Ms Bashir and Miss Iram would like to welcome you to year 5

In year 5, we have exciting topics that you'll really enjoy.  Here's what we'll be covering over the year: 

• World War 2
• Invaders and Settlers
• Earthlings
• Amazon Adventure
• Faster, Higher, Stronger
• Wonderful World

If you want more details about the topics, have a look at the Medium Term Plan section.

We have high expectations in year 5 so we'll support you to do your best! We expect you to come to school on time (8.35am) so you don't miss out on morning arithmetic, which is vital to help improve Maths. We also expect you to have a positive attitude to learning so you can enjoy your learning and thrive!

Here's your class timetable:

We have PE every Thursday and Friday so remember to have your PE kit in school.

 

Homework

• Reading:  you are expected to read every day.
• Spellings: these are given out every Monday and tested at the end of the week on Friday. 
• Timetables: practice timetables daily.

Reading

This will help to develop your vocabulary, increase your fluency and understanding.  You will bring home a home reading book of your choice based on your reading level and you are also encouraged to read additionally for pleasure. This could be anything reading you enjoy: a comic, magazine, a book, or online reading.

 

Spelling

You'll be given up to ten spellings every Monday, which will be tested on Friday. If you want to be a Super Speller, practise spellings every day. You could even practise other words from the same spelling pattern.  

Spellzone is a fun and interactive website to try additional words from the spelling pattern you are practising or you could re-cap tricky spellings from year 3 and 4. See below for this half term's spelling homework.

Spellzone for year 5

Spellzone for year 3 and 4

Timetables

You should spend at least 10 minutes a day learning the timetables and should know the tables up to 12 times.  If you know all the times-tables, apply these to larger and smaller numbers. Knowing the timetables is necessary to do year 5 maths because it is needed for a range of learning including: written multiplication and division, fractions, percentages, area and volume, and time.   

Here are some websites to help you:

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

https://www.timestables.com/multiplication-games/

Let's have a fabulous year!

 

 

 

Ms Bashir and Miss Iram