Class 5

Welcome to Class 5

Miss E Edwards

Autumn Term

Please see below for details about what the children will be studying throughout the term.

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Our Class Saint

Year 5's class saint is Saint Teresa of Calcutta. We celebrated her feast day on the 5th September.

English

The children will begin the Autumn term with a baseline writing task, giving the children an opportunity to write creatively using their prior knowledge of creative writing techniques and grammatical choices.

Then there will be a period of a month where the children will focus on their grammatical and punctuation understanding through the Grammarsaurus Place Value unit. This will allow the children to gather the English language skills which they will need within their writing across the academic year.

The children will apply their knowledge of grammar and punctuation into their creative writing opportunities. They will also follow the Read-Write-Ink Spelling program across the year, applying the new language they come across within their creative writes.

The children will explore writing a range of genres. The genres covered in this term are:

• Non-chronological Report
• Stories with a historical setting - Street Child

Guided Reading

In addition to our English lessons, the children will also have two Guided Reading sessions a week. The text focus will change each week (meaning we get to read a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.) In these sessions, we will focus on using our VIPERS skills.

These consist of vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval and summarising.

Maths

Units covered:

Unit 1 – Place Value within 1,000,000 (1)

Unit 2 – Place Value within 1,000,000 (2)

Unit 3 –  Addition and Subtraction

Unit 4 – Multiplication and Division

Unit 5 – Fraction (1)

Unit 6 – Fraction (2)

Science

Forces

Children will question and investigate throughout this topic, exploring different forces practically. The children will work collaboratively whilst planning and carrying out their own investigations where they need to consider a range of variables. The children will learn the following:

• Gravity is the force that pulls all objects towards each other
• Friction is a force created between two surfaces when they rub together
• Working scientifically to investigate which shoes create the most friction
• Questions can be answered through planning and carrying out scientific enquiries
• Friction can be a useful force
• Air resistance acts between a moving object and the air molecules around it
• Water resistance acts between a moving object and the water molecules around it
• Leavers and pulleys allow a smaller force to have a greater effect
• Gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect

RE

Unit A – Creation

Content covered:

• Compare/contrast the 2 creation stories
• Every human person is made in the image and likeness of God and is called to reflect God’s love
• God calls his followers to uphold human dignity in all nations and cultures
• The Canticle of Creation is a special prayer written by St. Francis to praise God the Creator
• Jesus taught his disciples to use their gifts and talents for the service of other people

Unit B -  Miracles and the sacrament of the sick

Content covered:

• Jesus performed miracles because He is the Son of God
• Through Jesus’ teaching of the Good News, His miracles changed people’s lives
• Pilgrimage is a journey Christians undertake to pray and seek healing in response to God’s Call
• Lourdes is a special place of pilgrimage for those who are sick
• We are the Church, the people of God
• The seven sacraments are the living signs through which Jesus works today

Geography

In Geography we will be focusing on Coasts within this unit.

The following knowledge will be acquired by the children:

• A coast is where the land meets the sea. It has a unique set of features.
• A grid reference is a set of numbers used to find particular places on a map.
• Headlands are formed when the sea erodes a section of coast.
• Hydraulic action and abrasion are types of erosion.
• Waves along a coastline can move sediment in a variety of directions.

History

Within History, we will be focusing on the Victorians and how this was a period of significant change in Britain. We will look at what happened during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837 to 1901) and what life was truly like for the people living people living in this era. We will also look at how education has changed since then and that the 1870 Education Act meant that both rich and poor children were able to attend school, however many poor children still went to work. ​​​Lastly we will look at the history of Bamfords Ltd. It Started in 1871 with the founding of the company creating agricultural machinery by Henry Bamford and his son, Samuel.

Art

L.S. Lowry

The art process – Research, Experimentation, Design, Make and Evaluate

The children will first research L.S. Lowry by completing a double -page spread about the artist in sketchbook. This will be a chance to gain artist insight and develop personal artistic preferences. They will learn about L.S. Lowry’s life, style and influence. The will the complete the see, think, wonder process – looking at and thinking about art whilst developing the double page spread.

Spanish

In Spanish this half term, students will be looking at how to say the date in Spanish. Children will firstly learn all numbers to thirty-one and will then progress to learning the days of the week and months of the year.

DT

In DT, children will be looking at bridges. They will start by looking at the different types of bridges (arch, beam. truss) and will move onto building their own bridges. Children will test the best materials and will create a final product made of wood. The children will explore new wood-working tools and must consider the best possible structure for their bridge to withstand added weight.

  triangles in a structure to make it stronger is called triangulation.

P.E

Outdoor P.E. - Netball

Indoor P.E. – core strength and the basic physical skills

Computing

The following units will be covered in the Autumn term:

• Online safety
• Coding
• Spreadsheets