Year 5 - Owls and Foxes

Summer Term (1) 2024

 

Welcome back! We hope you have had a lovely Easter break and haven’t eaten too much chocolate.  Please note the following information needed to make this term as successful as possible: 

 

Curriculum 

This half term we will be focusing on our Performance. We will be performing The Pied Piper and cannot wait to perform it in front of our parents. More information will be sent out regarding dates and costumes in due course.

 

In Computing, we will be learning about Stop Motion, which will see us creating a stop-motion animation. Children will plan, create and edit their films.

 

In Science this half term, we will be focusing on Living Things and their Habitats. This will focus on plant and animal life cycles.

In Music, we will be learning the songs from our performance.

 

Finally, for PSHE, we will be concentrating on Health and Wellbeing. We will be learning about the how drugs affect our health and discussing the dangers of drugs.

 

 P.E. 

Year 5 P.E. days for Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Your child must come to school in their P.E. kit on these days. Failure to have it is likely to result in them not being able to participate in the lesson. In addition, children will not be able to participate if they do not have the correct P.E. kit. Please see the school website for more information on the P.E. kit requirements. If your child has their ears pierced, they will be required to either take out the earrings or cover them with tape for the lesson. Please remember Cooks Spinney only allows small stud earrings in school. 

  

Homework 

This year our homework will set via Class Dojo. This will involve weekly spellings, reading comprehension activities and maths homework, which will be set on a Tuesday. Children must bring in their homework books every Monday. An additional Homework Challenge will be set weekly for children who would like to complete it. If you require a paper copy of the homework, please ask your class teacher for one.

We recommended children to continue to practice their times tables using TTRS and reading at home, which must be recorded in their reading records. Please bring in reading records in every Monday.

 

Day	Home-learning	Due- recorded
Tuesday	English-based activity Set via Class Dojo Spellings (tested weekly on Tuesday) changed fortnightly. Reading comprehension / activity Compulsory	Following Monday. Questions completed in exercise book.
Tuesday	Maths-based activity Set via Class Dojo Linked to current topic. Compulsory	Following Monday. Questions completed in exercise book.
Tuesday	Curriculum-based activity Set via Class Dojo Linked to current topics. Optional	Following Monday. Questions completed in exercise book.
Recommended for extra practice	Reading for pleasure	Recorded in Reading Records. Reading Records due on a Monday.
	Times Table Rock Stars

Any queries please do not hesitate to ask one of the Year 5 team.  

   

Yours faithfully,  

Miss Kipps, Mr Mival and Mrs Goodge