"Do everything in love” 1 Corinthians 16:14

 

Learning to love, loving to learn

Welcome to Year 5

 

Our staff

Mrs Haslam is our class teacher and Mrs Skitt will be supporting our learning.

The following information tells you a little more about the coming term in Year 5 and your child's learning. However, if you have any queries or questions please don't hesitate to contact us.

sara.haslam@st-marys.halton.sch.uk

General information

• Please tie back long hair.
• Please have a bottle of water at school every day. This can be refilled as necessary.
• Please bring a small school bag, reading book and homework record every day (if relevant to your child).
• Please return your homework on or before Wednesday for marking. Homework will be sent out on a Friday.
• All school uniform needs to be named but particularly jumpers and cardigans.
• A full PE kit should be in school at all times, consisting of black shorts, white t-shirts and trainers. Jogging bottoms/leggings can be added as the weather gets colder.
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PE is timetabled for Friday during Autumn 2. We will be swimming on Wednesday, leaving school at 9.10. Please ensure children have a swimming costume and towel in a separate bag. 

 

Autumn Half Term 2 2024

 

Our Christian Values

During the first Autumn half term, our Christian value is Love.

“We love each other because he loved us first.” 1 John 4:19

 

Our roles and responsibilities

 

Meet our school councillors and junior safety officers. 

Love of reading

Our class novel is 'The Boy at the Back of the Class' by Onjali Q Rauf.

English

Our weekly routine will include learning writing skills, spelling and grammar, handwriting and guided reading sessions. Daily reading at home continues to be essential and we would ask that you question your child regularly on the book they are reading to develop a deeper understanding of a range of texts, to develop new vocabulary and strengthen writing skills.

Writing

In our second half term we are exploring 'The Lost Happy Endings' by Carol Ann Duffy to develop our writing skills. We are developing figurative and descriptive writing skills to help us write effective traditional tales.  

Reading

Our Guided Reading text this half term is 'Hansel and Gretel' by Neil Gaiman.

 

Spelling

We will continue to use Pathways to Spell as part of our English lessons to develop spelling strategies and learn spelling rules, as well as the essential Y5/6 words.

Maths

As mathematicians, the children will learn through concrete experiences moving onto pictorial and abstract methods as their confidence builds. They will also be expected to use their learning to reason about maths and solve problems. 

During the autumn term we will focus on Place Value and the four operations, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We will also explore line graphs and area and perimeter.

Science

As scientists, we aim to develop our knowledge and understanding, scientific skills and measuring and recording abilities. During the second half term we will be investigating Animals Including Humans. This will extend our knowledge from earlier in Key Stage  1 and 2 as we describe the development of humans from foetus to old age.

History

As historians, we will learn about the Victorians, exploring the significance of developments in technology, transport, work and life style and their impact on our lives today. We will also explore the impact of the Victorian era on our local area.

RE

For RE we will continue to use the Questful RE planning. This half term we will explore Christmas and how our celebrations and practices reflect the true meaning of Christmas. We will ask many questions, including:

• Where in the Bible is the Christmas story?
• How does the nativity story/birth of Jesus fit into God’s Big Story?
• Why are the stories in Matthew and Luke similar/different?
• How do our celebrations reflect the true meaning of Christmas?
• Where do the ideas of including a donkey and a stable in the story come from?

The gospels of Matthew and Luke tell the story differently and include different details. We will look at both and explore why that is. 

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PE

Our PE will concentrate on gymnastics, as well as continuing to progress our swimming skills.

Art and DT

As designers, we will explore Cams to make moving mechanisms.

PHSE

In PHSE, we will follow the Heartsmart scheme. This will start with us reminding ourselves about the importance of families and people who care for me, health and prevention as well as the important principles of calling for help when approaching a situation where first aid may be needed.

Music

As musicians, we will be using Charanga to explore different music genres and new terminology. We will be learning about singing and playing music in different styles. We will explore a range of music from around the world and explore different tempos. 

MFL

As linguists, we will learn how to read, write and say phrases for telling the time, revising and extending our knowledge of numbers in French and learning how to apply the adjectives for small and large. 

Computing

For the second half term we will learn about Vector drawings and Online Relationships.

Homework

Homework will be sent out on Friday to be returned on or before the following Wednesday.  We expect each piece to take about 30 minutes.  Please come and see us if there are any difficulties or write a note on the piece of work. It is important to complete each piece as they will either build on taught skills or pre teach skills ready for the following week.

 

Possible trips & visitors

We are currently exploring possibilities for trips across the year.