Year 5

Our topic for this half term is about 'The Tudors'!

In this topic, we will be learning all about famous kings and queens from the Tudor era, their grisly punishments, weird and wonderful medicine, smelly jobs and brutal sports!

Our Pathways to Read text for this half term is:

During this Pathways to Read text, we will learn all about the devastating impact of pollution and the importance of recycling in order to protect our world.

Our Pathways to write text for this half term is:

A beautiful story with the message of 'All it takes is one'. The story is all about one coral gamete starting a colony in the ocean and one person making a difference in the world with a single idea - help us heal the earth. 

Summer 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 Summer Term, we will be covering the following units:

• Geometry.
• Decimals.
• Negative numbers.
• Measure.

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

P.E. Days for Summer Term:

Our P.E. sessions are as follows:

5C - Monday and Wednesday.

5S - Tuesday and Wednesday.

Please ensure you come in your kit ready on these days. This is a coloured t-shirt for you house team, 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. 

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 Century. 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.