Miss Miller and Miss Mullaly are delighted to be part of your child's learning experience this year as Dolly Parton Class and Frankie Valli Class. We will be supported by Mrs Warren, Mrs Randle and Kim. 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 endevour 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 3: Renaissance Man

This term in Year 5, we will be delving into the incredible achievements of Leonardo da VInci, from his portrait painting and inventions to detailed botanical sketches and anatomical discoveries!  We will be reading 'THe Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm' by Norman HUnter and using this comedic writing to inspire our own narrative writing. We will also develop our Word Processing skills in Computing, creating biographies for da VInci. 

Topic Leaflet

All the information about Term 3's learning can be found in the leaflet below. In addition, to the topic web, you will also find some suggestions about topic based projects that can be carried out over the duration of the term; we cannot wait to see what the children come up with. 

Y5T3-Renaissance-Man-TOPIC-LEAFLET.pdf

Maths

In term 3 we will be covering these topic areas in mathematics. If you have any questions regarding how your child can be best supported please drop us an email. 

Multiplication & Division (formal written methods and various representations) 

Fractions (equivalence, improper fractions & mixed numbers, comparing and ordering fractions, multiplying & dividing fractions)

Spellings

In order to better support our spellers, we will be completing a weekly spelling quiz 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-3-SPELLING-OVERVIEW-2023.pdf

Y5-TERM-3-REVISION-SPELLING-OVERVIEW-2023.pdf

Term 2: Beyond the wardrobe doors...

Throughout term 2 we will have a literacy focus, using the classic novel, 'The Lion, THe Witch and The Wardrobe' by C. S. Lewis to inspire our writing and reading skill development. In our topic lessons we will learn about volcanoes and mountains and this will carry though to our Art, where the children will develop their skills in sculpture using papier-mache to create their own fiery volcanoes! 

Topic Web

Y5T2-Beyond-the-Wardrobe-Doors-Topic-Web-22-23.pdf

Maths

In term 2 we will be covering these topic areas in mathematics. If you have any questions regarding how your child can be best supported please drop us an email. 

Multiplication & Division (square, cube & prime numbers)

Fractions (equivalence, improper fractions & mixed numbers, comparing and ordering fractions, adding & subtracting fractions)

Spellings

In order to better support our spellers, we will be completing a weekly spelling quiz 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-2-SPELLING-OVERVIEW-with-Sponsored-Spell-2022.pdf

Y5-TERM-2-REVISION-SPELLING-OVERVIEW-with-Sponsored-Spell-2022.pdf

 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! 

Maths

Over the term we will be covering these topic areas in mathematics. If you have any questions regarding how your child can be best supported please drop us an email. 

Place Value to 10,000,000

Addition & Subtraction

Multiplication & Division

Spellings

In order to better support our spellers, we will be completing a weekly spelling quiz 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-2022.pdf