Year 5

Welcome to

Year 5

Miss Duvall - Year 5 Teacher

Miss Cadwallader and Mrs Garner - Year 5 Support

PE- Tuesday and Wednesday

Homework packs are sent home weekly alongside reading books.

Please return reading books Friday to be changed.

Homework menus are sent out each half term.

Thanks

My name is Miss Duvall and I am excited to be teaching your children this year. In our class, I am joined by our wonderful teaching assistants; Miss Cadwallader and Mrs Garner and together we are working together to help your children learn, grow and shine. Year 5 is a year filled with new opportunities, challenges, and achievements, where children continue to build on the skills they have developed so far and take greater responsibility for their learning. Our aim is to provide a safe, supportive, and stimulating environment in which every child feels confident to try their best, ask questions, and explore new ideas.

Throughout the year, we will focus on developing independence, resilience, and a love of learning, as well as encouraging teamwork and respect for one another. The curriculum will be engaging and broad, with opportunities to deepen understanding across all subjects, while also nurturing creativity and curiosity.

We value the strong partnership between home and school and believe that by working together we can ensure the best outcomes for your child. Regular communication will keep you informed about your child’s progress and experiences, and we encourage you to share in their successes and support them with challenges along the way.

We are truly looking forward to the year ahead and to celebrating the growth, achievements, and memorable moments that Year 5 will bring.

Year 5

Class Posts

Y5 D&T

Autumn

Y5 Art

Autumn

In art this term year 5 have been looking at the artist Hundertwasser. We have researched about all the different types of art work he had made, which are very colour and vivid. From this research it has helped us to be able to create one of our own pieces or recreate one of Hundertwasser pieces of art.

Spring

Summer

Y5 P.S.H.E.

Autumn

In PSHE this term year 5 are looking at families and relationships. Families and why are families special? Are there different types of families?

Friendships- peer influences. Safe relationships- physical contact and how to keep safe.

Y5 Spanish

Autumn

In Spanish this term year 5 have been learning about our family members, different colours and different types of clothing that we wear.

Y5 Music

This term in music year 5 have been music composers and have been learning how to product their own songs.

We have a Ukelele teacher who comes in to teach us how to play the Ukelele. We have also explore all the different musical language and what all of the words mean.

Y5 History

Autumn

In history year 5 have studied The Round City of Baghdad. We've explored where and how it was built, who built it, why did he build it, why it is important to understand medieval Islam and how Islamic scholars preserved learning tools

We have explored different key individuals and how the past is constructed from a range of sources.

Y5 Maths

Autumn

In maths this term we are learning about number and place value.

We have looked at roman numerals.

We have looked at comparing and ordering numbers to one million, Rounding to the nearest 100 and counting in 10s, 100s, 1000s, 10,000s and 100,000s.

We have found using place value charts, number lines and other resources very valuable.

Y5 Geography

Autumn

In Geography this term we have been studying Why is California so thirsty?

We have studied the Water Cycle and the different aspect of it. Here are some key words we have learnt: precipitation, evaportation, condensation, ground water.

We have discussed why do we need water and what can the effect be if we do not have water?

We are continuing to look at Drought, water supply, farming, crops, almonds.

Y5 English

Autumn

This term in English we have been reading the book ‘Henry’s Freedom box’. Henry was a slave who lived in 1800s America who had lost everything when his family was taking away from him. Henry came up with a idea in which he was going to mail himself to Philadelphia to escape slavery and give himself a better life. Year 5 have been writing their own diary entries from one of the characters in the story.

Year 5’s next writing outcome will be to write non-fiction biographies about Henry Brown using the biography of Martin Luther King as the model example.

Y5 Computing

Autumn

This term in computing year 5 have been looking at Variables. We have a computing teacher who comes in to teach us all about variables. We have particularly enjoyed using scratch.