Welcome to Year 5!

Meet the Staff:
Class Teacher: Emma Venkatachellum
Teaching Assistant: Beenu Shukla

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English

In English, we are reading Ice Trap!  Shackleton’s Incredible Expedition.
We will be writing a letter to Shackleton asking him to join his team, exploring poetry and writing Soliloquies in the role of Shackleton. Spellings will be set weekly and we will also have a weekly grammar focus in class.

Maths

We are learning how to add, subtractand multiply fractions. We will also be learning about decimals and percentages. We will be learning how to turn a fraction into a decimal and we will also be exploring percentages here too.

Science

Our Science topic this term is Forces. Children will be exploring the different types of forces and carrying out experiments. Our focus will be on: Gravity, Friction and Air Resistance. We will also be learning about Sir Isaac Newton.

Computing

Mr Wicks teaches Computing to the class on Wednesday afternoons.

Ways you can support your child at home

Ensure that your child is reading their Accelerated Reader book for at least 30 minutes a day.

Practice the spellings sent home each week. Ensure that your child is completing their IXL homework.

Example Timetable

Arithmetic

Maths

Breaktime

English

Lunchtime

Accelerated Reader Time

Humanities/Art/DT/Science

Other

PE is every Wednesday. Children should come to school wearing their kits.

Computing is on Wednesdays.

Music is on Wednesdays.

Spanish is on Mondays.