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.

Summer Term Curriculum Overview

Maths

· Multiply proper and improper fractions and mixed numbers

· Finding a fraction of a quantity

· Compare and describe two fractions

· Equivalent fractions

· Convert between units of measure

· Describe angles—acute, obtuse, reflex

· Measure angles using a protractor

English

The Year 5 class text is Holes.

The key learning will be relative clauses, using brackets for parenthesis, and using organizational and presentational devices to support and guide the reader.

We will be doing this through narratives, diaries and informal letters

RE

To the ends of the Earth

· Make links with the Sacrament of Confirmation and the outpouring of gifts of the Holy Spirit.

· Describe ways the gifts of the Holy Spirit help Christians be good disciples

· Explain what ‘discipleship’ means

Dialogue and Encounter

· Understand how the Bible came together

· The Tanakh uses different names for God that reveal aspects of his nature

· Describe some Jewish beliefs expressed in the Shema prayer

Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science

Compare and group materials, solutions and substances, filtering, sieving and evaporating, uses of everyday materials and reversible and irreversible changes

Describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird. Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals

Design and Technology

Textiles - Combining different fabric shapes

PE

Badminton - Underarm forehand, underarm backhand, overarm forehand, serve, rally, run, balance

Athletics - Pace, sprint, relay changeovers, jump for distance, push throw, pull throw, balance, run

Computing

Programming - selection in quizzes

Music

Exploring melodic layers. Exploring scales, intervals and chords. Creating and playing harmonic accompaniments (drones, chords and basslines). Combining lyrics, melody and harmony

Personal Development

Life Online - Know strategies to stay safe online. Know what cyber bullying means 

Keeping Safe - Understanding of what rights are, and how the rights of children are legally protected. Judge what kind of physical contact is acceptable or unacceptable and how to respond. Know the effect that a range of substances can have on the body. Can perform the DR ABC primary survey 

Living in the Wider World - Can apply the principles of Catholic Social Teaching to current issues. Identify different types of work, understand some of the factors that influence job choices and recognise the harmful effects of stereotyping. Understand that tracking our money and budgeting is part of good money management