This year you are lucky enough to have 2 different teachers within your class.

Mrs Rowlands - Class Teacher (Monday - Wednesday)

Miss Conlon - Class Teacher (Wednesday - Friday)

Mrs Warren - Teaching Assistant

Miss Waring - Teaching Assistant

PE will take place every Monday and Friday afternoon. 

For PE sessions please bring the following:

- Black shorts, leggings or jogging bottoms

- White t-shirt or polo shirt

- Black pumps or trainers

It is usually best to leave your child's PE kit in school for the half-term so that it is always available to use.

It is important that your child brings their reading book into school each day as the days on which they will be able to read with an adult may change from time to time. It is also crucial that you listen to your child read each evening and ensure that you sign their reading record highlighting what they have read and how they performed.

Within this class reading records will be checked and books changed on a Friday.

Homework will be set on a Tuesday through our online learning platform, SeeSaw. A link for which is placed below:

https://app.seesaw.me/#/login

All homework should be completed by the following Monday and will be checked by your teacher on this day. Please make sure that if you are having difficulties with the homework, that you contact your class teacher with plenty of time so that they can assist your child in its completion. In addition, the school also run a homework club which can really help support those children that struggle completing their tasks independently.

Year 5 - Autumn 1

As mathematicians we will learn:

• Roman numerals to 1,000

• Numbers to 10,000
• Numbers to 100,000
• Numbers to 1,000,000
• Read and write numbers 1,000,000
• Powers of 10
• 10/100/1,000/10,000/1,000,000
• Number line to 1,000,000

As writers, we will:

• Identify the audience for and purpose of writing.
• Organise paragraphs around a theme with a focus on more complex narrative structures.
• Use commas after fronted adverbials.
• Use commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing.
• Engage reader through use of description, feelings and opinions.
• Use adverbs and fronted adverbials (with doubt in my mind, anxiously, afterwards).
• Use rhetorical questions to engage reader.
• Use consistent 1st person.
• Write in consistent tense including progressive and perfect forms.
• Include the 5Ws – who, what, where, when, why and how.

As scientists, we will:

• Describe gravity and its effects.
• Consider the relationship between mass and gravity.
• Describe air resistance and its effects.
• Define friction and its effects.
• Describe water resistance and its effects.
• Describe the relationship between surface area and air and water resistance.
• Explain how to make an object aerodynamic or streamlined.
• Describe the effects of levers, pulleys and simple machines on movement.
• Plan a fair test to investigate air resistance.
• Write a method.
• Design a results table.
• Draw an accurate line graph.

As historians, we will:

• Work chronologically and make inferences about who the Ancient Greeks were
• Compare Ancient Greek religion to other religions we know about
• Debate whether it was better to be a Spartan or Athenian
• Handle evidence to decide if Alexander the Great was actually ‘great’
• Learn about the Greek Empire
• Recognise the historical significance of the Ancient Greeks and discover their many legacies.

As chefs in Design Technology, we will:

• Be researching the food and climate of Ancient Greece and linking this to the Eatwell Plate.
• Practising our food preparation skills by making flatbreads and humous.
• Designing our own flatbread combinations as an alternative to a sandwich to appeal to children.
• Making our own delicious flatbread recipes in the school kitchen.
• Evaluating our products and making any adjustments to the recipe before sharing it with the local community.

As geographers and world explorers we, will:

• Be comparing the geography of Greece and the UK.
• Learning about the climate in Greece and researching the difference in temperature.
• Considering the importance food has to the Greek economy, specifically olive oil.
• Thinking about how tourism effects the Greek economy.
• Understanding how tourism can have positive and negative impacts on a place and recognising how tourism can be sustainable.

As computer scientists we will be able to:

• Identify some types of data the Mars Rover could collect.
• Explain how the Mars Rover transmits the data back to Earth and the challenges involved.
• Read any number in binary, up to eight bits.
• Identify input, processing and output on the Mars Rovers.
• Read binary numbers and grasp the concept of binary addition.

As learners of RE we will be exploring the Big Question:

• What does it mean if Christians believe God is holy and loving?

We will answer the questions:

• What words do pupils connect to the idea of ‘God’? What words do Christians connect to their idea of God? 
• What does the Bible say God is like?
• How can ideas of God be expressed in art?
• How do some Christians respond to a holy and loving God?
• How do churches and cathedrals reflect Christian ideas about God? 

As children who value our positive health and well-being in PSHE, we will:

• Learn ways of achieving and celebrating certain goals.
• Understand that having high aspirations can support personal achievements.
• Find out how I would administer first aid or get help in an emergency situation.
• Learn how to recognise and deal with suspicious content online.
• Learn what I should expect as I become a teenager.
• Learn how to cope with loss, separation, divorce or bereavement.
• Learn how to manage conflicting emotions.
• Learn what self-image is.
• Understand what the result of pressure to have a certain body type can be.
• Consider the choices that I should make to have a healthy lifestyle.