We hope that you had a lovely Christmas break. Welcome to the spring term where we look forward to the continuing partnerships between home and school.
In Year 5, we will be studying Street Child and The Adventures of Odysseus - as class texts, and Frankenstein, Oliver Twist, The Iron woman and The Daydreamer (a selection of the stories within the book) as our guided reading books (on a carousel – 2 of these per class this term).
Maths
Our curriculum is based on the White Rose Maths programme. Its research-based learning strategy ensures that the skills and concepts children are taught are fully embedded before progressing. As well as being taught traditional abstract (numbers) methods of calculation, children will also use strategies such as bar modelling and have opportunities to use physical tools where it is supportive to learning.
This term we will be focusing on multiplication and division, fractions, decimals & percentages, perimeter & area and statistics.
Children should also use Times Tables Rockstars to increase their speed of recall of multiplication.
Curriculum Highlights
This term, we continue to learn about life in the Victorian era and then we will focus on Ancient Greece. In Science, we will focus on forces and how to care for our world.
You can find out more information about the spring term learning by looking at the overviews and programmes of study on the website.
Home Learning
Reading books and reading journals should be brought to school every day. The reading records have space for keeping a record of books read, and every third or so page has a creative space where your child can make a response to the book they are currently reading. The teacher will have informed the children which day their record should be handed in. We encourage you to listen to your child read at this stage and also for you to read to them. We would really value a parental comment in the book each week as this shows the children that we have a partnership with you and take reading very seriously.
The home learning grid is filled with creative ideas and we expect all children to complete one English, one maths and one creative task every half term. Please speak to your child’s teacher if your child finds a particular subject in the grid more challenging and requires extra support (in addition to that given in class) to complete it.
We encourage all children to use Century, an online learning portal, at home as much as possible. Century uses the White Rose Maths scheme of learning for maths and also offers children an opportunity to progress their English and foundation subject knowledge.
Thank you in advance for all of your support in the year ahead,
Kind regards,
The Year 5 Team