Friday 8 September 2017

Year 5 Curriculum Letter





8th September 2017
Dear Parents and Carers,


Year 5 - Autumn Curriculum Newsletter


Welcome back to the Autumn Term! We hope you find this letter informative, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher if you have any questions relating to the curriculum.


Homework:
Our expectation at Mead is that every child should do the following every night:
     15 minutes reading to themselves or an adult and note in the reading record
     15 minutes practicing spellings
     15 minutes rehearsing times tables facts (including multiplication and division)


If children would like to attempt an additional homework challenge, we have a new Learning Challenge for children to attempt each half of the Summer Term. All of the activities are based around a significant person, poem or painting relating to our topics. Children do not have to attempt every activity but instead select the activities that they are most interested in and compile a project that reflects the extra time and effort that they have put into their challenge. We hope that children will take their time with the challenge and be proud of the work they produce they should hand this into their teacher at the end of the Half Term.


Spellings:
Spellings will be given out on Mondays. The children should practice their words every evening. In addition to practicing their spellings, the children can find the definitions of the words and use them in sentences. The test will take place on the following Monday.


Trips Parental help:
It is always extremely valuable to have parents who are able to volunteer time to help hear the children read, or support them with their times tables. If you think that you are able to give some time to support the children then it would be warmly welcomed. Once again you will need a current CRB in order to work inside the school.


Curriculum Information
We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this term. If you would like to make any suggestions of what you or your child would like to learn in relation to the topics taught, please complete the form attached and return it to your child’s class teacher. We welcome any suggestions you may have.



Yours Sincerely,



Miss Galpin                 Miss Havelock                           Miss James                  Mr Frith
USA Class Teacher     Canada Class Teacher                USA Class Teacher     Mexico Class Teacher
Year 5 Lead

           






Autumn

1st Half Term
2nd Half Term
Literacy
Spelling, grammar and punctuation
Myth Writing
Instructions writing
Spelling, grammar and punctuation
Diary  Writing
Balanced Argument Writing

Please fill in the reading journal after hearing your child read.
For a good selection of children’s books visit your local library.
Useful web links-
Numeracy
Place Value
Addition
Subtraction
Statistics
Maths problems and investigations
Statistics
Multiplication
Division
Maths problems and investigations
Perimeter
Area

Please practice the times tables with your children. The school is really focusing on Mental maths this term and it would be of great help if your children could learn them.
Useful websites:
ICT
We are cryptographers: cracking codes
We are artists: Fusing geometry and art

Science
Biology- Environment, Ecology and Evolution
Biology- Environment, Ecology and Evolution

You could visit the Science Museum. Admission is free. Located at Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD.

Geography
Visitor: Eden Falconry: birds of prey

Trip:  Kidzania

R.E
Peace and harmony
The true meaning of christmas

P.E
Invasion games: Tag rugby
Gymnastics

Please ensure your child has their P.E kit for the correct day

Music
Music around the world
Rhythm and Pitch
Music around the world
Rhythm and Pitch

Art/ Design and Technology
Painting and wildlife photography

Making Bread
French
Classroom instructions and opinions
Sports, opinions and sports clothing
Revise ‘avoir’ with negative/
adjectival agreement
Emperor’s new clothes. Masculine and feminine forms
Describing the weather
Revise hobbies
Pets
Christmas

P.H.S.E
Philosophy 4 Children topics:
Happiness, Fairness, Beauty
Philosophy 4 Children topics:
Laws/rules, relationships, Truth


If you have any suggestions you would like to make in relation to the topics we are covering please fill in the box below.

Topic
Suggestion













Child’s name: ___________________________              Date:________________________