Mrs Stott (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.

Monday – Completed homework

 Wednesday - PE kit (PE kit is a white t-shirt and blue or black shorts)

Homework

Please note that some homework tasks will be set online this year. Homework will be set every Monday and the children will have a week to complete the tasks. Homework will be checked every Monday, with spelling tests taking place on Fridays. There are 4 pieces of homework to be completed:

1) A maths task on a website called 'Learning by Questions'. Your child's login details will be provided in their homework diary. 

2) A 20-minute reading task on a website called 'Reading Plus', again with login details in their diary.

3) Weekly spellings to learn for a test every Friday

4) Regular reading of their school reading book with a grown-up at least three times a week. 

AUTUMN 2

In our core subjects this half term...

Maths 

This half term, we will be focusing on multiplication, division and fractions. We complete a daily times tables test, as well as daily arithmetic questions. 

English

Our first piece of writing this half term is a horror narrative with dialogue. We are using the book 'Freeze' as our inspiration. We can't wait to show you our final pieces!

Our second piece of writing is going to be a persuasive letter linking to our Geography topic this term. It will be about 'Fair Trade'.

We will continue to do our daily whole class reading sessions, daily spelling sessions and a weekly handwriting focus session. 

Our Geography topic is 'Trade Places'. Please see the knowledge organiser below to find out the key things we are learning this term.

Other subjects in Autumn 2...

RE - We will be learning all about Judaism, and our big question this term is 'Why is the Torah so important for Jewish people?'

Science - We will be continuing with the topic 'Forces' this term. We will be learning about mechanisms such as pulleys, levers and gears. We will then start our new topic 'Materials'.

PSHE - We will be focusing on the topic of 'Celebrate Difference' this half term. We will be discussing how to be respecteful and kind when we meet people that may have different views and cultures to our own.

Art - We are super excited to be doing a topic on 'Drawing' this half term. We will be focussing on the 'Space race era' and retrofuturism.

Computing - We will be learning all about videos and how we can create, edit and improve videos.

French - We will be learning the vocabulary for clothing, where adjectives are positioned in French, expressing opinions on clothing and describing clothing.

  Mrs Stott (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.

Monday – Completed homework

 Wednesday - PE kit (PE kit is a white t-shirt and blue or black shorts)

Homework

Please note that some homework tasks will be set online this year. Homework will be set every Monday and the children will have a week to complete the tasks. Homework will be checked every Monday, with spelling tests taking place on Fridays. There are 4 pieces of homework to be completed:

1) A maths task on a website called 'Learning by Questions'. Your child's login details will be provided in their homework diary. 

2) A 20-minute reading task on a website called 'Reading Plus', again with login details in their diary.

3) Weekly spellings to learn for a test every Friday

4) Regular reading of their school reading book with a grown-up at least three times a week. 

AUTUMN 2

In our core subjects this half term...

Maths 

This half term, we will be focusing on multiplication, division and fractions. We complete a daily times tables test, as well as daily arithmetic questions. 

English

Our first piece of writing this half term is a horror narrative with dialogue. We are using the book 'Freeze' as our inspiration. We can't wait to show you our final pieces!

Our second piece of writing is going to be a persuasive letter linking to our Geography topic this term. It will be about 'Fair Trade'.

We will continue to do our daily whole class reading sessions, daily spelling sessions and a weekly handwriting focus session. 

Our Geography topic is 'Trade Places'. Please see the knowledge organiser below to find out the key things we are learning this term.

Other subjects in Autumn 2...

RE - We will be learning all about Judaism, and our big question this term is 'Why is the Torah so important for Jewish people?'

Science - We will be continuing with the topic 'Forces' this term. We will be learning about mechanisms such as pulleys, levers and gears. We will then start our new topic 'Materials'.

PSHE - We will be focusing on the topic of 'Celebrate Difference' this half term. We will be discussing how to be respecteful and kind when we meet people that may have different views and cultures to our own.

Art - We are super excited to be doing a topic on 'Drawing' this half term. We will be focussing on the 'Space race era' and retrofuturism.

Computing - We will be learning all about videos and how we can create, edit and improve videos.

French - We will be learning the vocabulary for clothing, where adjectives are positioned in French, expressing opinions on clothing and describing clothing.

  Mrs Stott (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.

Monday – Completed homework

 Wednesday - PE kit (PE kit is a white t-shirt and blue or black shorts)

Homework

Please note that some homework tasks will be set online this year. Homework will be set every Monday and the children will have a week to complete the tasks. Homework will be checked every Monday, with spelling tests taking place on Fridays. There are 4 pieces of homework to be completed:

1) A maths task on a website called 'Learning by Questions'. Your child's login details will be provided in their homework diary. 

2) A 20-minute reading task on a website called 'Reading Plus', again with login details in their diary.

3) Weekly spellings to learn for a test every Friday

4) Regular reading of their school reading book with a grown-up at least three times a week. 

AUTUMN 2

In our core subjects this half term...

Maths 

This half term, we will be focusing on multiplication, division and fractions. We complete a daily times tables test, as well as daily arithmetic questions. 

English

Our first piece of writing this half term is a horror narrative with dialogue. We are using the book 'Freeze' as our inspiration. We can't wait to show you our final pieces!

Our second piece of writing is going to be a persuasive letter linking to our Geography topic this term. It will be about 'Fair Trade'.

We will continue to do our daily whole class reading sessions, daily spelling sessions and a weekly handwriting focus session. 

Our Geography topic is 'Trade Places'. Please see the knowledge organiser below to find out the key things we are learning this term.

Other subjects in Autumn 2...

RE - We will be learning all about Judaism, and our big question this term is 'Why is the Torah so important for Jewish people?'

Science - We will be continuing with the topic 'Forces' this term. We will be learning about mechanisms such as pulleys, levers and gears. We will then start our new topic 'Materials'.

PSHE - We will be focusing on the topic of 'Celebrate Difference' this half term. We will be discussing how to be respecteful and kind when we meet people that may have different views and cultures to our own.

Art - We are super excited to be doing a topic on 'Drawing' this half term. We will be focussing on the 'Space race era' and retrofuturism.

Computing - We will be learning all about videos and how we can create, edit and improve videos.

French - We will be learning the vocabulary for clothing, where adjectives are positioned in French, expressing opinions on clothing and describing clothing.

  Mrs Stott (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.

Monday – Completed homework

 Wednesday - PE kit (PE kit is a white t-shirt and blue or black shorts)

Homework

Please note that some homework tasks will be set online this year. Homework will be set every Monday and the children will have a week to complete the tasks. Homework will be checked every Monday, with spelling tests taking place on Fridays. There are 4 pieces of homework to be completed:

1) A maths task on a website called 'Learning by Questions'. Your child's login details will be provided in their homework diary. 

2) A 20-minute reading task on a website called 'Reading Plus', again with login details in their diary.

3) Weekly spellings to learn for a test every Friday

4) Regular reading of their school reading book with a grown-up at least three times a week. 

AUTUMN 2

In our core subjects this half term...

Maths 

This half term, we will be focusing on multiplication, division and fractions. We complete a daily times tables test, as well as daily arithmetic questions. 

English

Our first piece of writing this half term is a horror narrative with dialogue. We are using the book 'Freeze' as our inspiration. We can't wait to show you our final pieces!

Our second piece of writing is going to be a persuasive letter linking to our Geography topic this term. It will be about 'Fair Trade'.

We will continue to do our daily whole class reading sessions, daily spelling sessions and a weekly handwriting focus session. 

Our Geography topic is 'Trade Places'. Please see the knowledge organiser below to find out the key things we are learning this term.

Other subjects in Autumn 2...

RE - We will be learning all about Judaism, and our big question this term is 'Why is the Torah so important for Jewish people?'

Science - We will be continuing with the topic 'Forces' this term. We will be learning about mechanisms such as pulleys, levers and gears. We will then start our new topic 'Materials'.

PSHE - We will be focusing on the topic of 'Celebrate Difference' this half term. We will be discussing how to be respecteful and kind when we meet people that may have different views and cultures to our own.

Art - We are super excited to be doing a topic on 'Drawing' this half term. We will be focussing on the 'Space race era' and retrofuturism.

Computing - We will be learning all about videos and how we can create, edit and improve videos.

French - We will be learning the vocabulary for clothing, where adjectives are positioned in French, expressing opinions on clothing and describing clothing.