Welcome to Year 5 Summer Term

2024-2025

Maths: 

In Maths, Team Jupiter will be embarking on a journey of learning all about the properties of shapes in Geometry, including measuring and identifying acute and reflex angles.We will also be learning about perpendicular and parallel lines. Furthermore, we will be investigating co-ordinates and the translation of shapes.
In addition to geometry, they will also look at the addition and subtraction of decimals, negative numbers, volume and conversion between different units of measurement. 

English:  

In English, we will be delving into the book Manfish. The book will be our inspiration for developing and creating our own poetry, persuasive and biographical writing. To enhance our writing, we will be solidifying our SPAG knowledge of parenthesis, relative clauses and building cohesion across paragraphs by using a range of different tools such as fronted adverbials. 

Project:  

The wonder of it all. This topic has a science focus, in which the class will learn about the changes a human goes through as they develop from babies to old age. The children will become more familiar with the human circulatory system through learning about the function of the heart, blood vessels and blood. We will also learn about how nutrients and water are transported within animals including humans. 

Is slavery a thing of the past: In this unit, we will be intertwining our Geography and History objectives as we learn about the Slave trade. In History, Team Jupiter will be investigating why slavery came to be as well as how slaves we're transported between countries and the conditions they endured. In conjunction with this, in Geography we will delve into the Transatlantic slave route and identifying key places that took part in the slave trade.

PE: Please can all PE Kits be in school throughout the school week. Our PE sessions will take place on a Wednesday and Friday throughout this term. All children are to come to school wearing their PE tops on their PE days. Please can all items be clearly labelled. Please note that most of our PE sessions will be outside so an additional jumper or jogging bottoms for PE during the winter months would be welcomed. 

Water bottles: Please can all children bring in a labelled water bottle for them to use throughout their day at school. 

Homework: Homework will be set online for both Maths and English. Maths and English homework will be set on alternate weeks but Spellings and Rockstars practise will be set weekly. Homework will be set on a Friday and due on a Wednesday.  

Reading: It is expected that children will read at home every day; please encourage children to log this in their planners. Children do not need to read to an adult for each session and independent reading is more that suitable, however there is a joy in sharing a book with a family member, younger sibling or friend so please do encourage this where possible. 

Planners/ Messages: Should you need to speak to either of us, please either write a note in your child’s planner, Seesaw or contact the school office, who will either pass the message to us or arrange for one of us to contact you. Please ensure if you write a note for me in your child’s planner, they come into school with it in their hand to guarantee we see the message. 

Thank you for continued support.

Mrs Thompson and Mrs Smith