Author: Kate Watson

Year 5
Spring Term Newsletter

Welcome back to school after what we hope was a fantastic Christmas break. We can’t wait to begin our Spring term and learn all about our exciting new topics.
PE will be every Wednesday and Thursday. Please ensure children come to school on these days wearing their PE kit and make sure it is weather appropriate. The PE kits will be worn all day.
Spelling Shed and TT Rockstars will be ready every Friday and will be checked at 8pm the following Thursday. Spelling quizzes will also take place at the end of the week.
Please encourage your child to read at least 3 times per week; this will be checked by an adult in school weekly on the Boom Reader platform. Library books will also be available to widen the children’s reading opportunities. Accelerated Reader quizzes will be completed during the school day.

Bikeability:
30th January—10th February
Robinwood:
Wednesday 1st to Friday 3rd March.

Curriculum
This term, the children will be expanding their knowledge of the Amazon Rainforest through our literacy text driver ’The Explorer’. They will learn about Biomes within our Geography lessons before moving on to the topic of deforestation and Fair Trade. We will also be looking at the Earth and the Solar system in Science, then moving onto Living Things and Animals, including Humans.
In Art, the children will become sculptors as they produce a final piece of work inspired by Andy Goldsworthy.
During English lessons, we will be building on our writing skills to describe the Amazon Rainforest. We will also be writing a narrative from the perspective of ‘Fred’ our main character. Additionally, we will be writing a balanced argument and a newspaper report based on key aspects of the story.

Maths
In maths, we will spend the first part of the term concentrating on multiplication and division and their written methods. We will then move on to fractions.
Please continue to encourage your child to practise their times tables at home through TT Rockstars.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact school.
Miss Watson and Mrs Mitchell (Barn Owls)
Miss Alexander (Tawny Owls)
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