Summer 2
Reading into Writing – In Reading into Writing this half term, we are reading the novel Holes. We will be writing a flashback story, focussing on our use of tense types and characterisation, and a non-chronological report, focussing on our use of conjunctions and fronted adverbials.
We will be answering comprehension questions based on the novel using our VIPERS scheme, focussing particularly on retrieval, inference and vocabulary.
Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar –
Year 5 words can be found at the back of the pupil planner – it is essential that the children know how to spell these.
Week 1: technology, architect, chemotherapy, chrysalis, chronic, chemical, choir, chaos, character, orchestra
Week 2: initiative, inquisitive, decisive, excessive, destructive, representative, discriminative, reconstructive, sensitive, aggressive
Week 3: physical, sphere, pheasant, phrase, orphan, paragraph, phantom, geography, cellophane, pharaoh
Week 4: magnificent, innocent, capacity, deceased, cylinder, cynical, coincidence, cemetery, centigrade, incident
Week 5: revision of Year 5 statutory words
Religious Education (R.E.) – in RE, we will be learning about Pentecost, where the children will gain greater insight into the Church’s belief in the Holy Spirit. It will also explore the Christian belief in the Holy Trinity and prayer and devotion to the Holy Spirit.
We will then be looking at the work of the Apostles and understanding the Sacraments of Marriage and Holy Orders.
Maths –
Our Maths this half term is based on Position and Movement, Measurements, Area, Perimeter, Volume and Roman Numerals.
KIRFs -
This half term our KIRFs are:
History - In History, we are learning about Ancient Maya – a culture from Mesoamerica. We will learn about their daily life, beliefs, culture, conflict and comparison to Anglo-Saxon Britain.
Science – In Science, we are learning about forces: friction, pushes and pulls, water resistance, air resistance, levers, pulleys and gears.
Physical Education (P.E.)
Children will need their PE kit in school on Mondays and Fridays: red round-necked PE top, navy shorts, plain black pumps.
This half term in PE, Year 5 are doing athletics and tag rugby.
Music – In Music this half term we will be practising our exam pieces ready for our exam and performance later this term.
Personal, Social & Health Education (PSHE) –
Our PSHE learning this half term is focussed around being created and loved by God. This will focus on the Holy Trinity and the Catholic Social Teaching value of dignity of work. We will also put our faith into action by planting flowers in our school grounds.
French – The French Speaking World
During this half-term the children will be discovering the many French speaking countries. They will also be learning directional vocabulary,
They will discuss the climate in these various countries using comparative language.
Computing – Selection in Quizzing: pupils develop their knowledge of selection by revisiting the ‘If… Then… Else…’ structure. They represent this understanding in algorithms and then by constructing programs using the Scratch programming environment. They use their knowledge of writing programs and using selection to control outcomes to design a quiz in response to a given task and implement it as a program.