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Year5CurriculumLeafletAutumn1

Inthisleafletyouwillfindoutaboutwhatyourchildwillbelearningduringthistermandhowyoucanhelpthemathome.

It gives you information about what is going to be taught in all areas of thecurriculuminschoolandsuggestssomewaysinwhichyoucangetinvolvedandhelpoutathome.

Weseethisasagreatopportunityforyoutoshareinyourchild’seducation.

On the back page youwill find further information regarding homework andwhattoexpecteachweek.

Thankyouforyoursupport!

Year4Staff

MrFuidge&

MrWilkes

Spelling/HandwritingEachweekyourchildwillbesenthomewithalistofspellingstopractise.TheywillalsobeabletologintoSpellingShedathome.YourchildwillalsobegivenalistofwordsthatthattheyneedtobeabletospellbytheendofYear5.Youcanusethistopractise spellingwithyourchildwheneveryouhave timetospare.Occasionally, your child will be asked to practise some aspect of theirhandwritingathometoo.

HomeworkOccasionallyyourchildwillbegivenapieceofMathsorEnglishhomeworktocomplete at home. This will be something that they have already covered inschool or a reading comprehension activity. Please encourage your child tocompletethisactivity.Attheendofthetermyourchildwillbeaskedtoproduceaproject that isbasedonourtopicthis term,thechildrenwillthenhavetheopportunitytopresenttheirworktotheclass.

Don’tforget…Yourchildwillbeheardreadingeveryweekinschoolandthiswillsupplementreading activities in lessons. We would appreciate it, therefore, if you couldensureyourchildbringstheirreadingbookintoschooleveryday.Yourchildwillnormally do P.E. on Thursday. Could you please ensure your child brings inappropriateP.E.kitonthatday.Ifyourchildhaspiercedears,pleaseensuretheyremoveearringsbeforearrivingatschool,iftheyareunabletoremovethembythemselves.

Didyouknow…?TherearemorestarsintheuniversethantherearegrainsofsandacrosstheEarth.

EnglishDuring English lessons childrenwill be reading the book‘George’sSecretKeytotheUniverse’byLucyandStephenHawking. A number of other texts will be read too,includingstories,poemsandnon-fictiontexts.Thethemeofthebookisbasedaroundspacewhichalignsitselfwithour science topic. Theywill be discussingand describingcharacterswhilstalsostartingtothinkabouttheirmotives.Youcouldhelpchildrenathomebyaskingthemquestionsaboutthebooktheyarereading.

Childrenwill bewriting pieces ofwork including poems,narrativestoriesandavarietyofnon-fictiontexts.

Children will also continue to practice forming letterscorrectly and spelling words from the year 5 word listcorrectly. You could help at home by practisinghandwriting with children and choosing some of thespellings from theyear5word list topractisewith yourchild.

ReadingYourchildwillbringhomeareadingbooktoreadtoyou.Thesebooksarechosencarefullybasedonassessmentstohelpyourchildmakethebestprogresswiththeirreading.Wewouldappreciateitifyoucouldlistentoyourchildreadregularly.Childrenwillbereceivingareadingrecordthatwillgiveyoutheopportunitytorecordbriefcommentstolettheteacherknowhowyourchildisgettingon.

Whenreading,promptingyourchildtodiscusswhattheyhave read and asking themquestionswill improve theircomprehensionskills.

MathsDuring this term, we will continue to work on the fouroperations in particular multiplication and division andtheir relationshipswith eachother. InGeometry lessons,children will be learning about attributes of regular andirregularpolygonssuchasconcaveandconvexvertices.InData and Measure lessons, children will be learning thedifferencesbetweendiscreteandcontinuousdata,whilstrecording and displayingdata appropriately.Wewill alsobegintoapplytheskillswehavelearnttoreallifecontextssochildrencan transferandapplytheirskills ineverydaylife.Tohelpyourchilddevelopyoucouldpractisemultiplicationtablesaswellasnumberbondsto10,100,1000.

RE&PSHEInREchildrenwill beexploring the5pillarsof Islam.Thistopic will help your child understand the importance ofrespectingotherreligionsandcultures.Towardstheendofterm there will be a focus towards Easter and itsimportanceintheChristiancalendar.

OurTopicThis term the children will in focusing on an out of thisworld topic. Children will be using this topic to developotherskillsacrossvariousareasofthecurriculum.Theywilllearnabouthumanachievementovertimebyfocusingonthe celebrated achievements of people like StephenHawking.Theywillberesearchingkeymomentsinhistorysuchasthefirstmoon landing.InArtandDesign lessons,childrenwillproduceworkinspiredbyspaceusingarangeof materials. They will use their skills in ICT to researchrocketsbeforedemonstratingtheirdesignandtechnologyskillstodesignandproducetheirown.

Science OurtopicforSciencethishalftermistheaboutEarthandSpace.Wewill focus on the planets in oursolar system and the relationshipwithourstar,thesun.Wewillalsofocus on the movement of themoonaroundtheEarth.