Welcome to Year 5

Ant and Mayfly are our Year 5 classes at the Isle of Ely Primary School. From this page you will be able to read about our curriculum each half term and all the work we get up to in and out of the classroom.

Who works in our classroom?

 

Mrs Jo Branson                 Mrs Berrill                      Mrs Del Grazia

  

In Year 5 this term, we will be learning:

Subject

Unit of Work

English

This term, we will be focusing on the fictional story ‘Alien Landing’. This text focuses on ‘settings’, exploring how the scene is set early in the opening of the story. We will be exploring many different areas in detail, such as:

  • Using our senses to describe the setting
  • Using the time and weather to create an atmosphere
  • Action to bring the setting alive
  • Prepositions to describe when and where

By the end of the unit children will produce their own portal story using these features. Later in the term, we will have a non-fiction focus looking at the model text Don’t go out after dark. This will focus on persuasive writing and the language we can use in order to persuade the reader.

Maths

This term, the children will be recapping and extending their understanding of place value. This includes:

  • Rounding numbers
  • Negative numbers
  • Roman numerals
  • Comparing and ordering numbers

 We will also be having a strong focus on reasoning and problem solving.

Science

This term, we will be looking at the Human body. We will be exploring the changes that happen during the stages of puberty and adolescence. We will then shift our focus to reproduction and the endocrine system.

History

This term, the children will be travelling back to Ancient China. We will be looking at the Dynasties of China and the many emperors, inventions and changes through time.

Geography

This term, the children will be exploring co-ordinates and scaling on maps and our planet. This will include understanding terminology such as latitude and longitude.

P.E

This Term, the children will be exploring Badminton and Volleyball. Please make sure your children come into school in their PE kits on their PE days, bringing plenty of water and weather appropriate clothes.

Religious Education

This term, the children will be focusing on Guru Nanak and moral stories.

Spanish

We will be revising key vocabulary from last year such as days of the week and months of the year. Our focus this unit will be on the language associated with school and classroom environments.

Personal, Social and Health Education

This term, the children will be focusing on ‘Being Me in My World”, focusing on our year ahead, being a citizen of our country, Year 5 responsibilities, rewards and consequences, and our learning charter.

Design and Technology

During our last week of term, we will have a D&T focus on ‘Mechanical Systems’

Art

This term, our focus for the children will be recapping their previous knowledge of skills, especially colour, line, texture and shape.

Computing

This term, the children will be focusing on search engines, especially how to use these safely with current times. Each lesson will have an e-safety focus included.

Music

This term, we will be composing notations based around the Egyptians. This involves learning different musical symbols, singing in harmonies and interpreting musical pieces.

Our Class Text is:

Varjak Paw by SF Said

Varjak Paw: 1

Knowledge Organisers

At the Isle of Ely Primary School, we use knowledge organisers as a tool to help our children learn more and remember more and to allow parents and carers to support their children's learning. In our knowledge organisers, you will find essential knowledge, key dates, important vocabulary and key figures. The knowledge organisers can also be used as a fun assessment tool which will help children to see the progress they have made.

KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS

Art 

Music

History

Geography 

Science

RE

Computing

What have we been up to?

W/C 7th October 

This week we have been busy planning and writing our own portal stories in English. In maths we have been using the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction to solve problems with missing numbers and multiple steps. Pupils began to make a leaflet about human lifecycles to showcase their learning in science and in art they have created textures using pastels. We discussed copyright law in computing and in history we learnt about the Ming dynasty. It was lovely to share our class text with parents on Wednesday at the parent share. Thank you to those that made it.

W/C 30th September

My goodness, these weeks are whizzing away from us! This week in Year 5, we have started to write our shared innovation story - a sequel to the model text that we learned last week. The children had great fun, coming up with a range of storylines that we could base our class writes around. It has been wonderful to see the children really pushing themselves, choosing ambitious vocabulary and sentences to make the stories their own. In History, we found out about Genghis Kahn and his grandson, and how they eventually conquered China, while in Geography, we looked at map scales and how to work out distances. We have also started our new addition and subtraction unit in Maths this week, recapping exchanging and applying our skills to reasoning and problem solving questions. You will find our spelling focus in the image below... prefixes! We've packed a great deal in this week! Well done everybody!

 

W/C 23rd September

This week, the children have been working on a variety of tools to add to their Portal Stories Writer's Toolkit. They have looked at personification, similes, metaphors, adverbials and cohesive devices. In Maths, we have finished our unit on place value, ending with an end of unit check and a reasoning and problem-solving lesson. We will be ready for our next unit to begin on Monday! History this week, saw the children learning about the Tang and Song Dynasties, while in Geography, they looked at Western and Eastern hemispheres. We look forward to another busy week next week, where we can start planning stories and dive deeper into our topics!