Support Staff - Miss Wells and Mrs Bullingham 

Welcome back Year 5

We hope you have all had a great break. We will lucky to be having Miss Wells supporting in our class as well as Mrs Bullingham at various points through the week. As the weather can be changeable, please can you make sure that your child has a coat please. Could you also make sure that your child has their name on everything so that they are easy to find.

Please could children also ensure jewellery is removed before their PE lesson or prior to coming to school. Please can we also remind you that the children will not need to bring in pencil cases or stationary as this will be provided in class, and that toys and valuables are kept at home. 

Homework 

Spellings. These will be given weekly and tested on a Friday.
Weekly homework supporting the learning pattern will also be given each Friday and need to be returned the following Friday,
Continue to read at home. Aim for at least 3 times per week.
Continue practicing for times table challenges on Times Table Rock Stars.

PE Days

Children will have PE on Tuesday and Friday. Please ensure that children come to school wearing their Bitham Brook PE kit on these days. 

Tuesday- Dance/ Netball

Friday- Netball

When the children have PE they should continue to wear their Bitham Brook PE kit into school with the school jumper over the top (if weather conditions require a jumper).  Please note the Bitham Brook PE kit is a plain white t-shirt and black shorts/leggings/tracksuit with trainers.  Other sports clothing is not acceptable as it is important, that as a school, we have pride in our appearance.  It is important that children do not attend school in casual clothing as we want to maintain the children's sense of education being important; pride in their appearance; and belonging to Bitham Brook.

The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell

Learning this Term

Maths     

In Maths, we will be learning about place value. The children will be comparing and ordering numbers as well as rounding them to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. Later in the term they will be will be using formal methods to add and subtract.

Writing

Our Writing will be linked to our class book, ‘The Wizard of Once’ by Cressida Cowell. We will start by writing a set of instructions on How to Catch a Witch. We will finish the term by writing a fantasy story in the style of Cressida Cowell’s Wizard of Once.

Reading

During Reading we will be working our way through our class book ‘The Wizard of Once’ by Cressida Cowell where they will interrogate the text using the skills of inference and prediction as well as developing our vocabulary skills. The children will be able to continue with their own reading and testing their understanding using Accelerated reader.

PSHE       

Our PSHE topic this term is called ‘Being Me’. In this unit, children will learn about rights, rules and responsibilities.

Science

In Science, we will be looking at ‘Animals including Humans.’ We will be describing the changes which happen to humans as they develop into older age.

Art

n Art this term, we will be drawing. We will be learning about creating a non-realistic real life representation in an abstract way. The children will learn about the artists Wassily Kandinsky and Friedensreich Hundertwasser and their impact on abstract art. They will use pastels to create the techniques of feathering, scrumbling and blending.

Geography

We will be learning about World Trade. The children will learn about natural resources, how they are used as well as the use of trade, imports and exports. They will use 4 figure grid references to locate places they could buy imported foods on an OS map. Later they will investigate trade over time and finish learning about Fairtrade and the affect it can have on farmers.

Computing 

In Computing, we will be start by looking at e-safety. We will then look at using databases and begin to search and create our own.

Physical Education   

In PE, we will be focussing on the sport of Netball. We will be developing a range of netball passes and look to using them whilst on the move.

 RE

In RE, we will be exploring and discussing how Hindu beliefs are expressed in artefacts and worship.

French

We will begin to describe ourselves and others. We will also look at French grammar as well as examine the origin of words.

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