Welcome to Year 5
Spring Term in Year 5
The inspirational texts on our bookshelf will inspire our learning across the curriculum.
Our learning this half term will be underpinned by our spring bookshelf; filled with inspiring and engaging texts to spark our imaginations and teach us the many different ways people and characters can demonstrate bravery, kindness, curiosity, gratitude, citizenship and integrity.
These books include non-fiction and information texts, picture books, narratives and novels.
‘Hidden Figures’ is a non-fiction text about four brilliant, creative-thinking women who were involved in the Space Race! For years, their stories were hidden but now we know about how important their contributions were.
‘The Promise’ is a fictional story about a young girl who lives in a dull, dark place and so she takes it upon herself to create a new world!
‘I Am Not a Label’ is a non-fiction text which tells the stories of 34 artists, thinkers, athletes and activists with disabilities, from past and present.
‘The Barnabus Project’ is picture book about following your dreams and finding where you truly belong.
‘Wonder’ is a novel about a young boy called August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. It explores ideas of empathy, compassion, and acceptance.
In Geography, we will be looking at the physical features of Central America and how they have influenced human activity.
In Maths, we will build on our previous term’s learning and embedding our number skills through the topics of: Fractions, multiplication and division and decimals and percentages.
In Science, we will be completing two units of work: ‘Properties of materials’ and ‘Animals including Humans’. We will build on what we know from learning in previous years. We will discover the life cycles and life processes of both animals and plants as well as describing the changes of humans as they develop into old age.
In History, we will be exploring the Maya and asking why they were so remarkable?
Year 5 Spring Term Highlights!
- Opportunities to learn outside of the classroom
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Opportunities to take part in sports events
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Internal visitors
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Class Assembly
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British Science Week
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World Book Day
Meet the Year 5 Team
Miss Kodsy – Class Teacher
Miss Haigh – Class Teacher
Mrs Ahmed – Learning Support Assistant
Mr Bowett – Learning Support Assistant
Miss Leung – Learning Support Assistant
Mrs Rana – Learning Support Assistant
Important Information
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Children will come into school on their PE kit on their PE days.
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Please make sure your child’s book bag, containing their reading books and reading record, is brought into school every day.
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Reading books will be changed as the children finish their book.
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In UKS2, we encourage children to read independently at home and sign their own reading record. Parents and carers can then monitor this weekly to ensure children are reading as much as possible. You know your child best and if you would like to sign their reading record, please do this.
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Home Learning will include daily reading, weekly spellings, and a maths or SPAG task each week.
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Your child’s class teacher will be available every day before and after school to receive messages, celebrate successes and discuss answer any questions.
As always, there will be lots of learning and exciting activities going on in Year 5 this term!
Please speak to our admin team for access to the Year 5 Instagram feed @chps_year5