Year 5

Welcome to Year 5! We have a busy but exciting year ahead of us as we enter into our final years of KS2 at Holy Trinity and S. Silas. We will focus on a variety of different topics throughout the year including Anglo-Saxons, early Islamic civilisations,  Shakespeare and also celebrating Black History Month. We will be attending class trips and performances to enhance our learning and we will continue to work with Humanutopia to develop our role as Hero Buddies.

Please look at our class blog for updates, including our Spring term Collective worship!

Year 5 Team

Class teachers: Mrs Hall and Ms Beltrame

Teaching assistants: Mrs Hough, Ms Nodinot, Mr Khan

Timetable

Spring 1 

During Spring Term 1, we will be working hard and showing great enthusiasm across all areas of our learning. In mathematics, we will be developing our understanding of fractions, including learning how to add mixed numbers and explain our thinking using clear mathematical language.

In writing, we will be learning how to persuade by studying The Misadventures of Frederick. The children will explore persuasive techniques and use them effectively in their own writing. Alongside this, we will have regular opportunities for creative writing, allowing everyone to develop their authorial voice and foster a strong love of writing in the classroom.

In science, we will be exploring the different properties of matter through practical investigations and careful observation. In geography, we will be learning about the Alpine regions, focusing on how people adapt to living in snowy environments and how buildings are specially designed to cope with cold weather and heavy snowfall.

Overall, Spring Term 1 will be an exciting and enriching term, filled with curiosity, creativity, and growing confidence across the curriculum. 

Autumn 2

This half term, Year 5 are diving into a rich and varied curriculum that blends creativity, curiosity, and critical thinking. In writing, the children will explore three exciting writing units: Poetry, where they will write and perform their own cinquains; Biographies; and Narrative writing, developing descriptive language and imaginative characters.

In maths, pupils are deepening their understanding of multiplication and division, before moving on to fractions, applying their knowledge through problem-solving and reasoning.

Our science topic, Earth and Space, invites children to investigate the movement of the Earth, Moon and planets through hands-on experiments and model making. In geography, we are exploring Changes in Our Local Environment.

In PSHE, discussions will focus on healthy lifestyles, anti-bullying, and mental wellbeing, while in RE pupils will reflect on the meaning of Christmas through art, music, and scripture.

Autumn 1

This half term, our Year 5 pupils are learning about Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. We will be reading the story Beowulf to support this learning, creating our own monster narratives . In History, we will be exploring the legacy of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings and Harriet Tubman. 

During our Black History Month we will be using biographical writing unit to explore the life of Harriet Tubman. After we will exploring Audre Lorde poetry focusing on courage and activism. 

In maths, we will be covering the following concepts:
– number and place value within 1,000,000;
– adding and subtracting whole numbers including the inverse operation;
– multiplication and division

Our science topic is forces. We will be exploring air resistance, water resistance and gravity, as well as experimenting with force meters.

We are learning about Christianity and thinking about what do the miracles tell us about Jesus? 

Netball will be the main focus of PE, whilst in art children will be mastering their drawing and painting skills through the creation of portraits, as well as studying the work of African and Caribbean artists during Black History Month.