Year 5H 2024 - 2025

Welcome back Year 5, we hope you enjoyed your Easter holiday!

In English this half term, we will begin our term by reading The Hobbit by J. R. R Tolkien, investigating settings, character development, dialogue and narrative style. We will then move onto using texts about persuasion!

In Maths, we will start by looking at drawing line graphs and using them to help us convert between imperial and metric units. We will then move on to furthered developing our operation skills and using these in problem solving and reasoning. 

For our Science Unit, Year Five will look at the unit Plants. We will have the opportunity to investigate plants in our own school grounds and even plant some in the classroom to see the effects different variables have on the growth of them.

For R.E. Year 5 will explore The Bible in more detail. Specifically looking at how Christians use the Bible for advice and guidance in many different situations in life. The children will compare this to who and where they feel they would seek advice and guidance from in their own lives.

Our topic work in Geography will be focusing on ‘The Amazon’. The children will explore the climate and weather patterns of this tropical rainforest region. We will look at the plants and animals that thrive in these conditions and this will link amazingly with our VERY exciting trip to Chester Zoo so we can come up close to some of these fascinating species. We will also look at the risks and dangers currently threatening this region and what can be done to help this.

In Art we will be looking at textiles – concentrating on the area of silk painting. The children will have creative freedom to choose their favourite aspect of the text we are studying in English and will create a beautiful piece to share with you at home.

Homework

Homework will be given to the children on Friday and is expected back in to school on Monday.

Reading Books

Reading books are to be in school every day, please read with your children as often as possible it is vital to their success in their learning.

P.E.

May I remind you that, although Year 5 are scheduled to have indoor P.E. on a Tuesday and Friday, kit should be in school at all times in case of any last-minute changes.

Thank you for your continued support, The Year 5 Team!