Welcome to Year 5

Information evening

9.09.14

Year 5 Team

•Rob Collard

•Kerry Evans

•David Mann

•Helen Hale

•Becky Burditt

Topics focussed around one BIG question Children encouraged to ask questions,

present and collaborate Technology used throughout curriculum PSHE – Jigsaw Blogging Increased maths expectations

New Curriculum- Year 5’s Take

Year 5 Overview

Terms 1 and 2

How does the past affect our future?

Terms 3 and 4

What life is out there?

Y5 Production- First Man In Space (Working Title)

23/24 February 2015

Terms 5 and 6

How do environments change?

How does the past affect our future?

Visit as evacuees to Swindon Steam Museum – TBC

Film Club

Interview war survivors

WW2 podcasts

Rationing – Food Technology

Visit to the war memorial in Grove Park

Understanding the reasons for the outbreak of war

Learning about WW1 in collaboration with Worle

Christmas Extravaganza at Colston Hall?

Literacy OverviewThis term the focus will be:

Narrative writing - Friend or Foe

Script writing

Film Narrative

Letters and diary entries

Presenting information about the war

Publishing work online

Nelson Handwriting

Spelling Tests - Thursday

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPAG)

Numeracy OverviewThis term the focus will be:

Ordering whole numbers and decimals to one place

Addition and subtraction – up to 6 digit numbers

Recognise and extend number sequences

Finding factors and multiples of numbers

3D shapes and identifying nets

Perimeter

24hr clock

Equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages

Mental Maths Tests - Thursday

•Increased expectations in line with new curriculum

Maths – More like Y6! Pupils should be taught to: read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1 000 000

and determine the value of each digit count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any

given number up to 1 000 000 interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and

backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through zero

add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction)

add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers

identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and common factors of two numbers

Multiply and divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one- or two-digit number using a formal written method, including long multiplication for two-digit numbers

Take Home Tasks!Each week children will be set a numeracy, literacy or topic based activity that will reinforce and support their learning from that week.

Given out Friday – Due in Wednesday

Early bird house point if homework is returned on a Monday.

It is also important that children continue their excellent reading habits and aim for at least 3 times a week.

Class Assemblies

Miss Evans

Friday 26th September

Mr Collard

Friday 21st November

Morfa Bay

Friday 8th May

School Meals

New, revamped menu – offering more choice

Children choose Red, Blue or Green wristband in the morning which determines their lunch

Morfa Bay 2014

Morfa Bay 2014 Great range of exciting

activities to suit all children

Highly qualified and experienced staff

3 star accommodation Superb food Children develop

relationships, maturity and resilience

Experienced school staff

0945 – 1200 1345 – 1600 Evening

Monday Arrive and Welcome Assault Course Coastal Hike

Tuesday Body Boarding High Ropes/Zip Line Field Games

Wednesday Abseil/Climbing Wall Caving Beach Walk

Thursday Orienteering Archery Disco

Friday Tidy Up and Depart After Lunch

Sample Timetable

Costs