Year 5 - Circus and Thermae
Welcome to Year 5
Mr Bird and Mr Brain are delighted to be part of your child's learning experience this year as Circus Class and Thermae Class. We will be supported by Mrs Fortune, Mrs Branston, Mrs Bendle, Mrs Lister, Mrs Taylor and Miss Davis. We are always around to support both you and the children. If you need anything or you have any questions or queries please don't hesitate - pop in and speak to one of us!
Weekly timetable:
Below, you will find an example of our 'normal' weekly timetable. We will endeavour to keep to this, though as you know, school life can be variable and surprising, and we will let the children know of any changes in advance!
Term 1: Rainforest Rescue
This term we will be learning all about the rainforest - from the creatures that live there and where these delicate habitats are found around the world, to the ecological impacts of deforestation and the efforts being made to save the rich ecosystems. We will be reading the exciting novel 'The Explorer' by Katherine Rundell, following Fred as he crashes and tries to survive in the Amazon rainforest!
Knowledge Organiser -T1-Rainforest-Rescuers.docx
Spellings
In order to better support our spellers, we will be completing a weekly spelling quiz on Friday mornings to help secure basic understanding.
As usual, children may require some extra assistance when learning the words as they will delivered in a contextually correct sentence – for example: “The children kept their shoes in a small box beneath the stairs”.
Their weekly results will be used as evidence to support their writing assessments at the end of the school year.
Y5-TERM-1-SPELLING-OVERVIEW-2024.docx
Y5-TERM-1-REVISION-SPELLING-GROUP-OVERVIEW-2024-1.docx
Term 2: Beyond the Wardrobe Doors
This term, our learning is going to be centred around the class novel, ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.’ We are going to explore writing effective setting descriptions and creating our own journey narratives in English. Furthermore, we are going to explore creating art using found materials based on the autumnal/wintery theme.
Knowledge-Organiser-T2-Beyond-the-Wardrobe-Doors.docxY5T2-Beyond-The-Wardrobe-Doors-THEME-LEAFLET-Website.docx
Spellings
Y5-TERM-2-SPELLING-OVERVIEW.docx
Y5-TERM-2-REVISION-GROUP-SPELLINGS.docx
Term 3: Letters from the Lighthouse
In this term of Year 5, we are again travelling back in time to the era of World War II, answering the enquiry question, "How did British society change as a result of WWII?" We will begin by exploring photographs taken during the war and use our super inference skills to answer questions about the photographs.
We will be reading the novel 'Letter from the Lighthouse' by Emma Carroll (a Bath Spa University alumni!) and using this to inspire our own letter writing in English.
Y5T3-Letters-from-the-Lighthouse-KNOWLEDGE-ORGANISER.pdf
Spellings
Y5-TERM-3-SPELLING-OVERVIEW-2024-1.pdf
00-Year-6-SATs-Spellings-2015-2024.docx
Term 4: Strange New Worlds
In this topic, we will become astronauts in training who will look at the science and beauty of space.
The novel which will inspire us with our writing this term, is called Cosmic – it’s one giant leap for all boy-kind by Frank Cottrell Boyce. This book will take us on an adventure to outer space which will inspire our creative story writing. We will also be developing writing for fantasy narratives and writing to persuade.
We will explore digital art using vectors, during our computing lessons alongside sketching and different media techniques to create mood and feeling.
Our science focus to this topic means we will delve into the phases of the moon and understand the relationship between different celestial bodies within our solar system.
Y5T4-KNOWLEDGE-ORGANISER-SPACE-1.docx
Y5T4-TOPIC-LEAFLET-SPACE-1.docx
Spellings
Y5-TERM-4-SPELLING-OVERVIEW.docx
Y5-TERM-4-REVISION-SPELLING-GROUP.docx
Term 5: Take One!
This term’s learning will be sequenced through a lens focused around exploring portraiture, inspired by a trip to the Holburne Museum to view an exhibition: Iconic: Portraiture from Francis Bacon to Andy Warhol.
The novel which will inspire us with our writing this term is Katherine Rundell’s Rooftoppers. The story is a whimsical adventure about a determined orphan, Sophie, who defies convention and journeys across the rooftops of Paris to find her long-lost mother.
In languages we will dive into learning some German, while we will continue to develop our musicianship on the recorders.
Our science will be based around forces, leading on from our space theme, to help us better understand not only gravity but friction, air resistance, water resistance and the use of pulleys, levers and gears to allow a smaller force to have a greater effect.
Y5T5-KNOWLEDGE-ORGANISER1.docx
