Welcome to Class 5
Saint Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)
Our Class Saint in Year 5 is Saint Pope John Paul II.
Saint Pope John Paul II was a kind and brave man who led the Catholic Church for many years. He was born in Poland and became pope in 1978. He helped bring peace, stood up for human rights, and taught people to love and forgive. He travelled all over the world to spread hope and faith. He became a saint in 2014 because of his good and holy life.
We are inspired by his attitude and approach to life which was filled with courage and bravery. We follow his teaching, 'Be not afraid, cast into the deep for a great catch' in our classroom by having the courage to try new things and to persevere with challenges as we will be rewarded with new knowledge and pride in ourselves.
Saint Pope John Paul II’s feast day is October 22nd.
Key information
Class teacher: Miss Dylak & Miss Esposito
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Ashton & Miss Jo
PE day: Thursday
What are we learning in the Autumn Term?
English
We will be reading the book Curiosity by Markus Motum. This tells the story of how a robot travelled 350,000,000 miles to explore a planet where no human has ever been. We will be writing our own short space journal narrative and then writing our own formal mission log as an astronaut.
Using the story of Curiosity by Markus Motum we will also be working on our sentence accuracy skills. Leaning how to use fronted adverbials, changing nouns and adjectives into verbs using suffixes, using modal verbs, creating expanded noun phrases and how to use dashes for parenthesis.
In Reading comprehension we will look at a range of texts, focusing on comprehensions shills such as retrieval, understanding word meaning, predicting, summarising and inference.
Maths
We will begin this half term by about place value. We will learn to read, write, order, partition and round numbers to 1,000,000. We will also learn to read and write Roman numerals to 1000.
Also, this term we will be learning about square, cube and prime numbers number. We will be looking at addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We will also be learning to add and subtract different fractions as well as recognising equivalent fractions.
For extra practice on times tables, Times Table Rockstars or Hit the Button (www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button) is available to access on devices. Please ask Miss Dylak or Miss Esposito if you've forgotten your TTRS login and need a copy of it. If you are struggling to gain internet access, written and oral practice is very beneficial, or Miss Kendall or Miss Esposito can print off some extra resources on request.
R.E.
Our topic in RE this half term is ‘Creation & Covenant.’
In this unit, children will explore the belief that adopting a set of rules or a code of behaviour helps people find real happiness. It begins by recalling the notion of a covenant as a relationship of love between God and his people, the obligation it brings: loyalty, fidelity, compassion. The unit then introduces different sets of ‘rules’: the Greatest Commandment, the principles of Catholic Social Teaching, and the cardinal virtues. Each ‘set’ brings a new insight into how people might make decisions about how they wish to live, and become ‘more like God.’
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Science
We will continue our unit on Forces, carrying out experiments to test the effects of friction and explore how some mechanisms can allow a smaller force to have a greater effect. We will then finish the year with our unit on Animals including Humans, where we will be exploring the question, 'How do we look after ourselves?'. In this unit, we will find out how humans change and develop as they age, including how babies develop, the changes that happen during puberty, and the changes that take place in old age.
History
This half term we will be learning about WW2. We will find out about significant events that happened during and shortly after the war, find out how WW2 began, and what the major battles were and where they took place. We will also explore what impact the war had on daily life at the time, and whether there were any lasting impacts that still affect us today.
Geography
This term we will be doing a study of North America. We will identify the different countries that make up this continent, what the main rivers in North America and a study on river pollution in the Rio Grande. We will also look at some human geography by learning about population trends, population density and trade links between North America and the rest of the world.
Art
This half term we will continue our unit on Space Art. We will create a mixture of realistic and creative pieces of art, and will end our unit by creating our own murals of what we know about space overtime and what we think we will find in the future, based on The Space Mural by Robert McCall.
Design and Technology
We will use our science knowledge to design and build a kite using paper straws, tissue paper and string. We will find out the best method for creating tetrahedrons and joining them together to create our final piece.
Music
We have weekly singing lessons from the Diocese of Leeds singing programme.
Spanish / MFL
We will practice our speaking, listening, reading and writing skills by learning some basic vocabulary and conversational skills.
Computing
We will learn how to create short videos in groups. We will learn some new topic-based language and develop the skills of capturing, editing, and manipulating video.
PSHCE
Our unit title is ‘Me and my relationships’.
We will be looking at the importance of ‘give and take’, how to communicate clearly, what it means to be assertive, how to solve conflict and how to build positive friendships
PE
PE this half term will be gymnastics. We will be looking at the key steps to perform a round-off and thinking about how to create and perform a partner sequence using symmetry and asymmetry. We will be performing counterbalances with a partner and working on smooth transitions between counterbalances using different levels.