Year 5JK
Hello and welcome to 5JK!
I am the Year 5 class teacher, Mr Kerr.
We are very excited to be teaching your child over the next academic term and hope to make learning engaging and interesting for all.
We’re looking forward to a fantastic year with your children. Thank you all for your support, and if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Mr J Kerr
Teacher Year 5
Mr D Morgan
Teaching Assistant
Dear Parents, Carers and Families,
We hope that everyone had a relaxing break and are ready and raring to go for our final term in Year 5. We have lots of exciting things planned over this term until the end of the year, which we are looking forward to.
In English, we will be focusing on spooky and suspenseful writing in the Summer 1 half term. These units will incorporate all of the features we have taught this year, so are really looking forward to reading them!
In our reading lessons, we will be reading a variety of text types and books by different authors and answering a range of different question types. As reading plays an essential part in supporting your child’s progress in all subjects, your child needs to read daily for 10-15 minutes and discuss their reading with an adult. Please make sure you provide 10-15 minutes a day where your child has a quiet time and is encouraged to read.
We ask that the children change their books weekly by bringing the books back to school and handing them to the teacher. Please remind your children to bring their reading books to school as soon as they have finished reading it.
In Maths, this term we will be focusing on shape and angles, as well as doing some more work on decimals. It would be really useful to continue practising times tables on TTRockstars in preparation for Year 6 next year.
This term in Geography we will be learning about The Americas. We will learn more about the varied climates of North and South America, comparing and contrasting about different regions within the two continents.
In History, this term we will learn about the Industrial Revolution, and its impact on Manchester.
In Science, we will be learning about animals including humans. This unit will focus on how the human body changes and develops over the course of a person’s life.
Our PSHE unit will be RSE (Relationships and Sex Education) and we will learn about how puberty affects the body. In this lesson, boys and girls will be separated and taught y a male/female teacher.
On Wednesday 22nd May, we will be visiting Manchester Jewish Museum for a Challah workshop. In this workshop we will be baking our own Challah bread and learning more about Jewish festivals and how they are celebrated through the lens of food!
For Mr Evans’s class, PE will be every Monday and Friday. For Mr Kerr’s class, PE will be every Wednesday and Thursday. This term we will explore Yoga, Dodgeball, Cricket and Athletics. I would like to remind you that PE kit should include: a white T-shirt, a black hoodie and black joggers, shorts or leggings. These units will lead Sports Week which is the week beginning 7th July!
We are looking forward to a fantastic term with your children.
Thank you all for your support.
Year 5 team
