Parents/Carers of children in Year Five, please remember that most learning resources are found on your child’s Google Classroom page.

Class Teachers - Mr Thomson

Miss Saunders

What is Year 5 like?

Mindfulness and Well-being

The theme for each half term's learning is:

 Autumn 1 - Africa & The Kingdom of Benin

 Autumn 2 - Crime and Punishment throughout history

 Spring 1 - Space and our solar system

 Spring 2 - Angry Earth - North America and Yellowstone Park

 Summer 1 - Let's investigate! Making scientific observations and evaluations

 Summer 2 - Ancient Greece - What did they do for us?

In Year 5 we will be reading:

Autumn 1 - Fastest Boy in the world by Elizabeth Laird

Autumn 2 - Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy

Spring 1 - See you in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng

Spring 2 - A selection of Poetry and Non-fiction

Summer 1 - Dead Man's Cove by Lauren St John

Summer 2 - The Odyssey 

Mathematics

In Religion & World Views sessions, we will explore the following questions:

Autumn 1 - What does it mean if God is Holy and loving?

Autumn 2 - What matters most to Humanists and Christians?

Spring 1 - Christians and how to live: What would Jesus do?

Spring 2 - What do Christians believe Jesus did to 'save' people?  

Summer 1 - If God is everywhere, why go to a place of worship?

Summer 2 - How can following God bring freedom and justice?

Homework

A grid of homework tasks are provided at the start of each half term that cover various aspects of the curriculum. These may be relevant to current learning or a revision of prior learning. The tasks will be sent as a paper copy, as well as uploaded digitally on Google Classroom on the first Friday of each half term.

Parents, carers and children have the choice of how they submit their homework according to each task. This may be in the form of a paper copy sent into school with your child, photo/slides uploaded on Google Classroom or any other form that suits the task at hand. 

Each week, a selection of homework tasks will be shared in class. For every task completed, children receive a spotter. For each 5 tasks completed, children receive a bonus 5 spotters! 

If there are problems accessing the Google Classroom, please let me or Miss Saunders know and we will arrange a paper copy where possible.  

Important for Year 5