Year 5 Curriculum Newsletter

Autumn 1 2024-25

Wider Curriculum

Over the next few weeks the children will be learning:

• About the Shang Dynasty
• Map topography in Art
• The solar system in Science

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This half term Knowledge Organisers for History, Science and Art

Click here for this half term’s Optional Home Learning activities.

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English

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Our focus books for next term are:

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You might also like: Belonging / The Street Beneath my Feet

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In Writing the children will be learning to:

• To write a 1st person recount (diary entry)
• To write a persuasive advertisement
• To write a setting description
• To write a poem (freeverse)

Reading

Over the this half term, the children will be practising a range of reading skills. These include:

• To be able to retrieve and record information from non-fiction, fiction and poetry.
• To predict what might happen from details stated or implied, justifying predictions using evidence from the text.
• To infer a characters’ feelings and thoughts from their actions, justifying inferences with evidence clearly taken from the text.
• To identify main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarise ideas.

Please remember to read 5 times a week and record it in your child’s reading diary.

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Maths

This half term, the children will be learning to:

• Reading, writing and comparing numbers up to 1,000,000
• Rounding to the nearest 1,000,000
• Adding and subtracting within 1,000,000
• Finding multiples and common factors
• Finding prime, square and cube numbers
• Multiplying by 10,100 and 1000

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PE

Your child will need the correct P.E kit: black shorts/ black/grey tracksuit bottoms, white t-shirt and trainers/plimsolls. Please ensure that your child wears their PE kit on the correct day.

Topaz: Tuesday & Thursday

Sapphire: Thursday & Friday

Year 5 Curriculum Newsletter

Autumn 1 2024-25

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Home Learning

Reading - Reading diaries are to be handed in every Friday. morning. Please read with your child at least five times a week.

English - 30 minutes of Century

Maths - 30 minutes of Century and number facts/ times tables to learn.

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Spellings

Spelling will be practised in specific sessions during the school day. The spelling rule and sound of the week will be shared on Google Classroom so you can practise with your child at home.

How You Can Help Your Child at Home

The children also have access to a number of resources online.

These include:

• Times Tables Rock Stars - https://play.ttrockstars.com
• Century

The children have usernames and passwords for all of the above websites. Please ask your child’s class teacher if you are having trouble accessing any of these.

Reminders

• Please ensure all clothing is labelled.
• Please ensure that your child has a water bottle in school every day.
• Please ensure that your child has a weather appropriate coat.
• If your child has a packed lunch, please ensure that it is a healthy meal.
• Snacks can be eaten at break time. These should be fruit, vegetables or cereal bars.

Assessment

At various points throughout the year, your child will be assessed in order to determine the next steps in their learning. This may take a range of forms including: termly assessment tests, informal quizzes, listening to reading, independent writing and many more.

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