Year 5 are taught by Mrs Gardner and Mrs Lethbridge.

Ms Hall, Miss O’Neill and Mrs Scott are our Year 5 Teaching Assistants.

All children will have a colour-banded book and a library book to take home and they will be able to change this every Wednesday. Year 5 PE days are Mondays and Wednesdays – PE kit is to be worn to school on these days.

Home Learning is provided and to be returned via your child’s Google Classroom. If you need to contact the team please email: Y5@kgagomer.uk

Please see below for a Curriculum Overview for the year.

Autumn Term 2024

The Year 5 team are thrilled to welcome the children back to school as we kick off an exhilarating new school year.

We begin with an adventurous dive into the geography of South and North America. Our Guided Reading and Writing will revolve around the thrilling book “The Explorer” by Katherine Rundell. In the first half of the term, we will embark on a journey through South America, identifying countries, studying climate zones, mountain ranges, and delving deep into the Amazon rainforest. This exploration will fuel our creative writing, as we craft adventure stories rich with vivid settings and dynamic characters. In the latter half of the term, our focus will shift to North America, where we will compare and contrast the two continents, learn about different time zones, and utilise digital mapping technology for a hands-on experience.

In Mathematics, we’ll start by mastering numbers and truly understanding their meaning and representation. Our journey begins with Place Value, where we’ll decode what each digit signifies. This solid understanding of Place Value will be the cornerstone of our mathematical journey. We’ll then advance to strategies for the four operations. Fridays will be our consolidation days, featuring weekly arithmetic papers and times table challenges. Midway through the term, we’ll venture onto statistics, interpreting and representing data through graphs and charts, and extracting information from real-life scenarios like bus or ferry timetables. Throughout our maths lessons, problem-solving will be at the heart of our learning.

Our Science topic this term is “Living Things and Habitats,” closely linked to our South American and Rainforest studies. We’ll collaborate to explore various animal groups and life cycles, presenting our findings creatively. Our collaborative spirit will continue with the topic “Properties and Changes of Material,” where we’ll investigate materials to understand solubility and insolubility, and explore separation techniques like filtering, sieving, and evaporating. We’ll also delve into reversible and irreversible changes of state.

In Physical Education (PE), our focus will be on collaboration, teamwork, and fair play, honed through striking and fielding activities and team invasion games like hockey.

In Music, we’ll rock out by exploring the genre of Rock, studying its major turning points and influences. Our main focus song will be “Livin’ on a Prayer.” We’ll enhance our pitch skills, learn to sing more complex harmonies and form a Year 5 band using the Charanga music platform.

During Computing lessons, we’ll embark on a cinematic adventure into the heart of South America and the captivating Amazon Rainforest. We’ll unleash our creativity, exploring the region’s rich biodiversity, vibrant cultures, and pressing environmental issues. Through hands-on projects, we’ll learn to use advanced software tools to create our own movies, capturing breathtaking footage, editing like pros, and adding special effects to immerse our audience in the lush rainforest canopy. We’ll also master storytelling techniques to create compelling narratives that highlight the importance of preserving this vital ecosystem.

In Art, we’ll study the Mexican surrealist artist Frida Kahlo. Inspired by her unique style, we’ll create our own self-portraits, focusing on proportions, tones, textures, and incorporating bold representations of our lives in the background, Kahlo-style.

During Religious Education (RE), we’ll explore the concept of “faith” and its communication to Christians through the Bible. We’ll revisit the Christian story of the birth of Jesus, focusing on “prophecy” and its fulfilment with the gifts of the Magi.

In Personal Development (PD), our focus in the first half of the term will be on family and relationships. We’ll reflect on the meaning of friendship and the importance of self-respect. Respecting ourselves and others is key to setting boundaries and maintaining healthy relationships. We’ll also tackle important concepts such as bullying, stereotyping, and discrimination, promoting positive behaviour towards others. This will be complemented by our Diversity and Equality curriculum, examining the protected characteristics of the Equality Act in our diverse society.

The Year 5 team is excited for a successful, action-packed term ahead, where everyone will thrive.