Year 5

Ms Jen & Mr Jon

Timetables and the School
Day
01/09/13
Start of the day: 8.00

Morning activities

Playtime Buddies


Timetable questions?

Writing
This half term we will be covering the following literacy units:
Significant Author study: Roald Dahl
Recount writing
Poetry: Poetic Style Pie Corbet
Adverts and persuasive writing: Link with Business topic

VCOP (Vocabulary, Conjunctions, Openers and Punctuation) is still an on going
theme during Literacy and other lessons.

Grammar and sentence structure are the main focus for us this year
encouraging children to use more complicated sentence structures, however,
still having control of the sentences .
Upleveling

Using pens
Reading
Reading out loud : at least 10 minutes every evening
Record the pages read in their contact book.

Changing library books- Book review

Understanding -ask them different questions about the
texts they are reading. Pages in the back of the contact book,

Open questions and closed questions



Reading

Guided Reading: focused questions about different
areas of reading.

For example:
finding information,
interpreting,
structure of text,
writer's viewpoint
use of language.
forming and expressing opinions and views
evaluating the story and characters
These are examples of areas that you can focus on
with your questionning.
Maths
The skills the children will be learning are the following:
place value, ordering and rounding;
using a calculator;
understanding longer multiplication and division procedures;
mental calculations;
fractions, decimals and percentages;
handling data and the use of a spreadsheet;
classifying shapes and examining spatial relationships and symmetry;
measuring area and perimeter;
solving word problems;
increasing their use and understanding of mathematical language

We will be building upon the work done in the previous term and providing
opportunities for children to use and apply their knowledge and methods to solve
real life and worded problems. The exercises will be made as practical as possible to
engage the children and enable them to make mathematical links with real life
situations making it less abstract.
Year 5 will continue to set for Maths this term.
Topic- World Religions
Students will be developing their knowledge of religions
around the world, with main focus on:
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism

-Research

-Leaflet

-Group presentations
Science- The Earth and Beyond
The students will learn why space has fascinated mankind for thousands of
years.

They will develop an understanding of the composition and features of our
solar system as well as studying about its formation.

They will be learning about the Earth, sun and moon and how the movement
of these three bodies relate to night and day
THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE
Internet Safety Week 8
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12
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September
How to be safe on the internet
Google search- how to find appropriate web pages
Google image- inappropriate content and images
Adverts and popups

Games making friends
Xbox live
Social networking- facebook, twitter
NOT JUST COMPUTERS phones, tablets and
ipads.
01/09/13
HOW TO DETECT?
Communication

Ask specific questions
about online activities
Be aware of what your child is
doing on the internet show
an interest.

How long are they spending
on the internet?

Are they communicating with
friends? Are they
communicating with anyone
else?
WHAT IS CYBERBULLYING?
Bullying through electronic
means- Not just on the computer
Text, Facebook, YouTube
common mediums
Being left out

Would you know if it was happening?

We try to create a trusting and open
relationship with the children when
they can tell us if anything is wrong. It
is also important that your children
can talk to you at home if there was a
problem.

Homework
Homework books Topic, Literacy and Maths
Folders

Weebly and Email

Expectations

Spellings level? Blue contact books