St James' CE Primary School
Mrs Lok (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday), Mrs Breed (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) and Mrs Vaughan help the children in Year 5 with their learning.
Things to bring to school
Every day: reading diary, reading book and your iPad if you take this home.
Wednesday – Completed homework
Wednesday - PE kit (PE kit is a white t-shirt and blue or black shorts)
Homework *This has been updated - please read*
Please note that some homework tasks will be set online this year. Homework will be set every Friday and the children will have until Wednesday to complete the tasks. Spelling tests will now take place on Thursdays. There are 4 pieces of homework to be completed:
1) A 20-minute reading task on a website called 'Reading Plus', again with login details in their diary.
2) Regular reading of their school reading book with a grown-up at least three times a week.
3) Weekly spellings to learn for a test every Thursday.
4) A maths task on a website called 'Learning by Questions'. Your child's login details will be provided in their homework diary.
Sometimes it may be a science, geography or history Learning Log instead.
SUMMER 1
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Our History topic is 'Ancient Greek Legacy'. Please see the knowledge organiser below to find out about the key things we will be learning this half-term. |
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English Our first book focus this half-term is ‘Harriet versus the Galaxy’ by Samantha Baines. We will be writing story openings, inspired by this book, set on our own invented planets.
The second book which we will be reading is linked to our history topic and it is called ‘Greek Gods & Heroes’ by Sylvie Baussier. We will be writing a biography on a famous Greek.
We will also continue to do our daily whole class reading sessions, daily spelling sessions and a weekly handwriting focus session.
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Maths This half term, we will continue to learn about decimals and percentages, then measure – perimeter and area. We also complete a daily times tables test, as well as daily arithmetic questions.
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Science Our topic this half-term is ‘Earth and Space’. We will be learning about the planets in the Solar System and describe which ones are gas planets and which ones are rocky planets. We will also learn about why we have day and night, and how a sundial works. |
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RE This half-term, our big question is ‘How can following God bring freedom and justice?’
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DT We are super excited to be doing a textiles topic this half term. We will be learning how to sew and make our own stuffed toys. |
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French We will continue to learn about how to talk about the weather in French.
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Other Subjects PSHE This half-term, our PSHE topic is ‘Relationships’.
Computing This half-term, our topic is ‘Creating Media – Introduction to Vector Graphics’. In this unit, learners start to create vector drawings. They learn how to use different drawing tools to help them create images. Learners recognise that images in vector drawings are created using shapes and lines, and each individual element in the drawing is called an object. Learners layer their objects and begin grouping and duplicating them to support the creation of more complex pieces of work.
Music We will continue to learn how to play the ukulele, playing melodies as well as practising the chords we know already. We will also be learning new pieces to eventually take part in Come and Play with the Hallé on Tuesday 17th June at the Bridgewater Hall. https://halle.co.uk/project/come-and-play-concerts/
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