Anston Park Junior School

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@anstonparkjuniors.co.uk 

Y5 Teachers

Mr Bradley - 5B

Mrs Dunsdon - 5D

Teaching Assistant 

Mrs Morton

Ms Hutchinson (4 days)

Mrs. K. Cliff (1 day)

Class Novels

Every day, we enjoy listening to a story.

This half term we are reading:

5B:

5D:

Autumn Term 2 - English Text

 This half term we will be focusing on the book 'The Lost Happy Endings' by Carol Ann Duffy and Jane Ray.

We will be working towards writing a traditional tale inspired by the events in the book by the end of this half term.

We will learn how to use expanded noun phrases, describe settings, characters and atmosphere, use dialogue to convey character and advance action and use inverted commas and other speech punctuation correctly.

Science

Properties and Changes of Materials

 During this unit we will learn about how to compare and group everyday materials and look at solutions and how materials can be changed in different ways.

Key Questions:

• What are solids, liquids and gases?
• Can I compare and group everyday materials?
• What is a solution?
• How do I separate a solution?
• What is a mixture?
• How do I separate a mixture?
• What are irreversible changes?

 History

Was the Anglo-Saxon Period really a Dark Age?

During this study of the Anglo-Saxon period we will explore what we know about this group of people when they settled in Britain from historical and archaeological sources of evidence. 

In this unit, the children will learn about the following in order to answer the main question in our unit - was the Anglo-Saxon period really a dark age?

• Find out who the Anglo-Saxons were and why they chose to settle in England
• Find out what people learnt from the Sutton Hoo ship burial
• Find out about the significance of the Staffordshire Hoard
• Look at written evidence about the Anglo-Saxons
• Explore how we find out about the past from archaeology

 Art

Painting - Watercolour and O'Keeffe

During this unit we will:

• Explore and be inspired by the work of Georgia O'Keeffe
• Create some observational drawing of flowers and petals
• Explore watercolour paints
• Explore O'Keeffe's techniques and artwork
• Plan, make and evaluate a final piece inspired by the work of Georgia O'Keeffe

In our other foundation subjects...

Computing - Creating Media (Vector Graphics)

PSHE - Celebrating Difference

RE - Is the Christmas Story true?

Music - Playing in a Band

French - Do you have a pet?

PE - Netball and Gymnastics (counter balance and tension) 

PE

Both Year 5 classes have PE sessions each week with our sports coach; Mr Smith.

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

 Y5 PE days are currently:

5B - Wednesday and Friday

5D - Wednesday and Friday

 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/