Welcome back!

We hope you're looking forward to the half term ahead.

We hope that this page gives you and your families lots of information about some of the things we will be learning.

Parents/carers, if you have any questions please contact your child's class teacher at school or
e-mail: enquiries@apj.wwpat.org

Y5 Teachers

Miss Lloyd - 5L

Miss Harvey - 5H

Teaching Assistant 

Ms Hutchinson

Mr Constantinou

Autumn Term 1 - English Text

 This half term we will be focusing on the book 'Queen of the Falls' by Chris Van Allsburg.

We will be working towards writing a diary from the point of view of Annie Edson Taylor before competing her daredevil feat.

Will explore how to use fronted adverbials, how to engage a reader through description, feelings and opinions, use of first person, and organising paragraphs around a theme. 

Science

Animals including humans

During this unit, we will:

describe the changes as humans develop to old age.

Geography 

Brazil Study (Location & Landscape)

In this unit we will:

• Look at where Brazil is in the world and consider what continent it is in and the bodies of water that surround it
• Name and locate the Amazon River, Amazon Rainforest, the Pico de Neblina in the Imeri mountains and the Atlantic Ocean
• Find out about the urban and rural areas in Brazil and the differences between them
• Think about why people live at on the coast of Brazil
• Explore the city of Rio de Janeiro and the divide between poor and the rich, including the the living conditions of both groups and the consequences of the divide

In our other foundation subjects...

Art - Kandinsky - abstract art

Computing - Video production

PSHE - Being me in my world

RE - What is the best way for a Sanatani to show commitment to God?

Music - 

French - La Date

PE

Please ensure that your child comes to school in their P.E. uniform on PE days. 

 Y5 PE days are currently:

5L - Monday and Wednesday 

5H - Monday and Wednesday

 Indoor Kit =  plain white t-shirt, black shorts or tracksuit bottoms and suitable shoes (pumps or trainers). No football shirts or strips please.

Outdoor Kit = plain tracksuit bottoms and warm jacket and shoes suitable for all weathers (trainers)

Please remember that no jewellery should be worn and earrings MUST be removed by the child for any PE session. Long hair needs to be tied back.  

Homework Menu

As part of our wider curriculum topic, children can also choose to complete homework from our homework menu (see below). This is optional, however, it will be enjoyable for the children and it will allow them to take their learning further and share it with you at home. Once any tasks have been completed please bring them into school and we will do our best to display as many of them as possible.

We would love to see how creative you can be and display your hard work for all to see.

Times Tables

 It is still important to ensure that children in Y5 are secure and fluent with their times tables facts as they are needed in many aspects of the Y5 maths curriculum. Without the quick recall of these facts, maths learning becomes much more challenging as children need to work hard to recall the times table fact they need as well as work through new methods.

Below is a grid of the core multiplication facts we would like children to learn with quick recall and fluency. Once children know these facts, they can use them to work out any other facts (eg: knowing 2x and 10x tables means they can calculate 12x)

Please continue to support your child with learning these facts and encouraging them to play on Times Table Rock Stars also: https://ttrockstars.com/