Year 5

- P.E. days this term are: Mondays (Cricket) and Thursday (Fitness/Tennis). Please wear the appropriate P.E. kit to school on these days and that kit is named. This should consist of a house t-shirt, plain shorts/tracksuit bottoms and PE trainers. If it is cold, additional layers including a school jumper can be worn.

- Outdoor Learning: Our allocated slot for Outdoor Learning this term is on a Wednesday. Please ensure you have named wellies, waterproof trousers and a waterproof coat in school.

– On Monday, Homework & Spellings will be given to your child to stick in their Homework Book. Homework Books, online apps and Reading Records need to be completed and, if necessary, brought into school on Friday for your teacher to check.  In Year 5, the expectation is that homework should total around 2 hours a week: this should be a combination of spelling practice, online apps and set homework tasks (Maths/English/Foundation).

– Reading at home in Year 5 should happen every day. This can be in a variety of forms, such as: children reading independently, sharing a chapter together and reading on Fonetti (if your teacher has given you access). Also, remember reading to your child and listening to audiobooks is extremely beneficial too! Reading Records should be signed off by an adult, but we expect Year 5 children to record their own independent reading journey themselves. Reading Records should be transferred between home and school every day. Please ensure Accelerated Reader quizzes are completed within 48 hours of finishing the book. See below for the links to assist with reading using apps and AR Quizzes. We expect every child to complete a minimum of 3 quizzes every term.

Weekly Homework

1. Spelling (30 minutes): Worksheet Activity and additional practise!

You can find this week's spelling task in the back of your homework book! Don't forget to practise this week's spellings at the back of your Homework Book using different spelling techniques from this poster: Spelling Techniques Poster. Your weekly spellings can be found on your termly overview! You will be quizzed on these words on Friday! Please note that different children may have alternative sheets of spelling.

We recommend practising your spellings little and often to help you to remember them!

2.  Maths/English/Project Work (1 hour maximum)

You can find this week's task in the front of your Homework Book. It will be either Maths, English or Topic Project Work and will be set in line with your lessons and topics in school!

3. Nessy (15 minutes) - See log in details below

4. TTRockstars (15 minutes) - See log in details below

Reading (daily)

Reading should happen every day. It can take a variety of forms, such as children reading independently and sharing a chapter together. Remember that listening to audiobooks can be very beneficial too. 

Adults, please remember to listen to children read and sign their Reading Records a minimum of 3x per week. Children can also record any independent reading they do too. 

Online Apps

Children’s log-ins can be found inside their Reading Records. If you are having problems with these websites, please let us know as soon as possible.

Times Table Rockstars (15 minutes a week) – https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth

Nessy (15 minutes a week) -  https://id.nessy.com

Accelerated Reader (Book Quizzes) – https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6699465

Fonetti App Download (not for every child) –  https://www.fonetti.com/try-out-fonetti/

Morphs - https://spelling.info/   Firstname.pjs    paulton1

If your child requires medication to be kept in school (including inhalers), please ensure it is in their school bag that is kept at their desk throughout the day. If your child has additional medication, please ensure the office has been informed and parental consent has been given for us to administer it.

Outdoor Learning – wellies/boots and waterproofs. Children should have these in school if they wish to use the playscape and field in the winter months.

Please note that the appropriate uniform and PE are also required. Children should not be wearing jewellery (unless it is one pair of stud earrings which must be removed for PE). All kit/clothing should be named. If you do not have the suitable kit, please let your teachers know. Please contact the office if you have any issues with the appropriate clothing.

To sign up for music lessons, please see the links below:

Rocksteady – https://www.rocksteadymusicschool.com/

Other Music Lessons – https://uksouthglos.speedadmin.dk/registration#/

Email: music@wema.org.uk 

Homework queries can be communicated through the Homework Books. All other queries should now go through the office (paulton_jun@bathnes.gov.uk) or give us a call on 01761 418137. Additionally, we will have Open Door Fridays where you may come into the classroom to see children’s work.

English

Our English learning this term will revolve around the book ‘Granny Came Here On The Empire Windrush’. We are very excited to explore this book and gain a greater insight into the times of Empire Windrush. By the end of the unit, we will have written a narrative of Granny’s journey to England.

Maths

This term, we are going to focus on angles, measuring angles and drawing our own angles.  This will lead us to calculate angles around a point and on a straight line.  Towards the end of the term, we will be learning about regular and irregular polygons and 3D shapes. 

RE – Our big question for Term 5 and 6 is ‘Why are some journeys and places special?’ Specifically, this term we are thinking about why a person may go on a pilgrimage and what they might do on this particular journey.

PE – On Monday, we will be developing practising our athletics skills and on Wednesday we will develop our tennis skills.

PHSE – Britain. In this unit, children will look at the diverse range of ethnicities and religions which make up Great Britain, how they can make a positive contribution to the wider community as well as learning about the law and the consequences of not following it. 

Science – We will be learning about Animals, including Humans.

Computing – Learners will develop their knowledge of ‘selection’ by revisiting how ‘conditions’ can be used in programming, and then learning how the ‘if… then… else...’ structure can be used to select different outcomes depending on whether a condition is ‘true’ or ‘false’.   We will be using Scratch over the term. 

Art- We will be exploring Henri Rousseau and his famous Tiger in a Tropical Storm.

Music – We will be ‘Dancing in The Street’ with this topic…

History – In this unit, the children will explore the question of why people go on a journey, and look at five very different types of journey in depth.

French - The children will continue to be taught by Madame Truelove and have fun recapping greetings, numbers, colours and more!

Lesson Resources

The Romans: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/ztqg4wx#zvcx6g8

The Anglo-Saxons: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zphysk7

The Vikings: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/ztqbr82