5CS/DF
Jesus said, "I have come in order that you may have life - life in all its fullness."
John 10:10
Hello and welcome to the Autumn term in Year 5 CS/DF!
I am looking forward to an getting to know the children and enjoying a really successful first term with them. We have lots of exciting activities planned for the children to enjoy as we learn together.
Christian Value
Our focus for this half term is HONESTY. We will be adding to our Values tab how we are exploring how that looks in our school and how we can live it out in our lives, as Jesus taught us to.
Religious Education
Our RE enriches all of our learning. This half term, we are looking at the question...
'Green Religion - should religious communities do more to help our planet?'
Class Teacher -Mrs Shore/Mr Fowler
email: david.fowler@st-pauls.stockport.sch.uk
claire.shore@st-pauls.stockport.sch.uk
Teaching Assistant - Mrs Forrest
PPA Cover -Mrs Warboys
PE Teacher - Mr Stevenson
Things to remember in Year 5
- School planners and reading books should be in school every day.
- Children need to have their own water bottle in school every day.
- Toast is served each morning. This can be paid for online and is £10 per term via the parent pay app or through the school office.
Homework:
Homework will be set for each topic - please do try to complete as many of the activities as possible to earn points that will earn a special prize at the end of each topic for those children who have reached their target. Be creative and really show that love of learning at home as well as in school.
Children will be expected to complete their reading, spelling homework and times tables on TT Rockstars. This will support their progress throughout the year in literacy and numeracy.
P.E:
Please note: Our PE sessions are on Tuesday morning and Wednesday afternoon.
The children will now bring in their school PE kit (including a plain sweatshirt) and leave it in their lockers. Please send them in long joggers when the weather begins to turn and a waterproof in the event of rain. We will try to access PE outside whenever we can.
Reading:
Children will have their own reading books to take home. We look forward to seeing their progress and enthusiasm for reading.
We will be reading a class book each half term - some will be linked to our topic, others simply because they are awesome stories and great examples for us to magpie from in our own writing!
We have a well resourced school library where the children are allowed to select a book and there is also a reading corner in the classroom which we will encourage the children to use regularly to really build that love of reading.
Writing:
Our main text for this half term is the brilliant:
Maths:
Here is a link to show you the Year 5 Overview of our Maths this academic year:
Maths resources for teachers | White Rose Education
We have also introduced Sumdog to the children in Year 5 and this can be accessed at home on Ipads, Tablets or laptops with the login details that all the children have been provided with.
There is still TT Rockstars that can be used too and I would also recommend the following website:
Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds
Our Learning:
Alongside all our fantastic daily work Reading, Writing and Maths and weekly R.E., Music, Computing, PSHE and Science, Year 5 are also going to be learning about the following:
In Spring 1 we are focusing on Geography - What is it like in the Alps and in Art - Exploring Identity.
Here's our Knowledge Organiser for our Geography unit: