Year 5

Welcome to Year 5

Teacher: Miss Frost
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Moreton, Mrs Taylor & Mrs Cordon

Spring 1 Term Objectives

Year: 5 Date: January 2023

This is intended for parents and pupils to share the learning objectives for the term. It also provides targets for the term ahead.

MATHS

Maths

Objectives:

To multiply up to 4-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers.
To multiply 2-digit numbers.
To multiply 3-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers.
To divide a number up to 4-digits by 1-digit.
To divide with remainders.
To use division efficiently.
To solve problems with multiplication and division.
To multiply unit, non-unit and mixed number fractions by an integer.
To calculate fractions of an amount.
To find the whole.
To use fractions as operators.
To write decimals up to 2 decimal places- less than 1 and greater than 1.
To understand equivalent fractions for decimals- tenths and hundredths.
To understand thousandths as fractions and decimals.
To understand thousandths on a place value grid.
To compare and order decimals.
To round decimal numbers to the nearest whole number.
To round decimals to one decimal place.

Our English lessons this half term will be based around a visual literacy clip called ‘The Piano’ created by Aidan Gibbons.

During our lessons we will-

Draw inferences about characters’ thoughts, feelings and motives from their actions.
Select appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning.
Organise writing into paragraphs to show different information or events.
Add well-chosen detail to interest the reader.
Use correct and consistent tense throughout a piece of writing.
Begin to use relative clauses, starting with a relative pronoun (who, which, where, when, whose, that).
Plan and develop ideas for writing a setting description and a diary entry.
Create a setting description.
Create a diary entry.

Science

Topic: Animals including Humans

The objectives we will cover include:

Describe the changes as humans develop to old age.
Understanding gestation periods of animals.
Understanding how a foetus develops.
To make observations of humans as we grow.
To understand the body changes during puberty.
To understand ways to stay healthy including looking after our mental health.

Discovery Quest:

How do different materials serve different purposes?

Click the link below to download our information sheet:

Spring_1_Recycle_Reuse_Reinvent_Planning.pdf

Other useful information for this term:

Remember your reading book and planner every day.
Please write in your child’s planner whenever you hear them read, this does not have to be their school reading book, it can be a library book, a book your child enjoys reading, etc. Remember there are example questions to ask them about their book in the planner.
Homework is set on Google Classroom as follows- English homework is set on Tuesday and due inFriday. Maths homework is set on Friday and due in on a Tuesday. It is an expectation in Year 5 that all children complete their homework on Google Classroom unless they do not have an electronic device.
Spellings are put on Google Classroom on Fridays for a test the following Thursday.
P.E is on Thursdays, children need to come to school in their P.E kit. Please remember to tie up long hairand take out earrings or provide plasters.
Please remember to bring a drink everyday- either water or squash.