Class 5W

Welcome to Year 5

In class 5W our class teacher is Mr. Warren and our teaching assistants is Miss Farrington and Miss Bolton  We hope you have all had a good summer holiday, and you are fresh and ready to continue your learning journey.

Homework

Our homework is set at the start of every half term and will be collected in the last week. The activities can be completed in any order and at any time over the half term. A copy of the homework grid for the half term can be found on the link above and inside your homework book. There will be a range of activities that are linked to the topics covered in class. You will be rewarded for any homework activities that are completed and returned on time. Please let the class teacher know if you have any problems completing your homework.

Home Reading

You will be given a reading book to take home. Please aim to read at least 3 times a week and ask an adult to sign your reading record to show us what you have done. Reading books will be changed once you have read your book but please let the teacher know when you need to change your book.  Please try to bring your book to school every day so that we can listen to you read in school.

If you want to do some additional learning at home, you will be given passwords for Purple Mash, Lbq, Timetable Rockstars, and Spelling Shed. You can do as much practice as you like on here and earn points and rewards as you go.

PE

5W PE day is Friday afternoons. For P.E. children wear black or blue shorts, a white t-shirt and black pumps. PE kits are to be kept in school. In PE we will be learning strategies to use in invasion games this half term.

Swimming

5W are swimming on Monday afternoons this half term at Blackburn Leisure centre. Children need to bring their swimming costume and towel in a waterproof bag. 

Spanish

We are also very lucky that we have a Spanish teacher called Senorita Valero who visits us every other Tuesday.

Curriculum Overview – Autumn 1

English: Reading The Canal by Pie Corbett, writing a warning story and descriptions of characters and settings; finding evidence from the text to answer questions, practicing grammar, and spelling skills.

Maths: Basic Maths Skills, place value, comparing numbers, rounding and problem-solving. 

Geogrpahy: Learning all about North America, including the 23 countries and major cities, landmarks and physical features. Comparing North America to the UK, looking at the similarities and differences.

Science: Learning about forces and researching Isaac Newton, who discovered gravity. Children will use force meters, make helicopter spinners, investigate air resistance and make a pulley system.

PSHE: Using Jigsaw resources to learn about being in my world. 

Computing: Learning all about internet safety and making an e safety quiz using purple mash software.

Music: Learning how to play the samba drums with Mr Brown, looking at rhythm plus call and response games.

RE: Looking at the question: Why are sacred texts important to people of faith?

Art / DT: In DT were are looking at mechanical systems and making a sling shot car.