YEAR FIVE NEWSLETTER
Information for parents and children
January 2008
We are really pleased with how everyone has settled back down to work after the Christmas break. It’s great to see the enthusiasm and commitment to learn in both classes continuing into the Spring term.
Homework and diaries
Well done for all your hard work last term - particularly your Tudor projects, lots of them were absolutely magnificent. Keep up the good work this term.
Homework will follow the same routine of being set on a Thursday and returned by the following Tuesday.
Diaries provide a valuable form of communication and need to be brought into school each day. Diaries need to be checked and signed by parents each week; teachers will also check the books on a weekly basis.
Please feel free to write any comments or messages in the diary.
Year 5 Spring Term Curriculum
| Science | - Earth, Sun and Moon - Keeping fit and healthy |
| ICT | - Evaluating information - Controlling Devices |
| DT | - Moving Toys |
| Geography | - Water |
| Music | - Developing singing, listening and composing skills |
| Art | - Materials |
| PE | - Games - Dance |
| RE | - Journeys with a purpose |
| Dates | |
| Half Term | 11th - 15th February |
| Educational video screening for ‘Keeping Healthy’ topic | – TBA |
| Parent’s Evening | - 30th and 31st January |
Spring Term Numeracy
Use symbols ‹, ›, =, ≤, ≥
Positive and negative integers (number line, temperature)
Understanding multiplication and division
Mental calculation strategies ( x and )
Pencil and paper procedures ( x and )
Money and ‘real life’ problems.
Making decisions and checking results including a calculator.
Fractions, decimals and percentages
Shape and space
Reasoning about shapes
Spring Term Literacy
During the term, we shall be covering the following units in our Literacy plans
| Traditional stories | - recognise how stories change over time |
| Fables, Myths and legends | - identify and classify the features of fables, myths and legends |
| Explanations | - to identify the main features and write a clear explanation of a process e.g. how the digestive system works |