Year 5

P.E. Days for Autumn Term:

Our P.E. sessions are as follows:

5B - Tuesday and Thursday

5W - Tuesday and Wednesday

Please ensure you come in your kit ready on these days. This is a plain white or red t-shirt, plain jogging bottoms/shorts or leggings and trainers. Please note that football tops are not permitted for PE sessions. In colder weather, children are invited to wear either the school PE jumpers, or their normal school sweatshirt or cardigan. Other hoodies are not permitted. No jewellery should be worn, and earrings need to be removed or taped over. 

Homework 

Homework for Year 5 pupils will be set on a weekly basis. This could be in paper form or an online task using one of our online platforms such as Showbie, TTRS or Freckle. Your child will be provided with a login to access these online platforms, but if you have any difficulties in accessing these - please inform your child's class teacher and we will happily provide you with their login details. 

Our text for Autumn 2 is:

The Lost Happy Endings by Carol Ann Duffy & Jane Ray

In a land where bedtime stories come to life, a kind-hearted girl named Jub has a very special job — she scatters the happy endings to every tale across the land. But when a wicked witch steals them, the stories twist into darkness and chaos follows.

Readers will be enchanted by this magical story of courage and justice, as they explore the power of kindness and the consequences of cruelty.

Our text for Autumn 2 is:

Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman & Lorenzo Mattotti

Deep in the shadowy woods, two children are left to fend for themselves in a world that is both dark and dangerous. Hungry and alone, Hansel and Gretel stumble upon a strange house made entirely of sweets — but behind its tempting walls lies a terrifying secret.

Autumn Term Maths

As a school, we use the Power Maths White Rose Edition to support our pupils understanding of Maths using the mastery approach. 

In the Autumn Term, we will be covering the following units:

• Number and Place Value.
• 4 Operations (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division)
• Fractions

We will also continue to embed times tables knowledge from Year 4 and transfer these skills into formal written methods. 

Useful website links and support

https://ttrockstars.com/ 

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/48/column-subtraction 

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/22/column-addition

Our History topic for Autumn 2 is:

How did the achievements of the ancient Maya impact their society and beyond?

In this unit we will be working to answer these enquiry questions:

-  Where and when did the Maya live?

- How did the Maya settle in the rainforest?

- What was life like for the Maya?

- What did the Maya believe?

- How did the Maya tell the time?

- What can we learn about the Maya from what they left behind?