Welcome to Year 5 with Mr Filby and Ms Davies
| Subject Area | Learning | How you can help at home |
| English | The children’s writing will be linked to their topic and will build upon their prior learning.They will research and write a non-chronological report, showcasing their knowledge of mini-beasts.
They will be exploring how speech can develop narrative and character, focusing on the punctuation required for dialogue. Other genres that they will explore with their writing will include poetry and comics, all building and developing the skills they acquired in year 4. In the second half of the term the children will writing emotive diaries, persuasive letters and historically-accurate newspaper articles. |
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| Spelling/Vocabulary | There will be regular spelling, grammar and handwriting activities to develop technical skills that will then be applied in their writing. |
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| Creative Curriculum | Beast Creator
D+T – Designing, making and evaluating shadow puppets Geography – Locating places on a map Science – Habitats, classification, life cycles, food chains. PSHE – Discussing topical issues in relation to mini-beasts and other environmental concerns Off with her head History – Tudor England Art – Portraits Computing – Research and using a computer to present written work effectively PSHE – Rules and consequences |
Encourage your child to read more widely to gain more information about the topics. |
| Maths | Place Value – knowing numbers to a million, being able to round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000, knowing negative numbers Addition and Subtraction – using the column method to add/subtract more than 4 digit numbers, recognise the importance of inverse operations, multi-step problems Multiplication and Division – to be able to x and ÷ by 10, 100 and 1000, to know multiples, factors, common factors, prime numbers, square numbers and cube numbers Statistics Graphs – to be able to draw, read and interpret line graphs Timetables – to be able to read and interpret tables Area and Perimeter To be able to find unknown lengths, to be able to work out the area of rectangles and compound shapes, to be able to make estimations, to be able to measure perimeter and to be able to calculate perimeter |
Children are expected to know ALL of their times tables by the end of year 4. They are still tested weekly on the times tables tests.
Discuss as much real-life maths as possible – prices, time, probability, fractions etc. |
| PE | All for Sport on Thursdays
Swimming is on Tuesdays |
Please ensure your kit is in school at all times. It MUST be clearly labelled!
Children are expected to have a swimming hat when swimming. |
| Spanish/Music | The children will receive a 5-week block of music this half term with our specialist teacher Mrs Folen.
Your child will continue to broaden their Spanish experience with weekly lessons |
Encourage your children to listen to a wide range of different music styles.
Have you thought about joining the wonderful Monkfrith choir – who meet on Thurs 8:15am? Ask your child what their learning has been. Can they recite the days of the week and months of the year? Are their counting skills up to scratch? Can they encourage you to hold a simple conversation about how you are? |
If you have any questions or queries, make an appointment via the office to see me during the drop-in time. This is Wednesday between 3:40 and 4:10.
Mr Filby and Ms Davies