Welcome to Year 5
We are the Fabulous Flamingos!
Our Class Saint
Our class saint in Year 5 is St Francis of Assisi. He was a kind and caring man who loved God, people and all of creation. He chose to live a simple life and help people who were poor or in need. St Francis is also known for his great love of animals and nature. He reminds us to be kind, caring and thankful for the wonderful world God has given us.
Your Teacher
Hello Fabulous Flamingos! My name is Mrs Farnell and I am so excited to be teaching you this year. I know that we are going to have a fantastic year together and that you will all rise to the challenges of Year 5. Our teaching assistant, Miss Moore, will be supporting us throughout the week.
Class Dojo
Please check our stories on Class Dojo for regular updates on the wonderful work we are doing in class!
Reminders and announcements are shared on there as well as via the school text messaging service.
For any questions, queries or if you would like to speak to the teacher/teaching assistant then please contact the school office.
In English we improve our writing skills by exploring a range of new and exciting texts. We focus on using a variety of sentence structures and punctuation and we learn how to adapt our writing to suit the purpose and audience. Through our grammar, spelling and guided reading lessons, we continue to develop our spelling, reading and comprehension skills.
In mathematics we use the 'Power Maths' scheme of learning to develop our understanding of place value in numbers to 1 000 000. We learn to use written methods confidently to calculate with larger numbers and apply this knowledge to a range of multi-step problems. We also develop our understanding of fractions, decimals and percentages.
Our learning in RE is based on the curriculum ‘Discerning Disciples’ and consists of six branches (one per half term): Creation and Covenant, Prophecy and Promise, Galilee to Jerusalem, Desert to Garden, To the Ends of the Earth and Dialogue and Encounter.
In science we study: Living things and their habitats, Animals, Properties and changes of materials, Earth and space and Forces.
In history we investigate the following questions: 'What can the census tell us about local areas?', 'What was life like in Tudor England?' and 'What is the legacy of the ancient Greek civilisation?'
In geography, we learn about: The Alps, Oceans and Deserts.
Important days
P.E.
P.E. lessons take place every Tuesday and Friday. On these days, you need to come to school wearing your PE kit - navy or black shorts/jogging bottoms (dependent on weather), blue school PE shirt, trainers and your school jumper/cardigan. On Tuesdays we walk to the leisure centre for swimming lessons so please remember your swimming kit!
Music
Music lessons with Mrs Davies take place on Fridays.
Homework
Homework is set via Class Dojo every Thursday to be completed by Tuesday of the following week. This will consist of spellings to practise (which should be completed in your purple homework book) and some short online tasks to be completed on Century Tech.
Learning at home
It's really important that you keep reading your book at home every night and logging this on the Boom Reader App so that you earn you Dojo points each day!
You can also access online reading books by clicking on the link below:
Remember you should also be making use of Purple Mash (https://www.purplemash.com/login/) and Times Table Rockstars (https://ttrockstars.com/login).
Here are some links to extra resources that you can access from home:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-2
