Welcome to Year 5
Mr Houghton, Miss Hall and Mrs Bilby
In Year 5 we love working together to progress in our learning. In Year 5 we are all amazing and work together as a team. We have so much fun learning lots of different things. We focus on our Times Tables Probes, Maths and English in the morning and then we enjoy expanding our knowledge of so many different topics in the afternoon, such as:
- Swimming
- History
- Geography
- Art
- R.E.
- P.E. – We go swimming on a Monday and have P.E. on a Thursday
- French
- Computing
- Science
- PSHE
We can’t wait to share all of our amazing learning with you!
Mr Houghton will be your teacher Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Mrs Hall will be your teacher on a Thursday and Friday.
Learning Panes
In Year 5 learning is very important to us all and we like to reflect on the amazing things we learn. At the end of each day we complete our ‘Learning Pane’ together. We discuss what has been the two most important pieces of learning to us that day. You can see an example below:
Homework
Homework focuses on 3 key areas:
Reading
Spelling
Times Tables
Reading helps our brains grow and can take us to so many amazing places! We ask that your child reads at home at least 3 times a week. Please sign your child’s reading record each time they read at home. We will also send home key spellings each week (to be completed daily) as well as key times tables facts (rotated weekly). Home work is sent out on a Friday and is to be returned the following Thursday. Let’s see who are our HOMEWORK HEROES!
Maths Learning!
In maths we follow Abacus Mathematics Scheme as the basis of our progressive curriculum across the whole school. This ensures that learning is consolidated and built on year after year.
Year 5 are amazing in their learning at school and I know they are so keen to continue this at home! We have our very own Year 5 MyMaths log in so that all of Year 5 can access maths activities and games.
Ways to support your Learning!
There are some great games on https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
Don’t forget about our Super Movers times tables songs on https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/times-table-collection/z4vv6v4
There is a free online library on https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/ which will keep you entertained with some great stories. There’s fiction and non-fiction. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page there are also a range of great activities for you to try.
BBC Bitesize KS2 also has some videos and quizzes linked to science and topic that you can have lots of fun with.
Celebrating Our Achievements!
Every week we love to celebrate all the incredible things we have done. We look for people in our class who have shown our school values, had a fantastic attitude towards their learning and shown a super effort throughout the week.
We can’t wait to share all of our achievements with you too!
