Tuesday, 7 September 2021

Year 5 Curriculum Newsletter

 Tuesday 7th September 2021

Year 5 - Autumn Curriculum Newsletter 

A warm welcome back to the Autumn term from the Year 5 team!  We hope you find this letter informative; please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries using our new inbox: year5@broadford.havering.sch.uk


Homework: 

Our expectation at Broadford is that every child should do the following every night: 

● 15 minutes reading to themselves or an adult (signed in the reading record) 

● 15 minutes practicing spellings in their spelling book 

● 15 minutes rehearsing times tables facts (including multiplication and division) 


Mathletics and Times Table Rock Stars:

Every child has now received their login details for Mathletics and Times Table Rockstars, which means they can access their accounts outside of school. Both websites offer valuable resources that can support your child’s learning in maths so please encourage your child to use them. 


Spellings: 

Spellings will be given out on Mondays. The children should practice their words every evening. Spelling books and reading records must be brought in on Fridays, which is also when the weekly test happens. This will be closely monitored.


P.E Lessons

Year 5 will have PE lessons every Thursday afternoon. Children are expected to come in appropriate PE uniform for their lessons in the afternoon - navy shorts or trousers and a white polo shirt. This year all children will participate in Forest School, which will also take place on Thursday afternoons. Please make sure that children come to school in weather appropriate attire, so that they can fully enjoy the sessions, even on a rainy day! Children can wear their PE kit to school, same as last year. Redwood class will be swimming every Wednesday from the 15th September 2021.


Reading Books

As reading is such a priority, we will try to make sure children’s books are regularly changed and every child will read 1:1 with an adult at least once a week. Please remind the children to let any adults know if they need to change their book and that it is their responsibility to bring any old reading books back to school. The children are strongly encouraged to read books from the 105 books to read at Broadford list. The children all have trackers for these books which the teacher will check off for them. 




School Uniform

It has been wonderful to see the Year 5 pupils return to school looking very smart in their school uniform. Please be reminded that the school colours are grey and navy. All school uniform is available through Premier School Wear.


Key Dates


Autumn 1 

Autumn 2

Monday 18th October

Parents Evening 1

Monday 1st November 

School closed - INSET day

Tuesday 19th October 

Parents Evening 2

Tuesday 2nd November

Children return to school

Friday 22nd October

Last day of half term

Friday 17th December 

Last day of Autumn term



Curriculum Information

We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this term below. If you would like to make any suggestions of what you or your child would like to learn in relation to the topics taught, please inform your child’s class teacher. We welcome any suggestions you may have. 


We look forward to meeting you over the next few weeks; please do come and see us if you have any questions at all or if you would like to offer yourself as additional support on any upcoming trips. 


We look forward to the year ahead and are sure it will be full of fabulous learning experiences!

 

To contact us, please send an email to: year5@broadford.havering.sch.uk


Yours sincerely, 


Year 5 Team















Autumn Term


1st Half Term

2nd Half Term

Literacy

Text: The Explorer

Text: Street Child


Please fill in the reading journal after hearing your child read. For a good selection of children’s books, visit your local library. Useful websites: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f

http://www.magickeys.com/books/ 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds 

Maths

Number and Place Value
Addition and Subtraction

Statistics
Number- Multiplication and Division
Perimeter and Area

It is essential for the children to know all of their time tables so that they can access the mathematics curriculum in year 6. Please encourage your child to practise on TTRockstars every evening to improve their speed and accuracy. 

Here are some useful websites to support your child with their learning at home:

Corbett Maths Primary 

Mathletics

ICT

We are Game Developers

E-Safety

Science

Earth & Space

History/Geography

Geography: Rivers

History: Victorians

RE

Why is prayer important for religious believers?

Why are sources of wisdom important to religious people?

RSE

Being Me In My World

Celebrating Difference (Anti-Bullying)

PE

Ball games and team skills inc. Netball, Rugby and Cricket

Music

Living On a Prayer

Jazz

Art/Design and Technology

Use of a sketchbook 

DT unit TBC

French

Recap of Year 4 topics 

Trip/ Dates

Trip to nearby River to link to Geography topic

Science Museum (TBC)


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