Welcome to spring term for year 5.

This term our topic is the Mayans. We will be learning about the Mayan culture in relation to other ancient civilisations. One other civilisations we will be looking at in our Art lessons is the ancient Egyptians, particularly Egyptian masks. 

PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday in year 5- make sure PE kits are in school on these days please.

In computing we are learning how to stay safe online. 

Our first English topic is focusing on stories set in far away places. In maths we are looking at data and measures. 

Art

Fry visited year 5 so we could observe him and draw him as part of our learning about creating art based on faces.

History

We have been learning about time in the context of the Mayans. We learned how to draw timelines to shwo improtant events.

English

Here is a great video to learn more about William Shakespeare- the focus of our learning in English.

Timetable change!!!

PE days change after half term.

Outdoor PE will now be on Wednesdays and indoor PE on Tuesdays. This is due to external coaches and the days they are in school.

World Book Day

During this World Book day we had so many lovely costumes in 5K, it was wonderful for everyone to show their love of reading in the characters they represented. 

Summer Term

This term, year 5 will be learning about World War II. The term will end with a celebration of our history learning when children can share what they have discovered about some of he heroes of World War II. If any family  members have any memories or artefacts from this time, we would love for these to be shared with our pupils.

Our art this term is based around birds. Pupils will be drawing birds, using feathers to print motifs and finally creating bird sculptures. In  music, we are learning Living on a Prayer by Bon Jovi before we use this track as inspiration for our own compositions.

Our science topic is forces.

English focuses on fantasy stories, particularly the work of Shaun Tan. Our maths topic shape and space.

PE is on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We are learning how circuit training can improve our fitness as well as learning batting and fielding skills in rounders.