• Spring Term

Welcome to Year 5 Spring term

Important Weekly Timetable:

Monday: Hand in homework, 

Tuesday: 

Wednesday: Homework out, PE Day

Thursday: Swimming

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 "Queen of the Falls" 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.

Maths

This half term we are looking at Fractions and Multiplication and Division

Topic – Geography Focus

This half term we are focussing on Geography and North and South America

RE

This half term we’ll be looking at Jesus as a teacher

Science

This half term we are looking at Materials

Art

It’s time to get creative in our street art project

PE

In PE we will develop our Gym skills

Music

In Music we will be learning to play a brass instrument in our lessons with Edsential

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 – 

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