Year 5PM

In English, we will be using the story ‘The Last Bear’ as inspiration for our first writing unit. This is a story about a young girl’s mission to save a lonely bear in the Arctic. We will be focusing on using direct speech, subordinate clauses, and continuing using ambitious vocabulary in our writing.

In our reading lessons, we will be reading a variety of text types and books by different authors and answering different question types. As reading plays an essential part in supporting progress in all subjects, your child needs to read daily for 10-15 minutes and discuss their reading with an adult. We ask that the children change their books weekly by bringing the books back and handing them to the teacher.

In Maths, we will be focusing on multiplication and division, fractions, decimals and percentages. Times table knowledge is key for these units. Please support your child at home with practising their timetables weekly by using TTRockstars.

This term in Geography we will be learning about climate zones and biomes, focusing particularly on Rainforests. We will be learning all about the structure of rainforests and the animals which live inside them.

In History, this term we will learn about the Early Islamic Civilization. In this unit we will learn about the importance of Baghdad, and understand the influence that early Islam had on modern civilization.

In Science, we will be learning about materials and their properties, as well as Animals, including humans.

PE this term: 5DE will do indoor PE on Thursday mornings and outdoor PE on Wednesday afternoons. 5PM will do indoor PE on Wednesday afternoons and outdoor PE on Thursday mornings. For morning PE, children can come into school in their PE kits and change into their uniform once they finish. For afternoon sessions, children need to come into school in uniform.

We are looking forward to a fantastic term with your children! We keep you updated via our Class Dojo pages, so please make sure to switch notifications on.