Welcome to Year 5
Our Class Teacher is Mrs Yates
Welcome to Year 5
Our Class Teacher is Mrs Yates
Pensarn residential – 16th – 20th March!
Geography
- What are natural resources?
- Where does power come from?
- Which resources are renewable, and which are non-renewable?
- Where does our food come from?
- How can we conserve resources?
- Is there enough for everyone?
In Spring 2, the children in Year 5 will explore what we mean by a ‘natural resource’. The children will understand where power comes from. Children will investigate which resources are renewable and which are non-renewable. The children will then investigate how we can work to conserve resources and decide whether there is enough for everyone. This links with SDG 13, climate action.
Pathways to Write
English
In our Pathways to Write unit, the children are going to explore 4 mastery keys:
• Use a variety of verb forms correctly and consistently.
• Use brackets, dashes and commas to indicate parenthesis.
• Link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials and tense choices.
• Use commas to clarify meaning and avoid ambiguity in writing.
The children are going to study ‘The Darkest Dark’. They will begin by exploring the text, making predictions and beginning to write character descriptions. The children will study Chris Hadfield’s early life and work towards writing a biography. All writing experiences will provide children with the opportunity to practice their mastery keys.
Science
During Spring 2, children will learn all about ‘Animals, Including Humans’. We will study the human life cycle, the gestation period of different mammals, changes which take place during puberty, and lastly, how humans age.
Our focus scientist is Sarah Fowler:
Art
Our class artist this half term is William Morris. The children will be practicing and building upon their printing skills to create a collagraph print inspired by our key artist.
Music
Children will continue with their instrument lessons this half term. Please remind children to bring their instrument to school every Tuesday.
Children's Right And SDGs
The children will continue to explore SDG 13 in the Spring 2. They will investigate the impact of human activity on the climate, linking directly to their learning in Geography about natural resources.
PSHE - KAPOW
In Spring 2, the children’s KAPOW topic is ‘Safety and the Changing Body, then we will move onto ‘Citizenship’.
Please check our Curriculum map for more information.
Remember to check Seesaw for posts about our learning, as well as announcements, homework and additional information.
Mrs Yates