Owens Class - Year 5
Term 4 - Why should the rainforest matter to all of us?
What Pupils will be Learning About
Geography – Rainforests
Science - Science Week
Art - Typography
PSHE - Healthy Me
Music - Ukulele
RE – Places of Worship
Computing – Vector Drawing
Modern Foreign Languages – Vegetables
This term for PE:
Indoor: Dodgeball
Outdoor: Tag Rugby
Maths
Area and Perimeter – perimeter of rectangles and polygons, area of squares and rectangles, area of compound shapes
Decimals and Percentages - Equivalent fractions and decimals, place value of decimals, rounding decimals and ordering decimals.
Statistics - draw and interpret line graphs, read and understand tables.
Reading
Book the land of Roar
•Listen to and discuss their class text.
•Discuss, explore and clarify the meanings of words
•Discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination
•Develop comprehension of a range of text including: poetry, fiction and non –fiction
Writing
Persuasive wriring
Non chronological report
Key Vocabulary
Ecosystem
Rainfrest
Rainfall
Temperature
Climate
Species
Plants
Tropical
Things you could do at home
•Reading with your child everyday; this could be comics, sports pages, magazines, it doesn’t have to be just books.
•Ensure children practice their times tables. This could be using Times table Rockstars.
•Pupils will be bringing spellings home this term; practicing these with your children it could really benefit your child in improving their spelling.
•Use the discussion point images to create a conversation about the topic.
Discussion points
Year 5 Term 3 Earth and Space
What Pupils will be Learning About
Discussion points
History – Space Race
Science - Earth and Space
Art - Van Gogh – Starry Night inspired oil paintings
PSHE - Jigsaw – Celebrating Difference
Music - Ukulele
RE – What do religions say to us when life gets hard?
Computing – Selection in physical computing
PE – Gymnastics and Hockey (3 Weeks of Cricket at the end of term)
This term PE, for both classes will be on Wednesday and Friday
Key Vocabulary
Solar system
Star
Sun
Planets
Mercury,
Venus,
Earth,
Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Orbit,
revolve,
sphere
Maths
Multiplication and Division
Use short multiplication and long multiplication
Multiply numbers up to 4 digit x 2 digit
Short division
Divide with remainders
Fractions
Add fractions – same and different denominators
Subtract fractions – same and different denominators
Add and subtract mixed numbers
Multiply fractions by a whole number
Multiply mixed numbers by a whole number
Find fraction of an amount
Find the whole from given fractions
Reading
Book Hidden Figures and Ella on the Outside
•Listen to and discuss their class text.
•Discuss, explore and clarify the meanings of words
•Discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination
•Develop comprehension of a range of text including; poetry, fiction and non –fiction
Writing
* Persuasive writing
* Instruction writing
* Chronological report
Things you could do at home
•Reading with your child everyday: this could be comics, sports pages, magazines, it doesn’t have to be just books.
•Ensure children practice their times tables. This could be using Times table Rockstars.
•Pupils will be bringing spellings home this term; practicing these with your children it could really benefit your child in improving their spelling.
•Use the discussion point images to create a conversation about the topic.