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Year 5 - The Falcons


Welcome to Year 5! 

Important Information

  • PE Days: Tuesdays and Thursdays– Children must bring appropriate PE kit (a white or house coloured top and black shorts or jogging bottoms) and footwear. Earrings must be removed or covered with tape from home.
    Children should bring a healthy snack to enjoy after break time.

    Wb 14/9/26
    This week we have been exploring short narratives in our writing. We have used Pie Corbett's Alien Landing as a model for our own short stories. We have also been investigating the size, order and orbits of the planets in our solar system in Science. In Maths we have been working on place value and using this knowledge to compare and order numbers.

    Wb 21/9/26
    This week we have been examining non-chronological reports and identifying their features as well as identifying the structure of themed paraagraphs before writing our own. In Maths we have used our place value knowledge to round numbers and in History we have been exploring what made the Benin kingdom so successful and using historical evidence and sources to explore why the Kingdom of Benin was considered to be so advanced at the time.

    Wb 28/9/26
    This week we have been writing our own non-chronological reports about a planet that we have designed. We have also moved on to covering written methods for addition and subtraction in Maths as well as exploring the movement and phases of the moon in Science. In R.E. we have explored the importance of various religious festivals and practices in the Christian faith.

    Useful Links and Information

  • BBC Bitesize – Literacy, Numeracy and Science fun activities

  • Dance Mat Typing

  • Place Value Pirates

    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: Rivers, Settlements, land use

  • History: The Benin Kingdom and historic life comparisons

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

  • History: Vikings and Anglo-Saxons

  • Geography: The Americas

  • 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
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  • Reading
    Reading records are checked weekly. Every read earns a raffle 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.
     

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