Miss Simmons
assisted by Cathy & Jemma
CURRICULUM
OVERVIEW
Click here for Year 5 overview
HOMEWORK
Weekly homework is set. Please see the expectation for Year Five on the Home Learning Overview for more information.
MATHS
During this half-term, we will start the term focusing on Geometry through Position and Direction and Position and Movement. Before moving onto Measurement (Area and Perimeter and Volume). Before moving onto Place Value: Roman Numerals. To confidently and accurately access the Year 5 maths curriculum, it is necessary that all children have quick recall of their times tables up to 12 x 12 and the corresponding division facts, please keep practising with them. All children are expected to be able to do this by the end of Year Four.
​Please find the Maths Methods Handbook here
P.E
At Boutcher, we follow the ‘Real PE’ approach. Real PE is a unique, child-centred approach that engages and challenges children in their PE lessons. It focuses on the development of agility, balance and coordination, healthy competition and cooperative learning. Real PE focuses on six key cogs, these are: Creative, Cognitive, Health and Fitness, Personal, Physical and Social.
In the summer term, we will be working through the ‘physical’ cog in our weekly PE lessons.
Our PE day is: Tuesday
PE kit is as follows:
- plain white t-shirt or polo top
- navy blue jogging bottoms, leggings or shorts (no logos)
- school navy blue jumper or cardigan
- suitable trainers for PE
USEFUL NOTICES
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Reading records must be in school every day.
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Bring a water bottle to school each day
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PE will be on a Tuesday and you are to come to school wearing your kit.
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Our library session is on a Thursday so please have your library book in school to renew or change.
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Homework is set on a Wednesday and must be uploaded on Google Classroom by the following Wednesday.
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Spelling tests will take place each Wednesday and results recorded in reading records.
READING
During Guided Reading lessons, children continue to build on the eight reading comprehension skills (a copy of which can be found in your child’s reading record) through discussion, key questioning and follow-up tasks. We will begin the half-term with also using Children of the Benin Kingdom as our reading book as it is the perfect novel to complement our history topic. There are plenty of opportunities to practice reading skills and take part in discussions around the events of the story.
BOOK LIST
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R.E
The first RE topic for the summer term answers the question - 'What is the Buddhist way of life? The second question is What does faith and belief teach about the journey of life and death?'.
PSHE
At Boutcher School, we teach Personal, Social, Health Education (PSHE) and relationships as a whole-school approach to underpin children’s development as people and because we believe that this also supports their learning capacity. We use the Jigsaw Programme which offers us a comprehensive, carefully thought-through Scheme of Work which brings consistency and progression to our children’s learning in this vital curriculum area. This term the topic being covered across the school is Dreams and Goals. In this unit, children will think about their aspirations, how to achieve goals and develop their understanding of the emotions that go with this.
SCIENCE
The first science topic of the spring term is Animals Including Humans. Pupils will be taught to describe the changes as humans develop to old age. The lesson breakdown is:
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Human timeline
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Growth of babies
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Puberty
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Changes in old age
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Gestation periods
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Life expectancy
Please speak with me if you would like extra information on the content of this topic.
In our next topic, children will study scientists and inventors. Year 5 will focus on David Attenborough and Neil deGrasse Tyson.
ENGLISH
We will begin this term with the book Children Of The Benin Kingdom, which is the perfect novel to complement our history topic. The book follows the story of Ada, who discovers her true identity and must travel into the heart of the rainforest to heal the divisions that are occurring within the kingdom. During the unit, spelling, punctuation and grammar skills will be taught which will lead towards writing a non-chronological report on the Kingdom of Benin. There will also be plenty of opportunities to practice reading skills and take part in discussions around the events of the story.
TOPICAL TALK
Topical Talk is a programme from the Economist Educational Foundation which supports discussions about current affairs. For children in Years Five and Six, we hold regular lessons where they explore a current story in the headlines. The activities foster progress in listening, speaking, problem-solving and creativity skills.
THEME
For their history topic this term, Year 5 will learn about The Kingdom of Benin. They will learn when the kingdom was first established, what the people of Benin believed, why the first dynasty of Ogiso came to an end, what the rulers of Benin were like, what ordinary people did for jobs and the legacy after the Benin Kingdom was destroyed.
