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Welcome back. We hope you had a lovely half term and are feeling fresh and ready for a super Spring 2.

The teaching team for Year 5

Miss Walker is our full time class teacher.

Mrs Meek teaches us on a Thursday afternoon.

Mr Ferguson and Mr Seaton support us every morning and Mr Seaton is also with us for some afternoon sessions.

PE days

This half term our PE day will be Monday (indoors) and Friday (outdoors).

Please make sure your child comes to school in their PE kit on this day. When it is outdoors, please ensure clothing is suitable for the colder weather conditions. If they have long hair please ensure that it is tied back and that earrings are taken out or covered on this day.
Water bottles - Please ensure that your child brings a water bottle everyday for use in the classroom, containing water only.

Homework Expectations

CPG Weekly Workouts

In Year 5, we use the CGP "10 Minute Weekly Workout" English and Arithmetic Maths books for our homework each week. Please ensure that children have a go at all the activities in the 10-minute test and feel free to guide them, should they need some help. PLEASE CAN YOU GO THROUGH THESE WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND MARK THEM - ANSWERS ARE IN THE BACK. We will clarify any queries that the children may have ON A FRIDAY so children MUST bring them into school on a Friday morning (this will be monitored).

TTRS

This will be used as part of the homework and we expect children to be accessing this regularly to ensure they are confident and fluent with all their multiplication and division facts. Please log in and complete your weekly assigned session in your 'garage' before playing in the other areas like soundcheck, studio, gig. A minimum of 15 minutes per week.

Spellings

Spellings form part of our homework and should be practised regularly over the week. A list of the spelling patterns for this term can be found in the English section and lists and dates of the spelling tests can be found in the homework section.

The children will have weekly spellings tests ON A MONDAY based on spelling patterns and a list of statutory Y5/Y6 words called 'Challenge words'.

Reading

Reading forms part of our weekly homework and the children should continue to read regularly at home. Reading books can be changed on any day of the week. Please continue to record the reading on Boom Reader. You may also want to encourage your child to start to record some of their own reading on Boom Reader too.

Full details of each week's homework can be found by clicking through to the homework section below.

British Values

There are four different British Values that we will be learning about over the year.

The focus for Spring 1 is Individual Liberty.

Upcoming Events

Monday 23rd February - First day of term
Monday 16th March - British Science Week
Tuesday 24th & Wednesday 25th March - Parents Evening
Friday 27th March - Road Safety
Tuesday 31st March - KS2 Easter Church Service
Thursday 2nd April - Last day of term

Year 5 Curriculum

Topic

This half term our focus will be around geography and the children will focusing on the following question,

What would it be like to live in the Western United States?

We will learn all about the following:

KQ1: What are the Western United States (WUS)?

KQ2: What are the biomes and climate zones of the WUS?

KQ3: What are the vegetation belts of the WUS?

KQ4: What are the key settlements of the WUS?

KQ5: What is the main economic activity in the WUS?

Key Vocabulary

Public services, Silicone Valley, Nomadic, Inuit, Native American, Megacity, Metropolis, Conurbation, City, Town, Village, Hamlet, isolated dwelling, indigenous, global warming, GDP, national resources, population density, coniferous forest

English

In English this half term, we will we looking at explanation texts, their presentational and language features. We will write our own explanation of the life cycle of a butterfly.

Later, we will be exploring persuasive texts, their presentational and language features. We will be writing a persuasive text encouraging people to visit California.

Spelling

Spring 2

Wk 1: Words with ie after c

Wk 2: Words where ei make /ee/ sound

Wk 3: Words where ough make /or/ sound

Wk 4: Words containing ough

Wk 5: Adverbs of possibility and frequency

Wk 6: Challenge words

Maths

Perimeter and Area

Measure perimeter
Perimeter on a grid
Perimeter of rectangles
Perimeter of rectilinear shapes
Calculate perimeter
Area of rectangles
Area of compound shapes
Area of irregular shapes

Statistics

Draw line graphs
Read and interpret line graphs
Read and interpret tables
Two way tables
Read and interpret timetables

Decimals and percentages

Decimals up to 2d.p.
Decimals as fractions (1)
Decimals as fractions (2)
Understand thousandths
Thousandths as decimals
Rounding decimals
Understand percentages
Percentages as fractions and decimals
Equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages

Science

This half term, Year 5 will be learning about Biology: Living things and their habitats

Our Enquiry Question for this unit is the following: How do living things reproduce and why is it important in a lifecycle?

KQ1: How do mammals reproduce?

KQ2: Do animals reproduce in the same way?

KQ3: What is a lifecycle?

KQ4: How do plants reproduce?

KQ5: Howl else can plants reproduce?

KQ6: What are the stages in the lifecycle of a plant?

Computing

This half term, we will be exploring Programming: BBC micro:bit

Pupils will be able to:

Explore and test simple programs on a micro:bit
Predict and describe how code will work before running it
Use inputs, variables and conditions to build interactive programs
Create programs that react to sensor data
Test, debug and evaluate programs

RE

This half term, our focus question will be 'What did Jesus do to save human beings?'

To answer the question, we will consider the following 5 key questions:

Can you outline the events of Holy week and explain how incarnation and salvation fit into the Big Story?
Who was responsible for Jesus' death?
Why do Christians believe Jesus' death was a sacrifice?
How do Christians remember Jesus' death throughout the year?
What would you sacrifice in order to 'love your neighbour as you love yourself?'

Vocabulary

Incarnation, Salvation, Big Story, Holy Week, Sanhedrin, Judas, Pilate, ReIlgious law, judgement, sacrifice, heaven, Communion, Mass, Eucharist

PE

For Spr 2 - PE will take place on Mondays (indoor) and Fridays (outdoor)

On a Monday we we be following REAL PE Net and Wall games unit, exploring 4 square seated games.

On a Friday, we will be following REAL PE Invasion Games - Handball

Reminder: Children should wear appropriate PE kit for the colder weather.

PSHE/ British Values

The PSHE that we will be covering this half-term continues our learning on the following unit: RSE - Growing up and Changing

Please refer to letter/email sent to parents/carers that outlines objectives covered in this unit.

Music

This half term children will begin learning to play the Ukulele with Mrs Hunter on a Wednesday afternoon.

Art/ DT

In DT this half term, we will be looking at Cooking and Nutrition: Developing a recipe.

During this unit, pupils will

Describe the process of beef production.
Research a traditional recipe and make changes to it.
Prepare and cook a version of bolognese sauce.

YEAR 5 HOMEWORK

Spring 2 Spellings

Wk 5: Adverbs of Possibility

To be tested Monday 30th March

Group 1

*certainly *definitely *frequently *infrequently *obviously

*possibly *probably *often *occasionally * rarely

Group 2

*certainly *definitely *probably *possibly *often

Wk 5 Adverbs of possiblity group 1 Wk 5 Adverbs of possibility group 2 Wk 4 ough Spelling List group 2 Wk 4 ough Spelling List group 1

Wk 3 ough Spelling List group 1 Wk 3 ough Spelling List group 2

Spring 2 - CGP Weekly Workouts - both English & Maths

Date	Workout Number	To be in school & marked
Wk 1 Monday 23rd Feb	Spring 6	Friday 27th Feb
Wk 2 Monday 2nd March	Spring 7	Friday 6th March
Wk 3 Monday 9th March	Spring 8	Friday 13th March
Wk 4 Monday 16th March	Spring 9	Friday 20th March
Wk 5 Monday 23rd March	Spring 10	Friday 27th March
Wk 6 Monday 30th March	Spring 11	Thursday 2nd April