Year 5 Our Class Charter Be kind and respectful to everyone Year 5 Our Class Charter Be kind and respectful to everyone. Tell the truth Talk only when we should; let other children concentrate on their work. Overcome shyness and contribute our ideas to the class. Keep ourselves safe – report any bullying behaviour to staff. Be polite; say thank you, excuse me, please and hold doors open for other people. Be happy and optimistic. Do not get disappointed if we can’t get something right first time. We learn from our mistakes. Be the best we can be –give 100% effort at all times.

Homework Spellings: Given out Monday to learn for a test the following week. Maths: given out on Thursday to be given in the following Tuesday. Literacy: given out Thursday for the following Tuesday. Reading: Please listen to your child read for 10 minutes every day and record your comments in their Reading Diary. Please encourage your child to read a range of quality literature to improve their vocabulary and imaginations.

Year 5 - Summer Term1 2015 Literacy We will be exploring story structure using a story from another culture – Dragon Slayer by Gill Howell This is an exciting adventure story set in China. We will then focus on non-chronological reports through ‘A Field Guide for Ogre Watchers’. We will also use our skills to write other reports in science and geography.

Maths – Mrs Dearman This half term we will be; Revising line graphs and probability. Exploring the nets of 3d shapes. Investigating the symmetry in regular and irregular shapes Rounding, adding & subtracting money and decimals Multiplying fractions and converting improper fractions Comparing decimals, fractions and percentages Practising long multiplication and formal methods for adding and subtracting 5 digit numbers Translating 2D shapes using Coordinates Working on negative numbers for temperature

Maths – Mrs Simon This half term we will be learning how to read and mark co-ordinates in the first two quadrants; draw simple polygons using co-ordinates; translate simple polygons by adding to and subtracting from the co-ordinates; reflect simple shapes in the y axis or in a line, noting the effect on the co-ordinates; translate simple shapes and note what happens to the co-ordinates; draw regular and irregular 2D shapes using given dimensions and angles; use the properties of 2D shapes, including rectangles, to derive related facts; identify 3D shapes from 2D representations; create 3D shapes using 2D nets and draw 3D shapes. We will also be covering some ratio and example SATs questions.

Science In Science this half term we will continue with our topic, The Circle of Life. In this topic, the children will look at life cycles of various species – including mammals, amphibians and birds. They also look at and describe the life process of reproduction in plants and animals.

Sharing experiences and opinions Computing We are bloggers Sharing experiences and opinions This half term, we will be continuing with our Blogging topic which we started last term. Blogging provides a worldwide audience for pupils’ work. Commenting on others’ work extends pupils’ sense of membership of a learning community. In this unit, pupils will create a media-rich blog, comment on blogs and respond to comments. Vocabulary audience blog blogroll copyright dashboard hyperlinks podcast Skills communication content creation searching E-Safety: The pupils will write content for their own or a shared blog, thinking carefully about what can be appropriately shared online. They will consider issues of copyright and digital footprint as well as what constitutes acceptable behaviour when commenting on others’ blog posts. The pupils will also think about the importance of creating high-quality online content.

History/Geography This term we are studying water. The children will find out about the water cycle; they will explore what a drought is and think about how drought can affect people, wildlife and the environment. They will begin to understand how we can all make a difference by reducing our water usage. A useful website for more information is http://www.thameswater.co.uk/tw/common/downloads/community-recreation/community-schools-drought-lesson-plan.pdf

Art: Inspired by our trip to the rainforest conservatories of Kew Gardens we will look at the work of the artist, Henri Rousseau, noting how he built up his landscapes of jungle plants from a series of repetitive shapes. We will then create our own 3D jungle scenes.

Music – Mrs Simon This half term we will be studying a unit of music relating to film. We will be looking at the composition of pieces. We will be using sound effects and music in early animation to understand music narrative. We will continue to perform songs using different instruments. We will explore tempo and the structure of songs as well as musical phrases. We will learn about using timesheets and cue scores to create music for a movie performance.

PE/Games Ball skills in cricket and rounders. Athletics skills. PSHE/RRS We will discuss the democratic process and take a look at the general election. We will encourage the children to hold debates on some of the more important issues. The children will also be visiting Perry House on a Wednesday afternoon.

In this unit children will learn: • Why the Bible is important to Christians • That the Bible is made up of different types of writing and has a variety of authors • How Christians use the Bible as a source of inspiration • Some Bible stories and their significance to believers

ICT

French – Mrs Simon This half term in French we will be looking at Spring traditions and descriptions. We will also be learning vocabulary relating to the weather and will look at French stories which include details about weather. We will be learning adjectives to describe people and pets. We will increase our use of French dictionaries. We have a French student who will be spending some time with us so that we can practise conversing in French.