Year 5

Welcome to Year 5's Class Page

Year 5 Teacher – Mrs Blacklock
Year 5 Teaching Assistant – Miss Burns

Welcome to Year 5!

We are Mrs Blacklock and Miss Burns, and we are so excited to share the Year 5 journey with your child. This year brings a whole new adventure, with plenty of opportunities to grow in confidence, become more independent and discover just how much we are capable of achieving.

In Year 5, our classroom is a happy, positive and welcoming place where everyone feels valued and ready to learn. We will encourage each other, celebrate our successes and remember that making mistakes, persevering and trying again are all important parts of learning.

Throughout the year, the children will build on everything they have already learned while taking on new challenges, developing new skills and enjoying lots of exciting experiences together. We hope to inspire curiosity, encourage children to believe in themselves and, most importantly, make Year 5 a year filled with learning, laughter and memories.

We are really looking forward to working closely with you and supporting your child throughout their Year 5 journey. Please keep an eye on our class page for important updates, useful information and a glimpse of all the wonderful things we have been getting up to in class.

Thank you for your continued support.

PE Days – Wednesday and Thursday

Homework – Homework packs are sent home every Thursday and should be completed and returned the following week.

Reading Books – Reading books are sent home weekly and must be brought back into school every Thursday, ready to be changed.

Homework Menus – Homework menus are sent home termly.

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.