Welcome to Year 5

Autumn 1

Dear Parents and carers,

Welcome back after the summer break. We hope you are well and have had a restful break. Myself and the staff in Year 5 are looking forward to sharing the children’s learning that will take place inside and outside of the classroom.

In Year 5, we will continue to remind the children about the Brookhouse school values of Respect, Good Manners, Patience, Perseverance and Honesty. We will use our reward system ‘Brookhouse Monster’s University’ to recognise good behaviour and attitudes. If your child is in the winning team, they will celebrate at the end of the term. In addition to the collection of dojos for their team, the pupils will collect dojos independently with hopes to acieve a silver, gold or platinum award at the end of the term. Homework will be given out on a Friday and we will expect the children to hand it in on a Wednesday, so it can be marked. As well as some key vocabulary that is set on a Friday and must be done for the following Monday. There will also be some online homework, which will be through a variety of online platforms such as Purple Mash, SPAG, TTRS and Reading Plus.

The Autumn 1 term topic is called ‘A Kingdom United’.

English.

Our main focus for English this term is Legends and Persuasion. Our class novel will be Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo. There will be multiple opportunities to read a range of texts and short stories that are linked to our English units this term. By the end of each unit, your child will have written a chapter, play script or a poem based on what we have studied in class.

Reading is also a priority of ours at Brookhouse therefore Whole Class Reading sessions will take place every day, where children are expected to read a range of texts and answer questions by summarising, retrieving, making inference and explaining. We also encourage children to focus on new vocabulary in the texts. The school also uses an online reading resource called Reading Plus, which improves pupil’s reading age but it does rely on the children using this resource on a regular basis, so please make sure your children are using this at home. Please support your children in their reading their school books, at home, for ten minutes every day. We will also continue to encourage children to improve their Oracy skills through participating in the project Voice 21.

Mathematics.

Maths lessons will provide pupils with the opportunity to learn through concrete, pictorial and abstract models. In Autumn 1, we will begin this year by covering the topics; number and place value (numbers to 1million), calculations in addition and subtraction. The children will also be improving their arithmetic and reasoning skills linked to the topics discussed above.

Please encourage your children to practice their timetables at home. In order to aid them with this, your child can use the online program ‘Times Table Rockstars’.

Science.

To begin this year, we will be focusing on chemistry: Properties and Changes of Materials, specifically Reversible and Irreversible changes. By the end of this unit, children will be able to categorise material changes into reversible and irreversible. Please encourage your child to learn their Knowledge Organiser that can be accessed in the links above.

History:

Through their topic this half term, Class 5 will be focusing on Anglo-Saxon Britain. This topic will seek to inspire curiosity and encourage investigations into this period of British history.

Physical Education.

This half term, Class 5 will be learning key aspects of gymnastics. Class 5 will create a sequence with a partner of 8 elements including counter balances and counter tension balances. As well as mirrored and matched shapes, whilst using apparatus. Class 5 will be completing PE on a Wednesday each week. Please make sure that your children come to school in their full PE kit- Yellow P.E shirt with the school's logo, black joggers, shorts or leggings and their school green sweatshirt.

Design and Technology:

This half term, Class 5 will begin by looking at textiles, where they are required to make an apron with a place to store a garden tool. They will be required to design and create an apron that can be used multiple times, cut out a template for this apron and develop their sewing skills using a needle and thread as well as a sewing machine with adult supervision. The final product will be evaluated by themselves and others.

Computing.

In our computing topics this half term, the children will be learning about how to stay safe online. This is a main focus throughout the academic year but will be looked at in closer detail during this term.

Music.

Music will take place on a Wednesday morning and taught by Bolton music. The children will continue to learn how to play their instrument, the recorder. Their music teacher, Emily will continue to develop their skills in preparation for their performance in December, which you will be informed about closer to the time.

It is important that your children are punctual in the mornings and they attend school every day, as much as possible. Any queries feel free to talk to us in the morning or at the end of the day or arrange an appointment through the school office.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Miss Nicholls (Year 5 class teacher)

Mrs Momoniat (Teaching Assistant)

Mrs Sheikh (Special Support Assistant)

Mrs Hussain (Special Support Assistant)

Mrs Patel (Higher Level Teaching Assistant)