Support Staff - Miss Wells and Mrs Bullingham 

Welcome back Year 5

I hope you have all had a great break. As the weather can be changeable, please can you make sure that your child still 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 can you also make sure children bring water to school in bottles and a healthy snack (fruit or vegetable).

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/ Swimming

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 diamond of Drury lane by Julia Golding

Learning this Term

Maths     

In Maths, we will be extending our learning of fractions and decimals by now relating it to percentages. We will start by adding and subtracting fractions, before extending on to multiplying fractions and finding fractions of a quantity. Towards the end of the unit, we will relate percentage to ‘number of parts per hundred’. Later in the term, we will plot co-ordinates in 4 quadrants and begin to translate the shapes across quadrants. We will also reflect shapes on a grid.

Writing

Our class book, ‘The Diamond of Drury Lane’ by Julia Golding will be supporting our writing. We will start the term writing a newspaper report based around the mystery of the missing diamond. We will then write a historical narrative using descriptive devices to enhance their writing.

Reading

During reading we will be working our way through our class book ‘The Diamond of Drury Lane’ by Julia Golding where we 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 ‘Healthy Me’. In this unit, children will learn about making healthy choices in our diet and being physically active as well as how to be a good friend.

Science

In Science, we will be looking at Living Things and their habitats. We will be learning about the lifecycles of mammals, birds, insects and amphibians as well as describing the process of reproduction in some plants and animals.

DT

In DT this term, we will be looking at structures. We will be looking at how frames are structured, reinforced and made rigid..

History

In History, we will be investigating ‘Power through the centuries.’ We will be learning about Britain between 1066 and 1830 and investigating whether the monarchs, governments or churches bore the most power?

Computing 

In Computing, we will be using the spreadsheets. The unit builds on children's existing spreadsheet knowledge and challenges them to apply it in increasingly realistic situations. Through measurement conversions, graphing, weather analysis, budgeting, and planning a holiday, children learn how spreadsheets support real-world decision-making and problem-solving.

Physical Education   

In PE, we will be focussing on the sport of football. The children will build on their football skills learnt in term 2, applying techniques to help defend the ball while passing it up the pitch as well as learning how to play as a member of a team. The children will also participate in dance and gym sessions.

 RE

We will be debating the question ‘How has Christian belief in Jesus as the Messiah impacted art & music’

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