Welcome to Olive Class (Year 5)
Class Teachers: Miss Crowe/Mrs Horner
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Brooks
English
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During our writing lessons, we will be reading ‘The Paperbag Prince’ which is about an old man living in a railway carriage on a rubbish dump who knows that even rubbish can sometimes contain treasure. Our final writing outcome will be an information/persuasive text. We will be continuing to work on extending our sentences with a particular focus on using a range of subordinating conjunctions.
Our class novel this term is ‘Stormbreaker' by Anthony Horowitz.
Websites your child could use at home:
For grammar skills:
SPAG Tests Online - Practice Grammar & Punctuation Tests Online
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
For spellings:
Spooky Spellings || Practise spelling Common Exception Words (ictgames.com)
Maths
In Maths, we will be beginning the term looking percentages and linking them to our previous work on fractions and decimals. We will then move on to geometry and units of measurements.
Click on the link below to find thousands of problems for your children to solve at home.
http://nrich.maths.org/frontpage
Here are some links for games to help improve your mental maths skills.
Push the Button - times tables, doubles and halves and number bonds.
Loop Cards - addition and subtraction facts, doubles and halves and times tables.
Woodlands Junior - lots of different maths games to improve your mental maths.
Remember to keep practicing your times tables every night.
Science
Our first science unit this term is living things and their habitats and we will be focusing on the life cycles of animals and how plants and animals reproduce. During our second science unit, we will be extending our learning on this by focusing on a human life cycle including key changes such as puberty.
Click on the images below to do some of your own research on out science topics.
History
What did the Greeks do for us?
This term, we will be learning about a new ancient civilisation: The Greeks! We will be analysing historical evidence to build a picture up of daily life in Ancient Greece. We will also be thinking about how their achievements have influenced our life today.
Click on the image below to find out more!
History knowledge organiser:
Geography
A fieldwork study in a forest.
In our geography learning, we will be developing our fieldwork skills. We will begin by looking at the type of biome where we will be completing the fieldwork: a forest. We will be completing lots of learning outside the classroom by observing, measuring and recording data in our school grounds and beyond.
Click on the image below to find out more!
Other curriculum areas
Computing - data handling and the mars rover
DT- mechanical systems and the digital world
Art- painting and mixed media
Music- South and West Africa music
RE - Islam and Judaism
Useful Information
The children have PE on Tuesday and Wednesday this term. On these days, they will need a full PE kit: school PE top, black shorts or tracksuit bottoms and trainers.
Homework
This can be through the online platforms that school offer or another way. This should be logged in their homework diary with date and signature. Their homework diaries will be checked daily.
Children will also be given homework on a Friday and it will be due on the following Wednesday. The homework will be English and maths based and will reinforce the learning in school. Homework set will be on Google Classroom and children should complete the activities in their homework book. Paper copies will also be available for anyone that struggles to access Google Classroom at home. Spellings will also be posted weekly on Google Classroom; they will complete a dictation on a Friday so please practise them at home to help them prepare for this.
As well as their set homework, you can also help your child by encouraging them to use Oxford Reading Buddy, TT Rockstars, and Spag.com
Oxford Reading Buddy
Sign In | Oxford Reading Buddy (oup.com)
TT Rockstars
Spag.com
SPAG Tests Online - Practice Grammar & Punctuation Tests Onlin
Dates for your diary:
w/b 22.04 parent drop in - maths focus
06.05 - bank holiday (school closed)
18.06- visit to Sankey Valley to complete fieldwork
19.06- Sports Day
28.06 - Inset Day (school closed)
02.07- Summer Fayre
11.07- Adventure Day with Active Hope
15.07 - Tranisition week
25.07- Break up for summer holidays (2pm finish)