Year Five
Mrs Todd is the teacher in our Year Five class. Our PE days are Wednesday and Friday.
Class Saint
St Therese of Lisieux. Patron Saint of the Missions. Feast day is 1st October.
Therese was known for being selfish, attention-seeking and spoiled. Therese wished to become a nun from the age of 3. When Therese was 13, she had what she called her 'Christmas Conversion.' In an instant, she stopped being selfish, became determined to help others and radiated joy. At the age of 15, Therese entered the monastery and achieved her dream. Therese is most known for her 'Little Way' - she spoke of doing small things with great love. Therese carried a string of beads and used them to count her good deeds. She believed it is not the greatness of what we do that matters, but the love with which we do them.
St Therese, pray for us.
Spring Term Curriculum Overview
Maths
· Multiplication by partitioning leading to short multiplication (2 by 1-digit)
· Multiplication by partitioning leading to short multiplication (3 by 1-digit)
· Division by partitioning leading to short division (2 and 3-digits by 1-digit)
· The concept of area
· Calculating the area of rectilinear shapes
· Comparing and describing measurements involving length, mass, capacity, time and money
English
This term, we will be studying Street Child. We will be learning about:
· figurative language
· semi colons
· making inferences
· relative clauses
· parenthesis
· adverbials of time, place and number
· direct speech, persuasion
· active and passive voice
· subordinating and coordinating conjunctions
RE
Galilee to Jerusalem
- The Beatitudes
- The New Commandment and lessons for Christian life today
- The Transfiguration
- The seven petitions of the Our Father
Desert to Garden
- Ash Wednesday Mass
- Lent as a time when Christians reflect on their sins
- the Christian belief in heaven
- the Sorrowful Mysteries
Geography
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Y5 will be studying biomes with a focus on rainforests. Key learning includes: · Know the 7 continents and locate on a map · Lines of latitude and longitude and tropics · Know the difference between weather and climate · Climate zones, biomes and biodiversity · Deforestation · Climate change |
Science
comparing and grouping materials solutions and substances
filtering, sieving and evaporating uses of everyday materials
reversible and irreversible changes
gravity
air resistance, water resistance and friction
mechanisms, including levers, pulleys and gear
Design and Technology
Food - Celebrating culture and seasonality
Generate ideas through research and discussion to develop a design brief and criteria. Explore initial ideas, and make design decisions to develop a final product. Write a step-by-step recipe. Select and use appropriate utensils and equipment to measure and combine ingredients. Make, decorate and present the food product. Carry out sensory evaluations. Record the evaluations using tables/graphs/charts. Evaluate the final product with reference back to the design brief and design specification. Know how to use utensils and equipment including heat sources to prepare and cook food. Understand about seasonality in relation to food products and the source of different food products
PE
Gymnastics - Balancing, rolling, jumping and inverted movements. Partner relationships such as canon, matching, mirroring and synchronisation.
Handball - Attacking and defending principles. Maintaining possession and moving the ball towards the goal
Computing
Programming - selection in quizzes
Music
Sea shanties
Personal Development
Emotional Wellbeing - pressures that they may experience from themselves, others and the media. How to build resilience through thankfulness, use simplified CBT techniques to manage their thoughts, feelings and actions and cope with new or difficult feelings such as romance and rage. How children may be affected by what they see online, including pornography.
Life Cycles - menstruation, fertility, conception, foetal development in the womb and childbirth. Death and grief and ways to support themselves and others. The journey of change pupils have been on, and look forward to upcoming changes including the transition to secondary school
Personal Relationships - strategies for more complex experiences of relationships and conflict. How to respond to spoken and unspoken pressure, the concept of consent and how our thoughts and feelings have an impact on how we act. Consider what bullying, prejudice and discrimination are. How to recognise and respond to prejudice and discrimination. What attraction is and the concept of gender stereotypes and how these stereotypes might make us feel.