Year 5C

CURRICULUM LETTER:

Here is our autumn curriculum overview so you can see what we are learning about this term: 

AUTUMN SPELLINGS:

Here are our spellings for autumn:

Year 5 - Autumn Spellings

AUTUMN 2:

READING:

In Autumn 2, our 5 Reads books that we read in story time each day are:

Our class novels we are also reading in English and Whole-class Reading lessons and Class Novel time are:

PHOTOS:

Our learning:

SCIENCE

This half term we are learning all about Space and our Solar System. We have been visited in school by an astronaut who taught us all about the Space Race. We had an amazing day.

DT

In DT this half term, we have completed a project to make a doodler. We started by researching motorised products and creating a simple circuit.

Then, we explored a finished doodler to see what components were included and how it was put together.

COMPUTING

This half term, we have been using sketchpad in Computing to create digital images using different sized and shaped vectors.

MUSIC

In Music, we have been learning all about blues music, singing the blues and learning the 12 bar blues on glockenspiels.

PE

In PE, we have completed a gymnastics unit where we looked at different balances, rolls and shapes. We also completed a dance unit where we created a routine using various movements to go on an imaginative journey through a forest.

PSHE

In PSHE, we have explored the positives of friendship and how to be a good friend. We have also looked at others' friendship problems and how to solve them.

READING

In Reading, we have been reading Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman and explored the traditional tale themes within this story. In groups, we created a pyramid of power to show which themes we thought were most relevant to the story.

ENGLISH

In English, we have been reading Beowulf. To explore the characters further, we hot-seated Hrothgar and then wrote a speech in role as a soldier to Hrothgar all about our thoughts and feelings on Grendel the monster. 

AUTUMN 1:

READING:

In Autumn 1, our 5 Reads books that we read in story time each day are:

Our class novels we are also reading in English and Whole-class Reading lessons and Class Novel time are:

PHOTOS:

Amazing Events we have done in Autumn 1:

Our learning:

Look at some of the things we have done:

EXTRA LEARNING:

Here are some apps our children have logins for at home. These apps will help support their learning in school.

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We have put together some useful websites that will help support your learning.

Click on the picture and it will take you directly to the website.