Year 5 Curriculum Newsletter

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 Autumn 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 Fridays. 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 Friday.

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.

Year 5 Autumn Showcase:
The first Year 5 showcase will take place on Thursday 21st November. We hope as many parents/carers as possible can attend. The children greatly benefit from being able to talk about their learning and enjoy celebrating some of the fantastic work they have completed during the Autumn term.

Mersea Residential
We will be taking the Year 5 pupils on our annual residential to Mersea on during Summer term. We are inviting all of the Year 5 parents/carers to attend the first information meeting on Wednesday 28th September at 3.20pm.