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Year 5

Autumn 2

OUR LEARNING THIS HALF-TERM

Mathematics: Money, Negative Number, Short Multiplication and Short Division 

Writing: Romeo and Juliet - personal recount (diary entry)
Aladdin and The Enchanted Lamp by Philip Pullman - wishing tale focussing on characterisation

Reading: Blackberry Blue by Jamilla Gavin 

History: Kingdom of Benin 

Science: Forces

RE: Incarnation - Was Jesus the Messiah? 

PSHE: Relationships 

DT: Combining Fabrics: accessible textiles 

PE: Swimming 

Computing: Online Surveys 

Music: Melody & Harmony - Gospel 

KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS

 History - The Kingdom of Benin

Science - Forces

RE - Incarnation - Was Jesus the Messiah?

 

FAMILY LEARNING INFORMATION

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our October Family Learning session. If you were unable to attend please find the slides attached. Here, you will find some useful activities and links that you can use with your child to support them with their arithmetic. 

October Family Learning - arithmetic

Family Learning Info

TRIPS

Please look back here soon for more information on upcoming trips. 

PE DAY

Our PE day is Friday and for all things PE kit related, please check the uniform policy on the website.


This term, Year 5 will continue to have the opportunity to have swimming lessons at Emanuel School. 

HOMEWORK

Spelling

Spellings that Year 5 have explored throughout the week will be sent home on a Friday.

Children have until Wednesday to look, cover, write and check their spellings and put 5 of the trickiest ones into sentences that show they understand what they mean. 

You must complete your spelling homework in pencil.

Reading

Children should read with an adult every day for 15 minutes and make sure that their reading diary is signed. Reading diaries should be returned to school every day. 

TTRS

Times Tables Rocks Stars is a great tool for practicing times tables. Children should login for 15 minutes each day. Their login details can be found in their reading diary. 

WELCOME TO YEAR 5 MEETING SLIDES

 
Thank you to all the families who were able to attend out Year 5 meeting. The slides from the meeting can be found here.

HELPFUL ONLINE RESOURCES

Times Tables Rock Stars

Handwriting

Reading (eBooks)

Maths

Maths

Maths

Times Tables Sheets

 SPaG - 10 minute quiz 

 Punctuation 

 

Reading Comprehension

Grammar 

Sentences  

Reading 

Creative Writing 

Persuasive Writing 

Place Value 

Numbers to 10,000

Geography

144 tests

Place value chart

 Remember to always supervise your child when they are online.

 If you would like your child to complete extra learning offline, CPG have created workbooks for each year group. These can be purchased directly from the CPG site (click the image below) or from Amazon.