Year 5 2023 - 2024
Miss Taylor
Mrs Sanderson
Welcome to Year 5
This term our topic is: 'Groundbreaking Greeks'
In the Groundbreaking Greeks project, your child will learn about different periods of Greek history, exploring the earliest civilisations, the devastation of the Dark Age and the breakthroughs and developments of the Archaic and Classical periods. They will understand how the geography of Greece affected the development of city states and explore Athens, learning about the structure of the government and society. They will get to know some of the most significant Athenians and understand why Greek art, culture, architecture, philosophy, medicine and mathematics were so significant. Your child will learn about the leadership of Alexander the Great and discover how ancient Greece became part of the Roman Empire after the Hellenistic period. They will explore how the Romans respected and developed Greek ideas, making them their own and spreading them throughout the Roman Empire. To end the project, your child will decide which was the ancient Greeks' greatest idea, and explore how the legacy of ancient Greece affects their lives today.
We will also be learning about:
Science
Properties and Changes of Materials
In the Properties and Changes of Materials project, your child will revisit prior learning about the properties of materials. They will plan and carry out tests to determine the properties of a range of materials. They will use their results to suggest suitable materials for different purposes. They will learn about the property of thermal conductivity and identify materials that are thermal conductors and insulators. They will also learn about the property of solubility and test various materials to discover which are soluble and insoluble. They will find out about heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures and will separate heterogeneous mixtures using sieving and filtration. They will also separate homogeneous mixtures, investigating how to reverse dissolving by evaporation. They will ask scientific questions about separating unusual mixtures and research to find out the answers. They will learn the difference between reversible and irreversible changes and follow instructions to observe the signs of an irreversible change firsthand. They will complete their learning by finding out about materials scientists and their innovative materials.
RE
5.5 Exploring the lives of significant women in the Old Testament
5.6 Loss, death and Christian hope
Art:
Mixed Media
Design Technology:
Architecture
This project teaches children about how architectural style and technology has developed over time and then use this knowledge to design a building with specific features.
PSHE:
Being My Best
Children will:
• Know two harmful effects each of smoking/drinking alcohol.
• Explain the importance of food, water and oxygen, sleep and exercise for the human body and its health.
• Understand the actual norms around smoking and the reasons for common misperceptions of these.
Growing and Changing
Children will:
• Use words to describe the intensity of different feelings
• Distinguish between good and not so good feelings
• Explain strategies they can use to build resilience.
• Identify people to be trusted;
• Understand what kinds of touch are acceptable or unacceptable;
• Describe strategies for dealing with situations in which they would feel uncomfortable, particularly in relation to inappropriate touch.
PE
Team Work and Problem Solving/ Striking and Fielding - Cricket
Invasion Games - Rugby/ Orienteering.
Music
This half term our music unit is Dancing in the Streets.
Computing:3D Modelling, Concept Maps and Word Processing
Children will be widening their knowledge and IT skills.
MFL
Les fetes
Children will learn about:
• Festivals and dates
• Presents at festivals
• Count from 31-60
• Give and understand instructions
We will continue this term with our weekly French lessons led by Mrs Sanderson. The children will be learning about how to describe people in French.
Pick and Mix
Your child will bring home their Pick and Mix linked to their topic. Pick and Mix projects are suggested activities that help to inspire children beyond the classroom. Each activity provides an opportunity for children to explore their topic further using a number of different skills. When children have finished a project, they can bring this into school where each class will have a designated time to celebrate the learning that has taken place. Projects can stay in school and be displayed on each class’s working wall or can be taken home.
If you have any questions about how to further support your child's learning at home, please contact your child's class teacher via Class Dojo or the school office.
Files to Download
Year 5: News items
Writing Competition, by Mrs Chidgey
Children In Need sponsored Bearpee challenge, by Mrs Chidgey
Year 5: Gallery items
Our Solar System, by Mrs Sanderson
Superstar Reading Club, by Mrs Chidgey
Testing Water Resistance, by Mrs Sanderson
Year 5: Calendar items
Knoflux Theatre Workshops, by Mrs Burger
CO Crew Carbon Monoxide Workshops, by Mrs Burger