Dear Parents and Carers,
Firstly, we hope you all had a lovely summer break. We are really looking forward to starting a new term and getting stuck into our amazing curriculum.
Before half term, we will be studying rivers in geography. As part of this unit, we have booked a visit from our friends at the Wessex Rivers Trust. During this visit, the children will closely examine samples of local river water and learn about the importance of caring for our local environment. This activity was such a success last year that we have chosen to invite the Wessex Rivers Trust back rather than plan a visit to the river itself, especially given our reliable British weather!
We will be learning about the sounds of autumn in music and designing and making autumnal soup in DT. Why not try some soup tasting at home to help your child think about different flavours and textures? This would certainly support them in planning their own recipes. In science, we will be studying properties of materials, which will tie in nicely with the heating, melting and freezing that may take place during our DT work.
After half term, our focus will switch to history as we begin learning about the Ancient Greeks. We will also study artists who are historically and culturally significant, including William Morris, Sheila Hicks and Barbara Hepworth. If you would like to know more about what we will be learning this term, our curriculum maps are available on the school website.
PE lessons will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays this term. Please remember that children should come to school wearing their PE kit on these days. This should consist of a plain house-coloured t-shirt and dark-coloured bottoms. If your child has long hair, please ensure that it is tied back. In addition, Mrs Phillips reminded the children in assembly that they should wear black school shoes each day as part of their uniform.
Regarding supporting your child’s learning at home, we encourage as much reading as possible. Hearing your child read and recording this on Boom would be greatly appreciated, with three sessions per week being the minimum expectation. We would also encourage regular practice of times tables and telling the time using both analogue and digital clocks, if your child is not yet confident.
In Maths this autumn term, we will be focusing on place value with numbers up to one million, as well as rounding. In English, we will be focusing on sentence structure as the building blocks of quality writing, using The Man Who Walked Between the Towers as our initial inspiration. Spending some time learning about the life of Philippe Petit would greatly support your child as they work towards writing a biography about him later this term.
Below is the topic homework for this term. We cannot wait to see the exciting projects the children produce. Please see the suggested ways of presenting the homework. If your child would like to present their work in a different way, please just ask. If you need to send homework via email, please ensure that your child’s teacher is expecting it so that all files can be checked and acknowledged.
If you have any questions, please contact your child’s class teacher. Thank you for your ongoing support. We are excited for the year ahead and for the opportunity to work with both the children and all of you.
Best wishes,
The Year 5 Team
Year 5 Autumn 1 Curriculum Homework – Due in Friday 16th Oct (to share the following week)
Geography – Rivers
Our geography topic is Rivers. We would like you to research one River of your choice, anywhere in the world. You might want to choose a particular country, or part of a country. Then present your findings however you would like.
The children could create:
- A labelled map
- A tourism leaflet
- A factfile about the river or a comparison to another river in another country
- Wildlife/plants found by/in the river
Year 5 Autumn 2 Curriculum Homework – Due in Friday 11th Dec (to be shared the following week)
Art Study
William Morris, Sheila Hicks & Barbara Hepworth
You could:
- Research the life story of one of the artists.
- Compare their art with another famous artist or artists.
- Recreate a piece of art by one of the artists.
- Create a new piece of art using the techniques of one of the artists.
