Welcome to Year 5

Nurturing bright futures 

Respect    Responsibility   Resilience 

​Meet The Team

5P Class Teacher - Miss A. Asif

5P Email: 5p@pottersgreen.org.uk

5G Class Teacher - Miss K. Weaver

5G Email: 5g@pottersgreen.org.uk

Year 5 Teaching Assistant - Mrs S. Hall

Welcome to Year 5! We are really looking forward to continuing and sharing in your learning journey this year and have planned plenty of lessons to engage, excite and inspire your learning. We hope that you all enjoy your time in Year 5 and if you have any questions or concerns, please contact us on our class e-mail and we will be more than happy to support you.  

Home Learning

Over the course of the Summer Term, Year 5 will be trialling home learning on Purple Mash. Every Friday, children will be set a task that will be related to their learning at school and will need to be completed by the following Friday. Please can you ensure that your child tries to complete the task set.

Reading Books will be changed once your child has finished reading their book. There is a box in the classroom for the children to put their book in. We would like to encourage children to change their book at least once a week to increase their reading fluency. Please can you ensure that you sign your child's Reading Record a minimum of 3 times each week, in line with school expectations. Children need to bring their reading book into school each day; even if it doesn’t need changing.

Reading Eggs is a great way for your child to continue improving their reading and comprehension skills. The levels allow children to read a variety of genres and each book has eight different activities to complete, ranging from dictionary work to answering comprehension questions. Logins can be found in the front of your child's Reading Record book. It is our expectation that children login to Reading Eggs and complete one book and the related activities at least twice a week as part of their Home Learning.

Times Table Rock Stars and Numbots is a great way for your child to practise their times tables and number skills. Logins can be found in the front of your child's Reading Record book. It is our expectation that children login in to Times Table Rock Stars twice a week as part of their Home Learning.

Summer Term Curriculum

P.E.

5P                                                                                     5G

Tuesday p.m. - Athletics                                                   Tuesday p.m. - Athletics

Thursday a.m. - Swimming                                              Thursday a.m. - Football

P.E. kit will be required every Tuesday and Thursday, which should include non-logo jogging bottoms or shorts, plain jumper/hoodie, a white t-shirt and trainers. We recommend bringing a carrier bag too as trainers may get muddy and covered in grass. Please ensure all P.E. kits are named and in school on the day that your child has P.E. When your child is swimming, please ensure that they have a swimming costume or shorts, a towel and a plastic bag to put their wet things in.

English

This half term, we will be learning creating a mystery story linked to the book The Nowhere Emporium.  In the second half of the term, children will learn about Robert Scott's journey across the Antarctic through his diary entries; once finished, the children will learn about Ernest Shackleton's expedition and create diary entries to recall his expedition. 

Our end of day reader will be Who Let The Gods Out by Maz Evans.

Children will take part in Read Write Inc. Spelling lessons four times a week. Please ensure that you are giving your child the opportunity to practice their spellings with you each week and that they have their Spelling Log Book in school every day.

Maths:

This half term, we will be focussing on Geometry: Properties of Shape and Position and Direction. In the second half term, we will be focussing on Number: Decimals and Negative Numbers; Measurement: Converting Units and Volume. All lessons will focus on Maths mastery following the White Rose scheme. Maths Fluency will take place every day for 10 minutes following the KS2 Mastering Number scheme.

Science:

In Science, we will be learning Life Cycles in the first half term, followed by Aging. The children will have opportunities to learn about the life cycles of different plants, animals and humans.

Humanities:

This half term, in History, we will be learning all about Ancient Greece and answering the question: How have the ancient Greeks influenced life today? In the second half of the term, in Geography, we will be learning about Oceans and Islands and answering the question: How do oceans and islands around the world differ?

Design Technology:

In Design Technology, the children will study Architecture, where they will learn about how architectural style and technology has developed over time and then use this knowledge to design a building with specific features.

Computing:

Using Purple Mash, the children will use Micro:bits to code a mini micro:bit; understand 3D Modelling and how to use a Word Processing document, e.g. Microsoft Word.

French:

This term, the children will be studying the following topics: breakfast, recipes, ingredients, weather and where they live.

Music:

Using Charanga, the children's learning will focus on the songs The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Dancing in the Street. They will have many opportunities to listen to and appraise music, study lyrics and rhythm, as well as play either the glockenspiel or recorder.

R.S.H.E.

This term, the children will focus on health and wellbeing and specific topics including healthy sleep habits; sun safety; medicines, vaccinations, immunisations and allergies; recognising individuality and different qualities; mental well-being; keeping safe in different situations, including responding in emergencies; first aid and FGM.

R.E.

This term, the children will continue to focus on How are religion and worldviews shaped and expressed through art and architecture?