Miss Wood

Happy New Year! We hope that you’ve all had a lovely Christmas break and are ready and raring to go for another exciting term.

English

We will start the term by looking at the book ‘The Man who Walked Between the Towers’ by Mordicai Gerstein which tells the true story of Philippe Petit, a French tightrope walker, who in 1974 walked between the World Trade Center towers. We will create our own newspaper reports about the daring event and then write a biography about his remarkable life.

We will develop our SPAG knowledge through continuing to learn about the various word classes and different spelling patterns, including the Y5/6 word list. We will be focussing on how to apply all our SPAG work into our own writing.

Reading

We will continue to teach whole class guided reading and our class novel this term will be The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell. The Wolf Wilder is a beautiful story about one girl’s treacherous adventure through dangerous, snowy Russia to save her mother, who has been attacked and captured by the Russian Army because she refused to give them what they wanted.

 Maths

We will start the term by looking at multiplication and division. The children will learn different methods to multiply 3 and 4 digit numbers by 2 digits and how to divide a number up to 4 digits by 1 digit. We will then move onto fractions, looking at comparing and ordering fractions, converting fractions and adding and subtracting fractions. Finally, we will learn about decimals and percentages.

Science

Our topic this term is Properties of Materials. In this unit the children will compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, response to magnets and electrical and thermal conductivity. They will have given reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular use of everyday materials, including metals, wood and plastic. We will develop our working scientifically skills by be carrying out investigations to test materials to see if they are dissolvable and whether they are good insulators or conductors.

Topic

We will be starting a brand new geography topic this half term ‘Exploring Eastern Europe’. We will develop our map skills and learn about life in different Eastern European countries, with a focus on Russia.

PHSE

We will continue to use Jigsaw in our PSHE sessions and our topic this half term is ‘Dreams and Goals’ we will think about our future aspirations and what we need to do in order to help us achieve these.

Computing

 

Our unit this term video editing This unit gives children the opportunity to learn how to create short videos in groups. As they progress through this unit, they will be exposed to topic-based language and develop the skills of capturing, editing, and manipulating video.

R.E

The question the children will be exploring this term is ‘If God is Everywhere, why go to a Place of Worship?’ They will look at different religions and how and where they worship God.

PE

PE will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Our focus this half term will be gymnastics and dance. In gymnastics we will focus on synchronization and canon. In our dance lessons we will learn about the Haka and create our own dance in the same style. PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR PE KIT. Make sure you don’t get RED on your Assertive Mentoring!

HOMEWORK

We will continue to have a creative approach to our homework this term. You will be given Maths and Spelling homework each week as well as being able to choose from a range of creative activities in Topic.

Homework is given out on Friday and is due in the following Wednesday.

Here is a link to the topic homework Take Away Homework Exploring Eastern Europe

REMEMBER:

Homework handed in on Wednesday is GREEN.

Homework handed in on Thursday is YELLOW.

Homework handed in on Friday is RED.

 

We read in class every day, so make sure you always have your Reading Log in school.

Please make sure you also read regularly each week at home and ask an adult to sign your Reading Log for you. We will sign your Reading Log every WEDNESDAY  to check you have read at home at least twice.

 

Other important information:

• Please ensure your name is clearly written in all your school uniform. We have a permanent marker if you need to write your child’s name in their jumper etc.
• Please ensure your correct and full PE kit is in school all week as PE days can change in school (it will be sent home every half term to wash)
• Bring your reading book and reading diary to school every day. Sometimes a reading volunteer will choose you for extra reading.
• Please bring a school water bottle every day.

We are really looking forward to a new and exciting term. If you have any questions or concerns, please book an appointment to see your child’s class teacher.

Miss Wood and Miss Turner

Welcome to Autumn Term in Year 5!

We hope that you all had a wonderful summer break and are ready and raring to go for a new school year. We have lots of exciting things planned this term and we are really looking forward to learning with you all this year.

PE lessons will be every Monday and Thursday. Please make sure that your child has their PE kit in school. This should be black shorts, pumps and a plain white t shirt or Corrie PE top.

 Homework will be sent home every Friday and is expected to be returned to school by the following Wednesday. Children have maths homework, topic homework from the menu and also a spelling/ handwriting sheet, plus Table Rockstars. 

Take Away Homework The Tudors

Reading books should be signed at home at least twice a week and should be in school every day, but will also be checked on Wednesdays along with the homework.

Please find below what we will be learning about:

Autumn

Maths:

In maths we will continue using  ‘Power Maths’ We will be looking at place value within 1,000,000 and addition and subtraction. We will then look at statistics and focus on graphs and tables before moving onto multiplication and division and finally area and perimeter.

English:

In English our focus will be on ‘Leon and the Place Between’ by Angela McAllister. This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of a young boy who journeys on a magical adventure to a fantasy land. The children will use this story to inspire their own narrative and we will be applying different aspects of Year 5 SPaG within our writing throughout the course of the year.

Reading:

This year, we will move to whole class guided reading. We will focus lots of our lessons around our class novel The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie. We will also develop our comprehension skills by looking at a wide range of texts including non-fiction, poetry, newspapers and song lyrics.

 

Topic:

Our topic this term will be the Tudors. We will learn about Tudor Kings and Queens and what life was like during the Tudor period. We will develop our historical enquiry skills by studying a range of artefacts and discussing what they tell us about the Tudors. We will also have our very special Tudor workshop Day!

 

Science: Earth and Space

Our topic this half term will be Earth and Space. The children will learn about the movement of Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in our Solar System. They will learn about how we get seasons, the day and night, and the different phases of the moon. They will also have the opportunity to find out about how ideas about the solar system have developed and changed over time. The children will develop their working scientifically skills, by planning an enquiry using a shadow stick to look at changes over time to investigate the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.

 

PHSE: JIGSAW: Being Me in my World

We will look at ‘Being Me in my World.’ During this ‘puzzle’ the children will be looking at their thoughts and feelings during new experiences. They will be looking at what makes them proud and how this made them feel. They will create their own personal and class targets linked to our Investors in Pupils and assess their progress in achieving them.

RE: “Why do some people believe God exists?”

This is the question we will be focusing on this half term. The children will consider why people do or don’t believe in God and the impact that might have on the way they live their everyday life

 

PE: Tennis and Hockey

The children will have the Sports Coach every Monday and will be developing their tennis skills. We will also look at hockey and practise our dribbling and defending.

 

ICT:

In our ICT lessons we will be looking at computing databases and creating media.

MFL: French

We will begin the year by recapping our learning from year 3 and 4. We will then move onto looking at emotions and learning body parts in French.

 

HOME LEARNING LINKS / IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER 

Every term the children will receive a ‘Take Away Homework’ a menu of homework activities linked to our Topic. If you would like to email us your child’s homework please email to admin@corrie.tameside.sch.uk FAO Miss Wood / Miss Turner

 

The children will also be set a piece of maths work linked to their learning in class and a handwriting sheet.

Home Reading: Reading a school book is part of your homework. Children should read at least twice week and signed by an adult. Reading books will get checked every Wednesday. Your child’s reading diary must be signed before a new book is given and all activities completed (if applicable)

REMEMBER: all homework needs to be completed each week and handed in by each Wednesday to achieve GREEN for Homework in your Assertive Mentoring. If you hand it in on Thursday you will achieve YELLOW and after that you will achieve RED for that week.

 

Other important information:

• Please ensure your name is clearly written in all your school uniform. We have a permanent marker if you need to write your child’s name in their jumper etc.
• Please ensure your correct and full PE kit is in school all week as PE days can change in school (it will be sent home every half term to wash)
• Bring your reading book and reading diary to school every day. Sometimes a reading volunteer will choose you for extra reading.
• Please bring a school water bottle every day.

We are really looking forward to a new and exciting term. If you have any questions or concerns, please book an appointment to see your child’s class teacher.

Miss Wood and Miss Turner