Welcome to Year 5 Mr Brereton Miss Houghton Ms Elliott Miss Pearson Mrs Reeves-Basset

The year ahead... RE Inspirational people, Christmas, Jesus in art, Easter, The 5 pillars of Islam, Comparisons with other faiths. Maths Number Measurement Geometry Statistics Milepost 3 - IPC Magic Materials Moving People Fairgrounds Go With The Flow WW2 AD 900 PE Dance, Netball, Rugby, Circuits, Football, Hockey Gym, Athletics, Volleyball, Rounders, Tennis, Cricket, Swimming LEARN4LIFE Our Happy School, Out and about, First Aid, Friends and Family, SRE. English Significant authors, Instructional writing Film Narrative, Classical Poetry Myths and Legends, Sci-fi Persuasive texts, Reports Cultural text

A Typical School Day 8:50 Arrive at school and complete morning activities (spellings, reading) 9:10-9:40 Assembly 9.40–10.30 English 10:30–10:50 Guided reading 10:50-11:05 Morning break 11:05-12:10 Maths 12:10-1:10 Lunch 1:10-3:15 IPC, RE, Learn4Life, PE, French

Homework P.E days: Wednesday and Thursday (Friday) Swimming: Monday Library: Wednesday Reading Books and journals: every day Homework Out In Blue Book Wednesday Tuesday SPAG Friday Thursday Maths

Priorities Boost writing (SPAG) Maintaining progress in Maths Develop active interest in reading Increased independence, expectations and responsibility for their own learning Handwriting, progression from pencil to pen

How can you help? English Maths Reading with your child (record in reading journals) Writing/spelling homework (SPAG) Word games Opportunities to write at home; letters, postcards etc Maths Support homework Abacus online Times tables, up to 12x12

Recommended authors Malorie Blackman (Deadly Dare Mysteries) Michael Morpurgo (War Horse) Phillip Pullman (Northern Lights) Lauren St John (Laura Marlin Mysteries) Michael Rosen (Poetry) Liz Kessler (Emily Windsnap series) Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl) Christopher Paolini (Inheritance Cycle series) Angie Sage (Septimus Heap Series and Araminta Spook) Lemonie Snicket (Series of Unfortunate Events) Cornelia Funke (The Ink Trilogy, Dragon Rider)

Life without levels Writing journeys – celebration of writing Learning Ladders: Individual booklets: Maths, reading and writing End of year assessment