Year 5
Welcome to Year 5!
The teachers in Year 5 are Mr Wilson, Miss Stanbra and Mr Crossley.
Our Teaching Assistants are Miss Sillick and Miss Dennis.
If you can promise to work hard, we can promise to make your time in Year 5 enjoyable, memorable and fun.
Most of the work in Year 5 is organised around interesting and enjoyable themes which are:
- Invaders (Anglo-Saxons and Vikings)
- Rainforests
- Industrial Sheffield
- Raging Rivers
There are lots of opportunities to take part in a wide range of enrichment activities throughout the year.
We hope that we all enjoy our year together, work hard and learn lots!
What's it like to be in Year 5?
“You feel really grown up in Year 5.”
“The teachers are really nice.”
“Y5 is exciting and you get to do really fun things.”
“You get to earn more privileges and the work is more advanced.”
Our Learning
English
We continue to develop our writing style through exploring a range of text types related to our themes. These include:
- Reports
- Diary entries
- Narrative
- Persuasive writing
- Descriptive writing
- Instructions
- Reviews
We also read a variety of poems and stories by different authors and from different cultures and traditions.
Maths
We build on our arithmetic skills and develop our methods in order to solve reasoning problems. We follow the White Rose scheme of work as follows:
Autumn Term
- Place Value
- Addition and Subtraction
- Multiplication and Division
- Fractions
Spring Term
- Multiplication and Division
- Fractions
- Decimals and Percentages
- Perimeter and Area
- Statistics
Summer Term
- Shape
- Position and Direction
- Decimals
- Negative Numbers
- Converting Units
- Measurment - Volume
Science
We continue to improve our scientific skills and knowledge across the four themes. We will look at:
- Living things and their habitats
- Animals including humans
- Forces
- Earth and Space
- Properties and changing states of materials
Visits
During the Autumn term we have an exciting visit from a real-life Rainforest Explorer, who comes to school and holds a day-long workshop where we learn all about Rainforests to kick off this theme.
In the Spring term, we are fortunate to have the opportunity to participate in 'Bikeability Cycle Training' led by Cycle North.
Sheffield United Community coaches also work with our Y5 pupils in their 'Joy of Moving' initiative.
In the Summer term we enjoy a visit to Gullivers Valley theme park.
As part of our learning about 'Indiustrial Sheffield,' we visit Kelham Island Museum.
Curriculum Information for Parents
Please see the following documents for information about the curriculum taught in each theme, special events and how you can help at home.
Y5 Curriculum Overview
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Theme Overviews
