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In Class 5 we always reach for the stars!
Welcome back to an exciting start to Year 5. Our topic for this half term will be Out of this World. Children will be discovering amazing facts about the planets in our solar system, the space race and the phases of the moon as well as much, much more!
Our topic began with a big bang and a trip to the National Space Centre in Leicester and an informative presentation in the planetarium.
Homework- Folder sent home.
Literacy- Relat
Numeracy- Multiplication Tables
Please ensure your child brings their plastic homework folder back to school by Thursday. Many Thanks for Maths
Why not use Abacus, www.activelearnprimary.co.uk, or Mto support you in the learning that is coming up next
This week we will be looking at comparing and estimating acute and obtuse angles and using protrators to mea
TIMES TABL
October times table:
x10
The children will be tested on this times table at the end of the month - what level will you go for?
Bronze level - Know your 10 times table in ordeSilver level - Know your 10 times table out of order.
Gold level - Know the inverse of the times table e.g. 40÷ 10 = 4,
70 ÷ 10= 7
Sing the Pery Parker song to gthe mood!
SPAG
This week in SPAG we will be focussing on punctuating direct speech usi
Spelling
Given Words
elegance
distance
brilliance
ignorance
importance
ReRead 3 times a week at home and record it in your home-school diary.
We will make our way around Treasure Island on our Reading Race Track and become 'Terrific Treasure Readers'!!!
Writing
Narrative
Our genre is Narrative/Sc Fiction
We are looking at the book The Iron Man both in guided reading and Literacy over the next weeks. We will language used by Ted Hughes, use our senses to describe the setting and then write our very own story of a strange being from outer space that comes to our planet.
Guided Reading
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes- In guided reading we are looking at the story of The Iron Man and exploring his adventures when he finds himself on planet Earth and the strong friendship he makes with Hogarth.
Topic
This week in topic we will be focussing on The Space Race. As well as the Heliocentric and Geocentric view
Year 5 Topic Overview
Please note: there may be amendments, for example, due to time constraints or visits being fully booked/too costly.
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring |
Summer |
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Topic Title |
Out of this World |
Groovy Greeks |
Human Rights |
Industrial Revolution |
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Possible Visit & Magic Moments |
National Space Centre, |
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Become a trainee astronaut Make an alien |
Participate in a debate in the council chambers Go to court! |
Participate in the Peace Challenge Stretch a person! |
Try a job from Victorian times Go down a mine |
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Science |
Earth, Sun & Moon |
Light |
Life Cycles Humans |
Forces Solids, Liquids and Gases & Changing State |
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History |
Isaac Newton Space Race Yuri Gagarin Valentia Tereshkova Alexei Leonov Man on Moon Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin Helen Sharman |
Pythagorus Epicurus Alexander the Great Olympic Games |
Nelson Mandela End of Apartheid Martin Luther King Junior Rosa Parks Mahatma Gandhi National Days |
Queen Industrial Revolution Dr Barnardo |
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Geography |
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6-figure grid reference Fair Trade Distribution of wealth, population, food Countries of EU and United Nations |
Compare land use (Victorian and present) Traffic survey Draw a plan |
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E-Safety 1) Developing an interactive game. |
2) Cracking codes |
3)Fusing geometry and art. 4) Creating a website about cyber safety. |
5)Sharing experiences and opinions. 6)Creating a virtual space. |
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Artists/Designers |
Corina Chirila (space paintings) |
Greek architecture Archimedes (pulley) |
Hockney (photo collages) |
Lowry (scenes from Isambard Kingdom Brunel (bridges) James Watt (linkages/steam train) |
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Music |
Dvorak ‘ Holst ‘The Planets’ Strauss ‘Sprach Zarathustra’ Space composition |
Zorba the Greek |
African music |
Liszt ‘Liebestraum’ ‘Liebestraum’ on recorder Chopin ‘Raindrops’ |
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RE |
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What difference do the 5 Pillars of Islam make to Muslim Children’s lives? Why are there now over 50 mosques in |
How and why do Christians try to live by the Bible? |
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PSHCE |
The Caring School The World of Drugs SRE – Talking About Puberty |
Lifestyles and Cultures Political Literacy and Citizenship |
Bullies – Bullying, Pressure and Risks The Consequences of Inequality SRE - Male and Female Changes |
Me and My Relationships – Focus on Memories Growing Up – Relationships and Responsibilities of Puberty SRE – Puberty and Hygiene |
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Suggested Books |
George’s Secret Key to the Universe – Lucy and Stephen Hawking George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt – Lucy and Stephen Hawking George and the Big Bang – Lucy and Stephen Hawking Space in 30 Seconds – Clive Gifford Mars Evacuees – Sophia McDougall How to be a Space Explorer – Lonely Planet Kids |
Helping Hercules – Francesca Simon The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and Children of the Fox – Jill Paton Walsh |
In The Sea There Are Crocodiles – Fabio Geda The Garbage King – Elizabeth Laird Shadow – Michael Morpurgo Grace – Morris Gleitzman A Nest of Vipers – Catherine Johnson |
Wild Boy – Rob Lloyd Jones Twelve Minutes to Midnight – Christopher Edge The Whispering Road – Livi Michael The Battles of Larklight – Phillip R |
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SPRING TERM SPELLINGS YEAR 5 |
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w/b: 9.1.17 |
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w/b: 23.1.17 |
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Year 5 Exception words set 2 appreciate attached available average awkward bargain bruise category
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-ably probably reasonably comfortably miserably preferably
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-ibly possibly terribly sensibly flexibly impossibly |
-fer (stressed) conferring preferring transferred inferred referral
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-fer (unstressed) buffering suffering differed offered conference |
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w/b: 6.2.17 |
w/b: 13.2.17 |
w/b: 27.2.17 |
w/b: 6.3.17 |
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ee:ei deceive receive receipt deceit conceive
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-ough (or, uf, o, o-e, oo, u, ow) ought rough dough through borough plough |
Holiday Spellings Year 5 Exception words set 3 cemetery committee communicate community competition conscience conscious controversy |
Silent letters – b bomb lamb debt crumbs subtle
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Silent letters – c abscess ascend crescent descent isosceles |
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w/b: 20.3.17 |
w/b: 27.3.17 |
w/b: 3.4.17 |
w/b: 24.4.17 |
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Silent letters – g sign gnaw design gnarl gnome
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Silent letters – h honest ghost chaos character chorus |
Silent letters – k Knife knead knew knuckle knowledge |
Holiday Spellings Year 5 Exception words set 4 dictionary disastrous embarrass environment equipped/ment especially exaggerate excellent existence
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