Mr Richardson
Teacher 

Mrs Barnett
Learning Support Assistant

Mrs Lewis
Teacher

Mrs Horne
Learning Support Assistant

Autumn 2

We have some exciting things to look forward to this half term, from our Lighthouse Federation Quiz, to a trip to the local church and finally our Christmas countdown! Have a look below to see what Year 5 have been learning and what is to come. 

Year 5 Curriculum Map

If you would like to know a little more about what the children in Year 5 will be learning about this half term, please refer to our curriculum map document below. 

Times Tables

We would like to remind all of Year 5 that it is really important to keep practising times tables at home.

If you don't have you TTRockstars login at home, remember to ask your class teacher.

The more you can practise the better!

Also, Year 5 have been doing amazingly with learning their times tables to music. Here they are singing their times tables.

English

During Autumn 2, we will be reading Oranges in No Mans Land by Elizabeth Laird.

We will be continuing to use our whole-school approach of 'I am a clever writer' and focussing upon new key skills each week.

English homework each week will have a Grammar focus. 

Science

Our Big Question for Science this half term is 'Are all changes reversible?'. We will be looking at states of matter, reversible and irreversible changes and the properties of materials. We will be investigating dissolving, magnetism and thermal conductors in our practical lessons. 

Art

In our Art lessons, we have been looking at the work of abstract artist, Nick Rowlands. The children have created mixed media pictures of volcanoes. We used oil pastels to create our background, focussing on blending colours and creating light and shadow. We then used paint to add the lava explosions to our pictures. I think you will agree, they look amazing!

Design Technology

In our DT lessons this term, we have been researching bridge design. We learnt that triangles and cross-bracing are used to create strong structures.

We then worked in groups to design and build our own earthquake-proof bridges. we then tested them to see if they would withstand an earthquake!!

Maths

 We have started the Autumn Term by consolidating our understanding of Place Value. We have been practising representing and partitioning numbers, and have also spent some time learning how to read very large numbers. We will then move on to look at the four operations in our Maths lessons.

Every lesson in Maths starts with our '6 a-day' questions which gives children chance to practice their arithmetic skills.

We are encouraging children to increase the fluency of their mental arithmetic skills by playing Times Tables Rockstars and taking part in our 99 club. All children have logins for TTRockstars so please encourage your children to play at home!

Reading

In Year 5, we love reading. This half term, we have been so excited about a new delivery of our favourite short reads - The Little People, Big Dreams books. Here we are enjoying our new books. 

RE / PSHE

PE

PE is every Thursday afternoon. Please ensure that children come to school in appropriate PE kit and please ask children with ear piercings to remove these, along with any other jewellery, on PE days.

Curriculum

In the Spring Term, our Big Question will be 'Where do British people come from?'. We will be learning all about the Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions and occupations of Britain. Watch this space for our amazing History work.

Our Big Question for the Autumn Term was 'Why do Natural Disasters happen?'.

We learnt about plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis as well as other Natural Disasters, along with their causes and effects.

While we were busy learning about earthquakes, 5L's classroom was suddenly struck by an earthquake! We had to practice our 'Drop, duck, hold!' technique. Thank goodness no one was hurt.

Homework

Homework will be set every Friday.There will be one maths and one English homework for the children to complete each week. We ask for these to be back in school by the following Wednesday. 

Children who have not completed their homework or those who require support will be invited to complete their homework in school on Thursdays.

Children are also expected to read at home to an adult at least once a week. 

Please see the Y5&6 statutory spelling list below which the children can also practise.