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Year 5
Welcome to Year Five
Teacher: Miss Gardner
Hello everyone!
A warm welcome to our class page. Please revisit this page to find regular updates, useful websites and to explore what we have been learning about in class. We're extremely excited to support your child in both their academic and personal development over the course of the academic year.
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Gardner
Our Learning
Welcome to Summer 1, I hope you have had a lovely Easter break!
Our topic this half term is Baghdad and the Middle East, where we will be exploring the Round City of Baghdad and how the Golden Age of Islam.
Year 5 Summer 1 Messages
- Swimming is every Friday.
- Reading books and reading records to be brought to school every day (to be read with staff)
- Homework is sent out every Tuesday and is due in the following Monday.
- Remember to log on to TT Rockstars and Numbots at home as much as possible.
- Please look at the class pages links for further information about curriculum/learning for our child this half term
Local History
Science - Properties of Materials
Science - Forces
History - Vikings
Picture News
Art - Installation Art
English - Explanation Text
Book Talk - Riddle of the Runes
RSE
Spanish - The Date
RE - Life Choices
Maths - Multiplication and Division
DT - Electrical Systems
Music - Composition Notation
Computing - iProgram
Book Talk - Beowulf
Maths - Autumn 1
History - Anglo-Saxons
RE - Ourselves
Earth and Space
Our first topic in Science this year is Earth and Space, we have been working hard to develop our scientific knowledge as well as immersing ourselves into the topic with a visit from Wonderdome to explore space exploration further.
Poetry Workshop with Paul Cookson
Year 5 had a fantastic morning at Doncaster Museum working with poet Paul Cookson.
The children joined Paul in reciting some of his work before working together to write a joint poem inspired by The Flying Scotsman.
This was a great way to start our poetic style writing journey which we will now continue in class!
Baghdad and the Middle East
This half term Year 5 have been studying Baghdad and the Middle East in History. We have learnt how the Golden Age of Islam grew and what advancements where made in this time period.
We also compared this to what life would be like in our local area in this time period before focusing on the decline of the empire.
Science - Life Cycles
This half term we have been learning about life cycles in Science lessons. We have used various scientific skills in this unit including asking questions, drawing conclusions, recording data and using sources.
RSE - Keeping Safe
Art - Andy Warhol
Maths - Multiplication, Division and Fractions
Geography - Asia: Mountains, Earthquakes and Volcanoes
RE - Hope
During Advent, we focused on the topic of hope. We focused on how we can wait hopefully for the arrival of the Messiah.
Year 5 RSE- Gifts and talents
Year 5 reflected on the similarities and differences between individuals in the class. We understand that children we are all unique, with different family set-ups, gifts and talents. Finally we created self-portraits with ‘I am…’ statements around the outside with the title of the portrait ‘I am loved by God’.
As part of our Multiplication and Division topic we are focusing on calculating cubed numbers. We began to deepen our understanding by working collaboratively to create cube numbers using multilink cubes to explore how cube numbers are found.
In History, we worked together to analyse various sources from Anglo-Saxon times.
In RE, we took part in a job interview for a follower of Jesus. We thought about the key qualities a follower of Jesus should possess.
Year 5 were extremely lucky to get the opportunity to visit the Relics of St Bernadette here in Doncaster today. We began with a liturgy and wahsed our hands with Holy water from Lourdes before visiting the Relics.
Today we celebrated Roald Dahl Day! After focusing on George's Marvellous Medicine we created our own magical medicine potions.
As part of our Science topic, Earth and Space, we investigated the distance between each planet and the position of the planets within our solar system relative to the sun.
Key Information
Homework: Homework will be given out each Friday and is due the following Friday. Homework will usually consist of spellings, timestables practice, SPaG and either a maths worksheet or reading comprehension.
PE: This half term PE is on a Thursday. All children must have the correct school PE kit.
Reading: Children will have the opportunity to take a school reading book and a reading for pleasure book. Please bring your book and reading record to school daily.