Year 5 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Year 5 2024-2025

Important Weekly Timetable:

Monday: Hand in homework, PE Day

Tuesday: 

Wednesday: Homework out, PE Day

Thursday: 

Friday: Times tables tests, Reading Records checked

Please look out for School Spider messages for any changes to the timetable.

This half term we have lots of fun learning planned out and we love to see any learning linked to this at home too! 

English

This half term we are focusing on a range of writing styles and grammatical features using the book ‘Arthur and the Golden Rope’ to support this. We will be learning to use a range of punctuation, sentence types and planning structures. In Year 5 we are working really hard on our handwriting, ensuring it is all cursive, and that we’re checking our spelling is the best it can be too.

Shared Reading

In Year 5 we are working really hard on our retrieval and inference skills. We are also learning new skills to answer a range of comprehension style questions in our shared reading sessions reading ‘Odd and the Frost Giants'.

Maths

This half term we are looking at Place Value and Addition and Subtraction.

Topic – History Focused

This half term we are focussing on History and looking at Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. Within this we will explore the struggle for control of Britain.

RE

This half term we’ll be looking at Loss, Death and Christian Hope.

Science

This half term we are looking at Forces

Art

It’s time to get creative in our Viking jewellery project. We will be looking at the work of artist Rennie Mackintosh.

PE

In PE we will develop our football ball skills as well as cricket (delivered by a professional cricket coach).

Music

In Music we will be learning to sing the song Livin' on a Prayer.  We will be using our glockenspiel skills to play along and even improvise our own pueces of music.

Computing

This half term we are using the skills we have already developed to look at word processing.

Spanish

This half term focuses on greetings and simple sentences.

Heartsmart

Within Heartsmart we are introducing how to keep our hearts healthy.

Trips – We will be taking part in a Viking Day at Tatton Park 

Look on our homework tab for all home learning links to support your child’s learning.