Year 5

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Spring Overview

Happy New Year!!!!

Dear Parents,
After a great start to the year in our Autumn term, we are looking forward to a busy and productive Spring term!
The following is an overview of the term and what we will be covering in each of the subject areas.
Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2
Literacy UNIT 2 UNIT 3
Recounts Persuasive Writing
(4–5 weeks) (5–6 weeks)
UNIT 2
Classic/ narrative poems
(2 weeks)

Class novel During the Spring term we will be reading the Phillip Pullman trilogy >>>>>>>>>>>>‘His Dark Materials’

Numeracy Working through units according to National Numeracy Strategy.
Unit B2 (3 wks) Unit D2 (1 wk)
Unit C2 (2 wks) Unit E2 (3 wks)
Unit D2 (1 wk) Unit A3 (2 wks)

Topic Amazing animals Investigating Our Blue Planet

Science Living things- interdependence Rivers and water cycle

Geography Habitats Water

PE Football Ball games
Athletics Net games

ICT Evaluating Information (5C) Introduction to spreadsheets (5D)

Art Natural Art 5c/d

PSHE Going for Goals Say no to bullying

Music Guitars & Choir Guitars & Choir

RE HOW AND WHY ARE SYMBOLS WHY ARE RELIGIOUS
USED IN RELIGION? FIGURES IMPORTANT?

Reading Reading rotation activities Reading rotation activities

French Miss Barnes will be working on various themes throughout the term.

Homework J5 will receive their homework tasks on a Monday and hand it in on Friday. This allows children to use homework club to do their work if needed. Homework will cover the different subject areas. The tasks need to be done in the children’s yellow homework books.

Spellings will also be given out on a Monday, the children will be tested on a Thursday afternoon.

Thank you for your continued support, the children, Mrs Ellis and I are all enjoying working together.
If you have any questions regarding the overview please do not hesitate to ask.
Miss K Athwal (Year 5)