Year 5
Year 5
Summer 2, 2025!
Welcome back! We hope you are ready for lots of learning and fun this half term in Year 5.
Start time – 8:40am Pick-up time- 3:15pm
If you have any questions, concerns or worries, please contact us at year5@cpa.dsat.education and we will do our best to respond as soon as we can.
Please ensure that your child brings a labelled water bottle to school each day as well as ensuring that all items of your child's uniform is clearly labelled too.
Maths Calculations Parents' Guidance
English Information- Year 5 and 6
We are continuing to deliver the program to all year groups at school called myHappymind. myHappymind is all based around helping children to understand how their brain works and to support them in developing positive skills and habits to be their very best selves!
Please click on the link below to access an overview of what the program entails.
myHappymind Parent Information
At the end of every myHappy mind session, we finish with our Let Your Light Shine prayer which you can find below.
Curriculum
Our Geography theme this half term is Greece.
Our theme this half-term will focus on developing our geographical knowledge, skills and vocabulary. Throughout our study, we will understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography in Greece. We will also find out more about the economic activity of Greece such as the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water. This will increase our knowledge so that we can compare the physical and human similarities and differences between Athens and Doncaster.
Writing
Our writing this half term will be based on the book Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe.
Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. However, before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games, in the words that we speak and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own style introduces young readers to the powerful message that art doesn't always have to be neat or clean - and definitely not inside the lines - to be beautiful.
In response to the book, we will engage in a variety of writing opportunities, that will include using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or an omitted relative pronoun, using adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility, using a wider range of devices to build cohesion across paragraphs and linking ideas using tense choices in order to write an information text about Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Reading
This half term, reading will focused on African Tales: A Barefoot Collection by Gcina Mhlophe & Rachel Griffin.
As part of this unit we will be making predictions about the text from details stated and implied. We will explore the meaning of words and clarifying vocabulary in the text. We will ask and answer our own questions about the text, and make inferences from what we have read.
Maths
This half term we will be exploring 2D and 3D shapes, volume and calculations with integers and decimals.
We will also be focusing on knowing and remembering our Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs) for Summer 2. Please click on the links below for Year 5 Summer KIRFs that will support your child calculating with factor pairs of numbers. The online games, HIT THE BUTTON and DAILY TEN, will also support your child with this.
If you have any questions about these areas of Maths please don’t hesitate to come and speak to us.
R.E.
In RE, we will study Christianity and explore the question "What is the best way for a Christian to show commitment to God?" We will discuss many ways in how Christians can show their commitment to God and if there is a best way.
Science - Separating Mixtures and Changing Materials
We will continue to explore our science theme this half term of Separating mixtures and changing materials. In this module, we will:
● that some materials dissolve in liquid to form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution
● to use knowledge of solids, liquids, and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated, including through filtering, sieving and evaporating
● to demonstrate that dissolving, mixing and changes of state are reversible changes
● to explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda.
We will develop our scientific skills by:
● planning different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising, and controlling variables, where necessary.
● using test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests.
● learn to use apparatus and techniques, such as filtering, sieving and evaporating, to separate materials.
● reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships, and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations.
We will also study Human Growth where we will learn to describe changes as humans develop to old age as well as describe the life process of reproduction in humans.
Design and Technology - Electrical Systems: Doodlers
In our learning, we will be exploring series circuits as well as investigating an existing motorised product and problem-solving to understand its construction before developing our own.
P.E. - Athletics
In PE, our focus is Athletics. In our learning, we will explore focus on developing fundamental skills in running, jumping, and throwing. We will understand when to vary our pace and direction while running, jump for height and distance, and throw for accuracy, as well as developing our skills of teamwork and cooperation.
Our PE day is Tuesday. Please ensure that your child comes to school in the correct P.E kit and brings their school uniform to change into after their lesson. If your child wears earrings, these must be removed or provide tape to cover them. Ensure long hair is tied back away from the face.
On Wednesday, we have extra P.E. Please ensure that your child comes to school wearing trainers for this session.
P.S.H.E. - Engage/ Fiver Challenge
We are continuing with the Engage module which is focused on teaching children the following:
What goal setting is
Why goals are important
How to review our goals
We will also be continuing with our Fiver Challenge project for the school summer fayre. We are focused on developing our core enterprise and financial education skills, which include problem solving, confidence, creativity and teamwork.
Computing – 3D modelling
In our computing lessons this half term, we are introduced to computer based 3D modelling and design 3D models manipulating points to meet a range of design criteria.
French - Les vetements (clothes)
In this unit, we will be able to:
- Recognise and recall from memory 21 items of clothing.
- Explore the regular ‘er’ whole verb present tense conjugation of the verb porter to describe what you and possibly somebody else is wearing.
- Revisit the use of the possessive adjective ‘my’ in French and describe clothes in terms of colour.
Music
Our musical theme is Battle of the bands. Create a fun and confident performance with your choice of music and songs.
You might perform in small groups or as a whole class. You might have your own band that wants to perform. Introduce your music professionally, and think about your audience and what they would like to see and hear.
TTRockstars– Every day 10 minutes
Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) is a program designed to help children learn and memorise multiplication and division facts. It uses a gamified approach, incorporating a rock and roll theme to make practice fun and engaging. In order to get the best out of TTRS children should regularly play for short bursts of time over the week.
If you have misplaced your log in details or are having trouble accessing the website, please email me to let us know.
READING – Every day 10 minutes
Please continue to enjoy your reading each day. Reading is fun and a great way to spend time together with your family, as well as developing our imaginations. Encourage your child to talk about what they have read and ask them a question or two about the book. This will help consolidate their comprehension work in school. Adults please remember to record what your child reads at home in their reading record. We will count all entries in the reading diaries weekly and award golden tickets to those who have read 20 times or more in a month.
Our book change day is Thursday.
Homework
Maths- Given out every Thursday to be handed in by the following Thursday.
If you have any questions, worries or concerns please contact me using the class email: year5@cpa.dsat.education
Thank you.
Mrs Milnes & Mrs Wilkinson