by Mr Wain
AUTUMN TERM LEARNING IN YEAR 5
September 16, 2011 in Class 5 Handbook, Parents, Year 5 by Mr Wain
This term in Year 5 we will be incredibly busy learning a whole host of new topics, read on to find out what your child will be learning about!
Literacy
In Literacy our learning comes form the autumn term strands of the New Primary Strategy, focusing on 2 narrative units, a poetry unit and 2 non-narrative units. Our target will be reading related this term and there will be an emphasis on questioning from our assessment focus areas. We would appreciate your support in listening to your child read every night. It is important that even the most capable of children still read out loud. Spellings are given and tested weekly, on a Wednesday.
Mathematics
Numeracy lessons follow the Numeracy Framework and your child will be learning topics such as: place value, written methods of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions, problem solving, data, shape and space.
Humanities
This term we are studying a history topic, learning about life in a mining community. Our educational visit will tie in with this with a visit to Caphouse colliery in Wakefield where we will go down a real mine. We also hope to enjoy a visit from a friend of the school who used to work in a local mine and as a Mines rescuer. Linked to this topic, we will also be learning about sustainability and alternative energy and about materials
Science
In science we are learning about life cycles of both plants and animals. We will then learn about the earth sun and moon.
R.E
We are learning about Buddhism, faith and practice. We will be also expected to be able to start making comparisons with the other religions that we have studied over the years.
P.E
In P.E the children will be concentrating on gymnastics and movement. In Games they will be learning basketball skills with Mr Smith, a basketball coach that has been working with our school over the last 11 years.
Don’t forget that our school website now includes our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), your children use this to create and save work both at home and at school. We hope that in using this VLE, you will engage with your child and see what they have been doing.