome to Year 5's class page.  Mrs Mussell is our class teacher and our teaching assistant is Miss McQuirk.  As well as being class teacher for Year 5, Mrs Mussell is also Deputy Head, SENCO and music subject leader.  Miss McQuirk covers PPA and management time as well as managing breakfast and after school club.

 

                                                                                                                                                                    

Key Days:

Tuesday -

brass lesson (tbc)

library day (children can bring in their library books to change)

Wednesday -

guitar lessons for those children who have them

Thursday

- PE -  please make sure the children come to school in full PE kit and pumps. 

- spelling test

Friday -

- PE - please make sure the children come to school in full PE kit and pumps.  

- homework is set - children have a week to complete it. 

Homework

Homework is set using the following platforms:

maths.co.uk 

spag.com

Purple Mash - https://www.purplemash.com

Times Tables Rockstars - https://ttrockstars.com/

Spelling Shed - https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/

Complete Maths Tutor - https://tutor.completemaths.com/

Log ins for all learning platforms can be found inside your child's reading record. 

Please ensure that your child brings their reading book and record in everyday.  

Clubs currently available to Year 5

Monday - choir

Thursday - netball

A Kindly reminder

Please make sure that all items of clothing, including coats and PE kits, are clearly labelled and that your child has a water bottle in school. 

Children need a school PE kit that consists of pumps, black shorts and a blue T-shirt. For outside winter session, children can wear black/navy bottoms and their school jumper or cardigan for warmth.  The children should come into school wearing their kits on PE days. 

Autumn Term 

These are just some of the wonderful experiences we have had during our Autumn Term:

Y5 Autumn 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

Our Weekly Timetable (Spring)

 

8:45-9:00

Assembly 9:05 – 9:20

9:00-9:30

9:30 – 10:30

10:30 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:00

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 2:10

2:10 – 3:15

 

Mon

Registration

Early Work

Intervention

Handwriting

 

Guided Reading 1

(9 – 9:20)

 

Mastering Number Session 1

(9:20 – 9:35)

 

Maths

 

Spelling 1

 

 

English

 

1 – 1:30

 

French

Science

 

Tues

Registration

Early Work

Handwriting

 

 

 

 

EM

Brass (tbc)

 (9 –9:45)

9:50 – 10:30

 

Guided Reading 2

 

Spelling 2

10:45 – 11:15

Brass band

 

Music

(rest of Y5)

11:15 – 12

Mastering Number Session 2

 

Maths

1 - 2

EM

Geog (Spr1)

History

(Spr2)

2 – 2:50

EM

 

Computing

 

 

2:50 – 3:10

EM

Library (class novel)

 

Wed

 

 

Registration

Early Work

Interventions

Handwriting

 

 

 

 

Guided Reading 3

 

 

 

Mastering Number Session 3

 

Maths

 

 

Spelling 3

 

 

 

English

 

1 – 2

EM

 

 Art (Spr1)

DT (Spr2)

2 – 2:45

EM

 

PSHE

 

KS2 Worship

 

Class Novel

 

 

Thur

 

Registration

Early Work

Handwriting

 Class Worship

(9 – 9:15)

 

Spelling Test

 

Mastering Number Session 4

 

Maths

 

 

Spelling 4

 

English

 

English

 

 

PE

 

 

Class Novel

 

Fri

 

Registration

Early Work

Interventions

Handwriting

 

Celebration Assembly

 

Number Passport

9:30 – 9:40

Mastering Number Session 5

 

Maths

 

 

Spelling 5

 

 

English

EM

PE (WLSP)

 

EM

 

RE

Class Novel

(3pm)

 

 

Our Curriculum Overview For The Year

Subject

Autumn Term 1

 

Autumn Term 2

 

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

 

Summer Term 1

 

Summer Term 2

 

 

Religious Education

 

Where can people find guidance on how to live their lives?

Christianity – God - Why is it sometimes difficult to do the right thing?

 

Where can people find guidance on how to live their lives?

Islam

Why is the Qur-an so important to Muslims?

 

Where can people find guidance on how to live their lives?

Hinda – dharma

What might Hindus learn from stories about Krishna?

Where can people find guidance on how to live their lives?

Christianity – Jesus

Why do we mean by a miracle?

 

Where can people find guidance on how to live their lives?

Christianity – Church

How do people decide what to believe?

 

Where can people find guidance on how to live their lives?

Judaism –

Do people need laws to guide them?

 

Topic

Geography focus

Rainforests

History focus

Anglo Saxons

Geography focus

The UK

 

Science focus

Earth and Space

Geography focus

Food

History focus

Ancient Greece

Book Focus

Journey To The River Sea – Eva Ibbotson

 

 

Wonderland: Alice In Poetry – Michael Morgan

Clockwork – Phillip Pullman

Varmints – Helen Ward

 

Cosmic Disco – Grace Nicholls

 

1001 Arabian Nights – Geraldine McCaughrean

Shackleton’s Journey – William Grill

The Adventures of Odyssesus – Hugh Lupton & Daniel Morden

 

 

 

English

 

Diary entries

Notes for research

Narrative writing 

Annotated maps

Letters

Writing in role

Note taking

Newspaper article

Poetry

Narrative writing

Letters

Letters

Comic strip

Character summaries

Argument & debate

Narrative      

 

Poetry

Note taking

Persuasive notes

Longer narrative

Debate

Writing in role

Reading journals

Text marking

Story mapping 

Character description

List poetry 

Letter writing 

Instructions 

Log writing 

Newspaper reports 

Speeches 

Recount 

Information posters

Letters

Storyboards 

Diaries 

Speeches 

Debate

Story writing 

Newspaper articles

Note taking

Written argument

Poetry

Commentary

Script writing

 

Maths

 

 

Place Value

Addition and subtraction

Statistics

Geometry (angles)

Measures

Multiplication and division

Fractions

Multiplication and area

Time

Place value and negative numbers

Addition and subtraction

Multiplication

Measure (length, mass and capacity)

Geometry

Fractions

Geometry

Measurement (volume)

Statistics

Problem solving

Place value

Measurement and statistics

Geometry

Addition and subtraction

Multiplication

Division

Fractions

Percentages

Statistics

Measurement

Science

Living Things and Their Habitats

Properties and Changes of Materials

Properties and Changes of Materials

Earth and Space

Forces

Animals Including Humans

 

Computing

 

Purple Mash – Game Creator

Online Safety

Purple Mash – Coding

Online Safety

Purple Mash – Spreadsheets

Online Safety

Purple Mash – Databases

Online Safety

Purple Mash – 3D Modelling

Online Safety

Purple Mash – Concept Maps

Online Safety

History

 

NC: Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots

AGT – National Archives Research

 

What happened to Britain when the Romans left?

 

 

NC: A non-European society that provides contrasts with British history – one study chosen from: early Islamic civilization, including a study of Baghdad c. AD 900

 

What did early Islamic Civilisation leave behind?

 

NC: Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world

 

Can we thank the Ancient Greeks for anything in our lives today?

 

Geography

The Amazon Basin – in the North region of Brazil,

South America

 

 

A Kingdom United

 

Food – Where Does It Come From?

 

Art

Leonardo Da Vinci

 

DT

Viking Art

DT

Greek Vases

 

Drawing, Painting and Sculpture

 

 

DT

Design Technology

Art

Making Bread

Art

CAMS toys

 

Textiles

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