What Nursery Do in Autumn 1 & 2 s1

What Year 5 are learning Hints for helping your child History English Our topic this term will be The Vikings. We will be You can help your child to research this topic We will follow the English Curriculum and will Encourage your child to read for at least ten exploring reasons why the Vikings settled in through supervised use of the internet or by focus on developing pupils’ spoken language, minutes every day and discuss their reading with different places within Europe. We will also look at visiting the local library and museums. reading, writing and vocabulary them. Viking trades. Reading: We will be exploring the features of a variety of There will be the opportunity for your child to Geography texts. Text that which include Wolf Brother, Little take books out of the school library and the class Our topic this term is Going Global. The children You can help your child to research this topic Match Girl and Under the Moon and Over the Sea. book corner. Please ensure that comments are will be learning to use keys, maps and atlas’ to through supervised use of the internet or by The children will be reading in groups in Guided made on a regular basis in the reading record. locate geographical features within Southern visiting the local library and museum. Reading sessions and will also be given time to Europe read by themselves. Please help your child practise spelling words as Art The children should bring in their book bags every they arise in weekly homework. Our topic this half term is Viking artefacts. We will Visit any local art galleries in your area, e.g. The day and reading records will be checked once a be researching, sketching and drawing a range of Tate, Dulwich Picture Gallery. week. Viking artefacts such as Pan pipes, clippers, spurs Writing and bone pins. The children will write a range of genres such as DT stories, fables and poems. The children will be researching, planning and Encourage children to begin to think about where Maths making a seasonal meal. different foods come from around the world, by We will follow the maths curriculum. Encourage practical maths around the home, e.g. looking at food packaging. Represent and interpret data using graphs. cooking / shopping, travelling, time and etc. RE Ordering, partitioning and rounding numbers and This term your child will learn about: Support your child in learning about his or her decimals up to 3 decimal places Help your child to practice their multiplication •Hinduism and Hindu environment. own faith as appropriate. Calculations with 3-digit decimals. tables and the corresponding division facts •Islam and Hajj, which is the journey to Mecca. Discuss how the religions learnt about in class Use mental and written methods for addition, E.g. 9 x 9= 81 81 / 9 =9 compare to other religions, including the child’s subtraction, multiplication and division. own faith where relevant. Times tables up 12x12. Play maths games online: Music Factors, common multiples www.primarygames.co.uk Children will have the opportunity to learn a range Encourage your child to listen to a range of Use knowledge of rounding, place value, number www.mathszone.co.uk of different songs and play percussion with a musical styles at home. facts and inverse operations to estimate and check variety of instruments, such as the bells and calculations. drums. Explaining their methods orally. PE Science In door – Gymnastics – plan, perform and evaluate Your child should bring their PE kit to school twice Forces. Discuss events in the news which link with our shapes, roll sequences and balances on their own a week. Your child will need a pair of combatable Children will learn to name the different forces studies in Science. and with a partner. trainers for outdoor PE, a T-shirt with long or acting on objects. Outdoor – Striking and fielding - developing throw, short sleeves (No vests) and a pair shorts or Encourage the children to ask questions and help catching and striking skills, working towards small tracksuit bottoms. Animals and their habitats them to research their answers. team games. Azure – Weds (indoor) / Thurs The children will be learning about animal and (outdoor) plant life cycles. The children will learn to identify Where possible, take your child to the Science Emerald – Weds (indoor) / Mon and name the parts and functions of a bird’s egg. Museum in order to research Science topics. (outdoor) Computing PSHE Our first topic this term is Game Developers. The Encourage your child to use computers sensibly In our PSHE workshops we will be considering how It would be useful to discuss the school’s core children will research, develop and evaluate their and please discuss internet safety with them. to play an active role as citizens and we will also values with your child and to consider how these own game. focus on developing confidence through a range of can be applied outside of school. Our second will be ‘Cryptographers’ where the speaking and listening activities. children will be learning about the language of French Please practice with your child in order for them computers. Bon appétit! (Enjoy your meal!) to practice their pronunciation. In this unit children learn names of food and drink related to packed lunches and break time snacks En route par l’école In this unit children learn to say the alphabet in French and continue to gain confidence in using numbers. Additional Useful Information Homework In Year 5, homework will be handed out on Thursdays and must be returned by the following Wednesday. Please ensure that your child understands the homework and remind him or her to ask for a copy if he or she is absent on a Thursday. It is a good idea to find a regular time to complete homework and avoid leaving it until Tuesday night in case your child has difficulty understanding their work. Your child will also be required to read at home every night and you should either listen to your child read aloud or discuss what they have read to ensure that they understand and enjoy their reading. It is very important that your child reads regularly! Some weeks, your child will also bring home spellings to learn. They will be tested on these spelling the following week. JohnJohn RuskinRuskin SchoolSchool Parents’Parents’ InformationInformation LeafletLeaflet

Year 5 Autumn 2016

Theme - Lasting Legacy

Outstanding School Ofsted 2009 Challenge Award for Gifted Pupils