Staff
- Sonia Peacock – Assistant Head for Years 4, 5 and 6
- Kiran Samrai – Class Teacher
- Susan Dowd – SEN TA
Curriculum overview – Spring 1
| Topic |
Our whole school topic this half term is Life in Britain through the ages. In Year 5, we will be looking at life during Anglo-Saxon and Viking times for different groups of people in Britain, the role which religion played during these times and how the Viking rule came to an end. See the Topic intended knowledge map for further details. |
English |
We will continue to complete our work in English through a chosen text. This half term, we will read the text ‘Attack of the Vikings’ by Tony Bradman which will support our Anglo-Saxon and Vikings topic. Using this story, we will complete short writing activities, comprehension, grammar activities and complete longer pieces of writing using a plan, write, edit sequence of lessons. Guided Reading will continue every day for all the children. Handwriting lessons and spelling lessons will continue throughout each week. |
Maths |
This half term we will be revising place value from last term with a focus on reading, writing, ordering and comparing numbers up to 10 000 000 and determining the value of each digit; rounding any whole number to a required degree of accuracy; using negative numbers in context and counting forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through zero. We will then look at calculations using formal methods for all 4 operations and multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why. |
Science |
Year 5 will be completing the Science unit ‘Life Cycles’ this half term. We will be exploring and investigating similarities and differences between the life cycles of different animal groups. |
Other Curriculum Areas |
RE – Looking at the key question: ‘Is it better to express your beliefs in art and architecture or in charity and generosity? Art –Mixed Media City and Landscapes Music –Ukuleles PE – Outdoor Games PSHCE – ‘Keeping Safe’, ‘Living in the Wider World’ and ‘Mental and Emotional Health Computing – Creating media- an introduction to vector graphics French – The Date |
Important Dates |
| Monday 5th January – Children return to school 8:40am w/c 9th February – Y5/6 Residential at Ghyll Head/Woodland Week at Chorlton Water Park w/c 9th February – Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week Friday 13th February – School breaks for half-term 3:15pm We will inform you of any further dates/events as they arise |
Empowering learning skills
Self manager
- Organise themselves and work out goals and priorities
- Show personal responsibility, initiative, creativity and enterprise
- Anticipate, take and manage risks
- Commit themselves to learning and self-improvement
- Respond positively to change
Effective participator
- Engage actively with issues that affect them and those around them.
- Play a full part in the life of the school
- Take responsible action to bring improvement for others as well as themselves
- Discuss issues of concern, seeking resolution
- Present a persuasive case for action
- Propose practical ways forward
- Try to influence others, negotiating and balancing diverse views
Resourceful thinker
- Think creatively by generating and exploring relevant ideas, and making original connections
- Find links and see relationships
- Explore & experiment with resources and materials
- Ask ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what if’ questions
- Apply imaginative thinking to solve a problem
- Try different ways to tackle a problem
- Work with others to find imaginative solutions and outcomes that are of value
Reflective learner
- Evaluate their strengths and limitations as learners
- Review their work and act on outcomes
- Set themselves realistic goals and criteria for success
- Monitor their own performance and progress
- Invite feedback and deal positively with praise, setbacks & criticism.
- Make changes to improve their learning
- Communicate their learning in relevant ways to different audiences
Independent enquirer
- Gather, process and evaluate information in their investigations
- Plan what to do and how to go about it
- Draw conclusions and evaluate outcomes
- Take informed and well-reasoned decisions, recognising that other have different beliefs and attitudes
- Use range of techniques to collect and organise information
Team worker
- Work confidently with others, adapting to different contexts and taking responsibility for their own role
- Listen and take account of others’ views
- Form collaborative relationships, resolving issues and reaching agreed outcomes
- Adapt behaviours to suit different roles and situations
- Show fairness and consideration towards others
