This year you are lucky enough to have 2 different teachers within your class.

Mr Martin - Class Teacher

Miss Stairmand - Teaching Assistant

PE will take place every Tuesday and Thursday, when you will complete Netball and Health Related Fitness.

For PE sessions please bring the following:

- Black shorts, leggings or jogging bottoms

- White t-shirt or polo shirt

- Black pumps or trainers

It is usually best to leave your child's PE kit in school for the half-term so that it is always available to use.

It is important that your child brings their reading book into school each day as the days on which they will be able to read with an adult may change from time to time. It is also crucial that you listen to your child read each evening and ensure that you sign their reading record highlighting what they have read and how they performed.

Within this class reading records will be checked and books changed on a Friday.

Homework will be set on a Tuesday through our online learning platform, SeeSaw. A link for which is placed below:

https://app.seesaw.me/#/login

All homework should be completed by the following Monday and will be checked by your teacher on this day. Please make sure that if you are having difficulties with the homework, that you contact your class teacher with plenty of time so that they can assist your child in its completion. In addition, the school also run a homework club which can really help support those children that struggle completing their tasks independently.

Year 5 - Spring 1

Is it right to fight?

As mathematicians we will:

• multiply up to 4 digit by a 2digit number
• solve problems with multiplication
• tackle short division problems
• divide a 4 digit number by a 1 digit number
• divide with remainders
• solve problems with both multiplication and division.                                                                                                       

As scientists we will:

• describe gravity and its effects
• plan a fair test to investigate air resistance
• describe air resistance and its effects
• design a results table when investigating water resistance
• consider friction and its effects
• describe the relationship between lever length and effort.                                                                                         

As writers we will:

• use expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely
• use relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or an omitted relative pronoun
• link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials
• use commas to clarify meaning and avoid ambiguity in writing
• vary story openings: start with dialogue, action or description
• use paragraphs to vary pace and emphasis
• use dialogue to move action forward
• develop and keep characters consistent through description
• develop settings through description and link this with the characters or plot.                                                     

As readers we will:                                      

Practise our VIPERS skills:

Vocabulary

Inference

Prediction

Explanation

Retrieval

Summarise

This half term we are reading, At Least Once by Morris Gleitzman.

As children ‘Living in the Wider World’, in PSHE, we will:

• discuss why rules and laws are made and enforced and why there are different rules needed in different situations
• know the range of jobs carried out by people you know and explore how much people earn in different jobs
• know that there are rights and responsibilities when playing a game online or in a social network community
• learn that you have different kinds of responsibilities, rights and duties at home, at school, in the community and towards the environment
• understand that you will need money to help you achieve some of your dreams
• develop an initial understanding of the concepts of ‘interest’, ‘loan’, ‘debt’, and ‘tax’.

As computing experts, we will:

• understand there are many different types of secret codes.
• consider the importance of having a secure password.
• recognise the importance of the history of computers and create a well researched presentation.
•  design a computer of the future.
• create an audio advert for a future computer.

As historians we will:

• Discover what the main causes for WW1 were.
• Learn what WW1 would have looked like without the service of animals.
• Look at the significant technological developments of WW1
• Investigate the impact of the Treaty of Versailles.