Welcome back!

We hope you're looking forward to the half term ahead.

We hope that this page gives you and your families lots of information about some of the things we will be learning.

Parents/carers, if you have any questions please contact your child's class teacher at school or
e-mail: enquiries@anstonparkjuniors.co.uk 

Y5 Teachers

Mr Bradley - 5B

Mrs Dunsdon - 5D

Teaching Assistant 

Mrs Morton

Class Novels

Every day, we enjoy listening to a story.

This half term Year 5 are reading:

Thief! by Malorie Blackman

Summer Term 1 - English Text

 This half term we will be focusing on the book 'The Paperbag Prince' by Collin Thompson.

We will be working towards writing a persuasive leaflet to give information about waste management by the end of this half term.

Will explore how to use modal verbs to indicate degrees of possibility, devices to build cohesion within a paragraph, writing in the appropriate formality, brackets, dashes and commas for parenthesis and how to choose the appropriate grammar and vocabulary to suit the genre of writing.

Summer Term - Medium Term Plan

See below for an overview of all we will be learning this half term. Scroll down for more detailed information on each subject.

Science

Living Things & Their Habitats - Life Cycles

During this unit, we will:

Describe the life cycle of amphibians and explore metamorphosis

Describe the life cycle of birds

Describe the life cycle of insects

Describe the life cycle of mammals

Compare the features of the different life cycles we have studied

Key questions:

What is the life cycle of a poison dart frog?

What is the life cycle of a finch?

What is the life cycle of a beetle?

What is the life cycle of an elephant?

What features do all life cycles have?

History 

The Magna Carta and the Development of Parliament

In this unit we will:

• Explore who King John was and whether he was a good or a bad ruler
• Look at how King John ruled
• Explore the Magna Carta and its purpose as well as the impact the Magna Carta had
• Look at how parliament has developed and what it looks like today

 Art

Textiles - Pacita Abad

During this unit we will:

• Explore and be inspired by the work of Pacita Abad
• Explore and try out some techniques using Brusho
• Explore and practise a range of stitching techniques 
• Plan, make and evaluate a final piece which combines the use of Brusho and stitching on fabric

In our other foundation subjects...

Computing - Programming B – Selection in Quizzing

PSHE - Relationships

RE - Do beliefs in Karma, Samsara & Moksha help Sanatanis lead good lives?

Music - Enjoying Improvisation & One Voice songs

French - Clothes

PE - Orienteering

We will also have a Design and Technology week during this term!

PE

Please ensure that your child comes to school in their P.E. uniform on PE days. 

 Y5 PE days are currently:

5B - Wednesday and Friday

5D - Wednesday and Friday

 Indoor Kit =  plain white t-shirt, black shorts or tracksuit bottoms and suitable shoes (pumps or trainers). No football shirts or strips please.

Outdoor Kit = plain tracksuit bottoms and warm jacket and shoes suitable for all weathers (trainers)

Please remember that no jewellery should be worn and earrings MUST be removed by the child for any PE session. Long hair needs to be tied back.  

Homework Menu

As part of our wider curriculum topic, children can also choose to complete homework from our  homework menu (see below). This is optional, however, it will be enjoyable for the children and it will allow them to take their learning further and share it with you at home. Once any tasks have been completed please bring them into school and we will do our best to display as many of them as possible.

We would love to see how creative you can be and display your hard work for all to see. 

Times Tables

 It is still important to ensure that children in Y5 are secure and fluent with their times tables facts as they are needed in many aspects of the Y5 maths curriculum. Without the quick recall of these facts, maths learning becomes much more challenging as children need to work hard to recall the times table fact they need as well as work through new methods.

Below is a grid of the core multiplication facts we would like children to learn with quick recall and fluency. Once children know these facts, they can use them to work out any other facts (eg: knowing 2x and 10x tables means they can calculate 12x)

Please continue to support your child with learning these facts and encouraging them to play on Times Table Rock Stars also: https://ttrockstars.com/