Teacher: Miss Gardner
Teaching Assistant: Miss Davis
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 Autumn 1, I hope you have had a lovely summer break!
Our topic this half term is Anglo-Saxons and Scots, we will be exploring what happened during the Anglo-Saxon rule of Britain.
Year 5 Autumn 1 Messages
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!
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.
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.
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 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’.
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.