"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, Miss Roberts and Mrs Whittaker provide general class support on a regular basis. Mrs Mitchell is in class full time supporting 1 child.

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 Thursday and Friday during Summer 1. 

 

Summer First Half term 2025

 

Our Christian Values

During the first Summer half term, our school value is HONESTY. Throughout the bible there are comments about honesty and integrity.  In Ephesians 4:25 it says: "Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body." 

 

Love of reading

We are continuing to read our class novel, 'The Boy at the Back of the Class' by Onjali Q Rauf. It's taking some time, but we are really enjoying it!

 

English

Our weekly routine will continue to 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

During the first half of the Summer term, we are exploring 'The Paperbag Prince', by Colin Thompson to develop our writing skills. We will further develop non-fiction writing skills to write persuasively.

Reading

Our Guided Reading text this half term is 'Pollution: A Look Behind the Scenes' by The Literacy Company. This compliments our writing text. we will also read a small part of 'The Last Wild' by Piers Torday, which compliments this learning.

 

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 first part of the summer term, we will focus on multiplying fractions and then focusing on decimals and percentages.

Science

As scientists, we aim to develop our knowledge and understanding, scientific skills and measuring and recording abilities. During the Summer term we will be investigating topics related to Space and Forces. 

Geography

During the first half term we will look at geography. We will focus on trees locally and globally, investigating why trees and forests are so important. We will observe, identify, survey and map trees in our local area while carrying out fieldwork. We will visit the forestry site of the Grosvenor Estate and, guided by the Country Trust, we will learn about how to measure trees, their habitat and factors that affect their health. 

RE

For RE we will continue to use the Questful RE planning. This half term we will complete our focus on St Paul, his transformation into faith, his writings and his missionary journeys to understand how Christianity spread across the world. 

The aim of the St Paul unit is to:

• provide children with an opportunity to gain greater understanding of the lives and resilience of the early Christians.
• to realise the significance of the life of St Paul and the concept of mission.
• to learn basic facts about how Christianity spread throughout Britain.  

We will explore through these key questions:

• What happened next after Pentecost?
• How did the news of Jesus’ resurrection spread around the world?
• What is a mission?
• If Paul wrote a letter to the church today, what would he say?
• What motivates you to keep going when things are difficult?

 

PE

Our PE will concentrate on 

Olympic Training - (Athletics)

Cricket - (Striking &Fielding)

Exploring - (Striking &Fielding)

Art and DT

Our Art this term focuses on Art and Religion. This will allow us to further develop our skills using colour and pattern as well as explore printing. Our DT topic this term will focus on exploring and developing our understanding of frame structures while creating kites.

PHSE

In PHSE, we will follow the Heartsmart scheme. The focus is 'Fake is a Mistake!' and 'No Way Through Isn't True'. This helps us develop simple strategies for understanding the importance of being true to ourselves and truthful with others as well as developing our perseverence and determination.

Music

As musicians, we will be using Charanga to explore different music genres and new terminology. We will learn to improvise using notes that lie further apart and about intervals in music. We will also learn abou the notes that lie right next to each other and how we use a stepping motion, while notes further apart use a skipping motion. 

MFL

As linguists, we will learn how to read, write and say more numbers (to 50), about the preposition 'a' and verbs for leisure activities. We will continue to develop our understanding of time and days of the week, il and elle as he and she as well as revision of colour. We will describe the garden in our speaking and writing. 

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.