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Falcon

Year 5 - The Falcons

Welcome to Year 5! We’ve had an exciting and productive start to the year. The children have already shown enthusiasm and curiosity across a wide range of subjects. I’m really looking forward to the learning journey ahead, and all the achievements we will celebrate along the way. If there is anything you need, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

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Important Dates This Term

  • PE Days: Mondays and Tuesdays – Children must bring appropriate PE kit and footwear. Earrings must be removed or covered with tape from home.

  • Homework: Given out on Fridays, alternating between literacy and numeracy. Due back the following Friday.

  • Spellings: Issued fortnightly. Please support your child to practise these at home.
     

Useful Links and Information

What We’re Learning This Year

Autumn Term

  • Science: Solar System and Space; Day and Night

  • English: Sci-fi narratives, Non-chronological reports, Planet descriptions

  • Geography: The Americas, climate comparison, Florida & space launches

  • History: The Benin Kingdom and historic life comparisons

  • Computing: E-safety, spam awareness, password safety
     

Spring Term

  • History: Vikings and Anglo-Saxons

  • Geography: Settlements and rivers

  • English: Sagas and myths

  • Science: Life cycles, comparison across species
     

Summer Term

  • History: The Tudors, significant figures and societal impact

  • Science: Forces and materials; reversible and irreversible changes

  • Geography: Climate zones and environmental change
     

Highlights by Date

2.9.24 – Solar System research and facts
9.9.24 – American states research project
16.9.24 – Sci-Fi narratives and imagination-based writing
23.9.24 – Place value, number comparisons and rounding
30.9.24 – Planet facts and use of parenthesis in writing
7.10.24 – E-safety comic strip creation
14.10.24 – Non-chronological planet reports
4.11.24 – Multiples and extended times tables
11.11.24 – Armistice Day poetry using simile
 

Archie Awards – Person of the Week

  • 6.9.24 – Jessica

  • 13.9.24 – Archie

  • 20.9.24 – Eliza

  • 27.9.24 – Lilijana

  • 4.10.24 – Riley

  • 11.10.24 – Max

  • 8.11.24 – Harper

  • 15.11.24 – Eliza

  • 8.12.24 – Jax

  • 15.12.24 – Darcey

  • 10.1.25 – Jessica

  • 17.1.25 – Jesse

  • 24.1.25 – Aamiya

  • 31.1.25 – Bethany

  • 7.2.25 – Dylan
     

Good Worker of the Week

  • 6.9.24 – Mollie

  • 13.9.24 – Isobel

  • 20.9.24 – Lilijana

  • 27.9.24 – Florence

  • 4.10.24 – Poppy

  • 11.10.24 – Darcie

  • 8.11.24 – Riley

  • 15.11.24 – Florence

  • 6.12.24 – Eliza

  • 13.12.24 – Cohen

  • 20.12.24 – Pippa & Max

  • 10.1.25 – Leo

  • 17.1.25 – Riley

  • 24.1.25 – Daniel

  • 31.1.25 – Rocco

  • 7.2.25 – Isobel
     

Reading

Reading records are checked weekly. Every read earns a raff
le ticket, with books as prizes at term’s end. Children should read at least four times per week. Each child has a guided reading book and a personal choice book.


Homework

Homework is issued on Fridays and alternates between Maths and English. It is due back the following Friday. Children may hand it in earlier if complete.


Spellings

Spelling lists are drawn from the Year 5 and 6 statutory word list. Support your child by practising these regularly.


P.E.

PE is every Monday and Tuesday. Children must bring kit and a change of footwear. Earrings must be removed or covered with tape. Staff cannot remove earrings.
 

Snack

Please send a healthy snack for break time. School water bottles are provided to all children.

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