AUTUMN TERM LEARNING

ENGLISH:

Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce (Class Novel for Autumn Term)

Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe (Class Poem for Year 5)

MATHS:

Place Value, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication & Division, Fractions

SCIENCE:
Autumn 1 Materials: Mixtures and separation

How can we separate different mixtures and how does temperature affect dissolving? 

Autumn 2 Materials: Properties & Changes 

How do the properties of materials affect how we use them? 

HISTORY 
Autumn 1 British History: The Vikings 
Were the Vikings raiders, traders or something else?

GEOGRAPHY:
Autumn 2 Place Knowledge: European Regision
What is life like in the Alps? 

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION:
Autumn 1 Understanding Christianity: Creation

Autumn 2 LAS Life Journey, Rites of Passage 

PSHE:

Autumn 1 Being Me in my World 
How do our rights and responsibilities shape the way we behave in a community and how can we help make decisions that affect us? 

Autumn 2 Celebrating Difference

How can understanding different cultures and addressing bullying help create a more inclusive world?

COMPUTING:
Autumn 1 Assessing content & Search Engines

How can we use search engines effectively to find reliable and accurate information online? 

Autumn 2 Coding (Loops & Variables) 

How can we use coding to create and control music or sounds in a program? 

PE:
Wednesday: Swimming

Thursday: Tag-rugby then Gymnastics 

FRENCH:
Autumn 1 What is the Date?

Autumn 2  Do you have a pet? 


MUSIC:
Autumn 1 Blues

How can you play the blues? 

Autumn 2 Whole School Christmas Performance 

DT:
Autumn 1 Mechanisms: Gears & Pulleys

How can you make something that changes speed and directIon?

Autumn 2 Structures: Bridges

What would make the strongest bridge?

HOMEWORK

These are the expectations for home learning for this term. We expect your child to bring their book bag to school each day with their reading book and RWI Spelling Log Book.

READING:

Children should read three times per week (for at least 10-15 minutes) and this should be signed off by an adult at home or by the children themselves.

SPELLINGS:

Children will be regularly given RWI spellings to practise at home. Some of these will be based on the current spelling focus eg. adding suffixes. Other spellings will be from the Year 5&6 statutory word list called 'Orange Words'. Our spelling learning and focus words will be shared via Class Dojo

TT Rockstars:

Children should practise their multiplication and division facts regularly and are expected to complete 15 minutes on TT Rockstars.

Practising times tables is a vital life skill that will help in all areas of your child’s maths work. It is important that all children are confident and quick when recalling them. Reading is also an important skill and is relevant across all subjects within school. Regular practise really does make a huge difference to both of these, as does talking about what has been read with someone at home too. Please try to ensure your child reads or practises their times tables at home for at least 15 minutes each night and gets their home/school diary signed to indicate that this has happened.

PE & SWIMMING:

For the first half of the year, our PE lessons will comprise one swimming lesson on a Wednesday and a Games lesson on a Thursday. During the second half of the year we will have PE lessons on a Wednesday and Games on Thursday.

PE kits are to be worn on days when PE is being delivered in school. The children will need a full PE kit for all activities comprising a navy t-shirt, navy shorts and trainers . As well as this, it is advisable to have a navy tracksuit available as the weather becomes colder, as activities will still take place outdoors wherever possible. Children should bring the correct swimwear for our swimming lessons: full costumes for girls and trunks or short bathing shorts for boys, and a swimming cap as well as a towel.