Orange Class (Year 5)
What are we doing this term?
Welcome to year 5! In Term 1 we have lots of exciting learning waiting for us!
Maths: Place value including numbers to 1,000,000, comparing and ordering numbers, rounding, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division including factors, prime and square numbers.
Writing: Letter writing, writing a narrative with dialogue and poems
Reading: Shackleton's Journey by William Grill
Science: materials
History: Ancient Greeks
Art: Block drawing and painting
French: phonectics and Do you have a pet?
Computing: Online safety and concept maps
PE: swimming and hockey
PSHE: zones of regulation
RE: Why do some people think god exists and some don't?
Music: Composition and notation
What can you do at home?
Daily practice of timetables and daily reading.
Practise spellings for the weekly spelling test.
Complete the optional spelling sheet to support your child’s weekly learning.
Complete any of the optional tasks on the class page.
Contact information
If you have any questions, please do come and see us, send us a Dojo message or email us.
The year 5 team
kterry@offham.kent.sch.uk
Homework is optional and the tasks to complete are below.
A list of spellings will be sent home to practise. In KS2 they will have a written test the following Friday. There will also be an optional spelling sheet for KS2.
We will also expect the children to log onto Numbots and/or TT Rockstars to complete some maths fluency practice.
Daily reading is also a very important part in your child’s learning journey. This can be reading their school reading book and/or enjoying a reading for pleasure book of their choice.
This will be sent out on Class Dojo by your class teacher on Fridays.
Many thanks for your support,
Mrs Rose, Mrs Terry, Miss Moore and Miss Wood
The Year 5 Team.
KS2 Optional extra home - learning tasks
Research Task: Create a fact file on Shackleton’s ship Endurance. Include when it set sail, what happened to it, and how the crew survived.
Real Life Link: Look up populations of 5 cities around the world and round each to the nearest 10,000, 100,000, and 1,000,000.
Creative Task: Design a leaflet advertising life in Athens or Sparta—what would persuade someone to live there?
Painting Task: Create a painting inspired by Ancient Greek patterns or symbols, using block colours.
Geography Link: Draw a map of Shackleton’s journey and label key locations (South Georgia, Antarctica, Weddell Sea).
