Miss Simmons
assisted by Sophie & Hazel
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
This half term we will look at place value and throughout this topic, will be reading, writing, comparing and writing numbers up to 1,000,000. Following on from this we will cover mental and written methods in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers. To confidently and accurately access the Year 5 maths curriculum, it is necessary that all children have a 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 autumn term, we will be working through the ‘Personal’ cog in our weekly PE lessons.
Our PE day is: Tuesday
On this day, children should come to school wearing PE kit and do not need school uniform.
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 Wednesday 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 year by also using Beowulf as our reading book.
Being in upper Key Stage Two, we want children to become critical readers and to be this, they need to read widely. We provide strong and varied book choices in the teaching of reading and writing, from non-fiction, poetry, picture books and novels but please have a look at the link below for a list of recommended reads suited to Year Five. Our library day will be on a Wednesday this year, please remember to bring in your library book for your session.
RECOMMENDED READS
Click here for Year 5 book list
R.E
The first RE topic for this term, answers the question ‘Who are the ‘fearless women of faith’?
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. The Curriculum map can be found on the school website. The first topic being covered across the school is: Being Me in My World. In this unit, children think about understanding their identity and how they fit well in the class, school and global community.
SCIENCE
The first science topic is Properties and Changes of Materials. Throughout this topic, children will compare and test materials according to their properties, for example, they will test materials to see which conduct electricity best as well as investigate materials to see whether they dissolve.
Following on from this, they will study Earth and Space. We will begin looking at evidence for why the Earth and planets are approximately spherical and will also cover the movement of Earth and other planets in relation to the sun, and the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night.
ENGLISH
We will begin the year with the book ‘Beowulf' written by Michael Morpurgo where the pupils will get an opportunity to discuss legends and the importance of heroic poetry in early European literature. They will go on to create several varied written outcomes using the text as a starting point including recounts, formal letters, descriptions, dialogue and writing their own heroic narrative.
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.
HUMANITIES
In Geography we will be studying ‘What is life like in the Alps?’ where we consider the climate of mountain ranges and explore why people choose to visit the Alps; focusing on Innsbruck and looking at the human and physical features that attract tourists; investigating tourism in the local area and mapping recreational land use; presenting findings to compare the Alps to the children’s own locality.
In History we will be studying ‘Were the Vikings Raiders, traders or something else?’
Extending their understanding of different societies, children learn about the Vikings and the struggle for Britain. They will develop their chronological understanding and explore new types of sources, including oral histories, to learn about the Vikings and the impact they had on local British communities. Using historical enquiry techniques, pupils investigate whether the Vikings were raiders, traders or settlers. Then they will use the information on the attached sheet to outline the topic.