Adel St John The Baptist

Love - Serve - Support - Succeed

Welcome to Year 5

Year 5 Curriculum Map

Year 5 Essential Information

 Below are some brief details about our learning this half term and some key information to help the half term run smoothly. Please do keep an eye out for regular information about our class on the new school and any last minute information or changes on the school app.  

 

 

 

English: In class we will continue to follow the Jane Considine scheme which proved successful last year. This half term the children will write a recount

of their summer; a piece of fiction about a girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut; and a sci-fi adventure Alongside this they will study a variety of texts with a link to Space and the solar system pioneers, scientists and dreamers.

Reading: Children are still expected to be reading at home and should all have their own book to take home or one of their own choice, that is at the expected standard for their age . We ask that the children read at home at least 3 x per week. They have been issued with their own Reading record in which a parent/guardian should sign to say your child has completed the required reading. The children are also expected to write down 5 new words they encounter during their reading each week and define them. The records ers will need to be checked in school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. In class we have whole class guided reading on a range of fiction and non fiction texts, 3 x per week as well as daily story time. Some children requiring extra assistance will be heard regularly in class. You can help your child’s progress by hearing them read for at least 5 minutes every day or questioning them on what they have read. It really is the key to all their future success.

Maths: We will continue to follow the White Rose Maths programme of study. This term, the focus will be on shape, direction and position, capacity, decimals and negative numbers. Childrplace value; addition and subtraction; and multiplication. Children are also set 3 mathletics tasks each week which should be completed at home. Please email me if you require their login details. We also recommend they keep practising their multiplication tables on TT Rockstars at least 3 times a week, at home, as this will benefit their division and fraction work immensely. They will also continue to use TTRS in school on a regular basis.

HUMANITIES

HISTORY: Learning about the Space Race and the early pioneers.

GEOGRAPHY: Learning about the differences between North and South America.

Science We will be larning about the solar system, orbits, the phases of the moon, gravity and other forces.

RE: In R.E. we will be learning more about the diverse religious make-up of our region and what binds them all.

 

Computing: We will be looking at what a system is and how they operate across various spheres. 

 

UNDERSTANDING THE ARTS

ART: We follow the new Art Access online scheme of learning as well as self portraits in the style of Julian Opie.

MUSIC: This term we will be using Charanga..  

 

PSHE – Children will be looking at change and managing their feelings.

P.E. – This half term in P.E. we will focus on rugby and gymnastics. P.E. Sessions are on Monday & Thursday, so please send your

child to school already dressed in their P.E. kit.

 

 Things to remember:

 

·     All children should bring a flask or bottle of water to school. This should be taken home and washed every day.

 

Please read with your child for 5 minutes every day or questioning them on what they have read. It really is the key to all their future success.

 

·     PE is on a Monday and Thursday for this half term. Children should come dressed in their P.E. kit and will stay in it for the rest of the day. A change of clothing is not necessary. Children need to come to school in a white t-shirt and black shorts or black tracksuit plus trainers.

Reading records should be brought in for review every Monday, Wednesday, Friday - signed by an adult to say they have heard the child read that week.

·     Spellings are sent home on a Friday evening. The subsequent spelling practice of the words is the following Thursday. Spelling practice will now take the form of just 5 words from the chosen 10, with more practising of them all in class.

·     Mathletics homework will usually consist of 3 tasks I have set the children. Please ensure the children attempt these before playing on other areas of Mathletics as their scores are fed through to me and allow me to target any areas the children might be struggling with. If you have lost your login, please contact Mr Routledge

·     Children access TTRockstars 3 times a week in school, However, it is recommended that they spend 5 minutes on it every day to get super secure and quicker.

·     Children should not bring anything to school other than book bag, school book, reding record, packed lunch and a water bottle.

 May I remind parents and carers to ensure that all of your child’s clothing is named as it makes finding the right owner so much

 

 

. Thank you for your continued support.

Should you need to get in touch, please contact the school office or my email address

 

Glen.routledge@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk

 

                Mr Routledge     

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

 

 

 

Year 5 Class Blog

Week ending 6th September

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 5 Class Blog

Hello and welcome to Year 5. We've just about all woken up from our summer slumber and remembered which way round to hold our pens and pencils. Almost. This week has been about getting to know each other, establishing class rules and expectations and shaking off the cobwebs with regard our reading, writing and maths, so that we are ready to tackle the wider curriculum from next week. I hope many of you are able to make our 'meet the teacher' night on Tuesday at 3.15pm. After which, I will put up the class letter and expectations, plus any knowledge organisers for the Autumn term.

Each Friday night I will put up the spellings for practising next Thursday, in school. This week, the children seemed a bit rusty with number spellings so I am making them the focus this week:

two

thirteen

twenty-seven

thirty-four

forty-eight

fifty- five

sixty - one

seventy- two

eighty-nine

ninety-three

Have a great weekend

Mr Routledge


week ending 28th June

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 5 Class Blog

This week has been mostly rehearsal, negative numbers, writing a poem and guided reading with a little bit of history on the Egyptian Gods. Letters also went home for show tickets ; show costumes ; and a school trip. So please check your child's bag if you haven't received them

Spellings for next Thursday are to practise the suffix -ive :

attractive

creative

addictive

assertive

abusive

co-operative

exhaustive

appreciative

offensive

expressive

Have a great weekend.


Week ending 21st June

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 5 Class Blog

Hello,

Well it looks like summer has finally decided to show up, a week after sports day, but hey, we'll take what we can get. This week children have been writing up a detailed recipe of their cooking exploits last week ; finishing off decimals ; learning about Egyptian tombs ; practising their athletics skills in P.E., who wrote the Q'aran in R.E., composing tunes in music ; learning about family based conversations in French and of course, rehearsing for the show! 

This week's spellings are to practise the suffix -ful:

boastful

faithful

doubtful

fearful

thankful

beautiful

plentiful

pitiful

fanciful

merciful

Have a great weekend and remember the sunscreen!


Week ending 14th June

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 5 Class Blog

Hello again,

What a week Healthy Living week has been. The children have learnt some basic first aid; started each day with some wake-up shake-up; learnt how to eat more healthily and cooked their own pasta sauce (as well as designing their brand label) which they have taken home tonight to put on their pasta ; and of course, the coldest Sports Day ever, which was great fun. In between that we've squeezed in a bit of writing, some maths on decimals, French, Guided reading and spellings and of course quite a few rehearsals. Phew! No wonder we're all so exhausted.

This week's spellings are using the prefixes re- and de- to be practised on Thursday 20th June:

deflate

deform

decode

decompose

define

recycle

rebuild

rewrite

replace

revisit

Have a great weekend and enjoy the football


th JuneWeek ending

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 5 Class Blog

Welcome back again, to our final half term in Year 5. I hope you all had a restful half term. This week we have been finalising the casting of the play so everybody should now have a part. If you have access to Spotify the show tunes can be downloaded so you can all practice and sing-a-long in the car!

In maths we have been looking at symmetry and reflection while in writing the children wrote their own diary entries as King Tutankhamun. In art the children looked into architecture and in history, the importance of the river Nile to the Egyptians. Computing involved the children continuing with their work on conditions in programming and asking questions.

Next week is healthy living week and the children are invited to attend in their P.E. kit every day.  Tuesday is sports day, KS2 is in the afternoon so if the sun does make an appearance please ensure your child has sun cream on, brings their water bottle and also a cap to shade their head.

Wake up, shake up will be at 8.45am each day so come along if you want to get warmed up for the day.

Spellings to practice for next Thursday are:

definite

desperate

literate

secretary

stationary

dictionary

familiar

original

animal

Wednesday


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