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Year 5

                                                     AUTUMN 2 - 2025

Hope you had a lovely half term!

We hope you all had a relaxing week off and got a good rest.

We've got a lot to do this half term, with trips, activities with Military Schools and getting ready for Christmas! 

 

Monday – Reading records to be handed in, then checked for home reading (3x a week).

 Also, PE is on Tuesday, so don't forget your kit!!

On Friday, you sit a weekly spelling test.

You will complete your spelling test and new spellings will be handed out.

 Overall, it is important to say that we are always here to help, so come and find us if you need anything at all!

Here’s to a happy and successful half term!

Miss Sheridan and Miss Bartlett

Here are some important websites you will need access to during the term:

Hit the Button 

TT Rock Stars

Language Angels

ENGLISH
 
This half term, we will be reading 'FArTHER' by Grahame Baker-Smith
 
A young boy, bewitched by his father's unrelenting passion to fly; a desperate craving that absorbs his every waking minute, finds himself entranced by the dream. When his father goes to war and does not return it seems the spell is broken.

Much later, the boy, now a young man finds himself drawn once more to his father's drawings and failed experiments. Finally able to make his father's dream a reality, he flies. Will his own son be visited by this unrelenting passion?


Children will write a story and a letter using this book as an inspiration.
SHARED READING
 
In Shared Reading, we are using a range of books, as part of the 'Steps to Read' programme. This programme helps to move the children on from 'reading and understanding' to being able to predict, explain and infer from the the text, setting them up for success in their KS2 SATs. 
 
Children will use excerpts from these books, but there are copies in the class library for the children to read as a 'Read for Pleasure' book, should they want to.
CLASS READER
 

Our Class Reader, as voted for by the class children, will be ‘Cosmic’ by Frank Cottrell-Boyce.

It's one giant leap for all boy-kind in Frank Cottrell Boyce's out-of-this-world story: Cosmic. Liam is too big for his boots. And his football strip. And his school blazer. But being super-sized height-wise has its advantages: he's the only eleven-year-old to ever ride the G-force-defying Cosmic rollercoaster - or to be offered the chance to drive a Porsche. Long-legged Liam makes a giant leap for boy-kind by competing with a group of adults for the chance to go into space. Is Liam the best boy for the job? Sometimes being big isn't all about being a grown-up. 

MATHS
 
This half term, we will be developing our understanding of Multiplication & Division, then Fractions strategies, building on from what you have done in previous years.
 
The table below shows what you will be learning and when. However, these timings are suggested and not set in stone. As children needs further development in some areas and may soar through others, some blocks may take longer than anticipated or less time than anticipated. Also, due to the children's assessment results from Y4, it may be decided to move blocks around to build on children's most recent learning.
 
 
 
 
GEOGRAPHY

 Year 5 will be focusing on Geography this half term, the focus being Port Sunlight. We will explore the development of the area, as well as how to use maps. We will the  visit Port Sunlight and use maps to find our way around.

Please user the links below if you wish to complete some pre-learning.

 

Port Sunlight Village

 

 Wiki Port Sunlight

 

Visit Port Sunlight

SCIENCE
 
During this half term, we will be learning all about Forces and how the affect our everyday lives. Children will learn about the various forces that are at work daily, with a focus on Gravity (linking to our previous Space Work). 
 
If you want to do any pre-learning or find the answer to any questions that are puzzling you, please use these links:
 
 
 
 

REMEMBER - PE is every Tuesday afternoon. This half term, we are covering Gymnastics, so you will need the correct indoor PE kit:

-White t-shirt 

- Black Shorts/tracksuit pants/leggings 

- Black trainers/pumps (But we will need to take these off if using apparatus)

Remember - No labels or insignias

Miss L Sheridan
Miss M Bartlett