Year 5

Year 5

Year 5 Summer 2 Term

Welcome Back! We hope you had a lovely two week break.

This half term we are going to be very busy. Our key focus will be largely history based with some geographical learning. The children will gain an understanding of when and where key events took place and develop understanding of important people of this time. Children will develop their oracy skills to answer key questions, such as: Who were the ancient Greeks? What was everyday life like in ancient Greece? and What did the ancient Greeks do for us? Our key English text is Leo & the Gorgon’s Curse by Joe Todd Stanton. This book will allow us to venture back in time to ancient Greece and use the inspiration to write our own narrative. In science, children will develop their understanding of living things and their habitats – they will describe the life process of reproduction of plants. They will dissect a flower to see its parts: the sepals, petals, stamens, stigma, style and ovaries. They will investigate propagation and discover effective seed dispersal.

Key Reminders:

This half term, the children will need to bring their full P.E kit on a WEDNESDAY for their PE sessions. It is helpful if kits remain in school throughout the week in case we need to reschedule and for after school clubs.

Weekly reminders:

English and Maths homework will be set via Century on Mondays and will be available for a week.
Spellings are tested on Friday.
Number Sense timestable tests will take place every day.
Each day, your child should come to school and come home with their reading book and a library book. They can change these in school as soon as they have been read. Please do encourage them to read regularly and listen to them to read aloud wherever possible.
Children should also be maintaining their speed and accuracy with their times tables knowledge - Times Tables Rockstars is available for this purpose.