Mrs Wong’s Year 5 Class

Year 5 Class – Mrs Wong

On this web page you can find out about all the exciting things taking place in Year 5!

Teacher: Mrs Wong

Teaching Assistant: Miss McBain

Email:  vwong@discovery.victoriousmat.org

Twitter: @DiscoveryVWong

Please follow the link here to our meet the teacher presentation.

Term: Summer 1

Our Learning this term:

Maths: This half term we are continuing to look at our first unit of decimals and percentages. Working on ordering and comparing decimals, rounding decimals, understanding percentages, understanding percentages as fractions, understanding percentages as decimals before completing this unit with finding equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages. The second part of Summer 1 will be spent diving more deeply into decimals by adding and subtracting decimals,

English: This half term we will be looking at an adventure story, a journal and a non-chronological report. We will start by looking at ‘One Small Step’ an animated story by Taiko Studios where we will add our own text before writing our own independent story inspired by the story. Then we will learn about how to write a journal before writing our own based on a given topic. After which we will be working on a unit about pioneering woman in which we will write our own non-chronological reports.

Science: We will be learning about life cycles as part of the Year 5 programme of study Living things and their habitats. We will be able to describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird.

Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals. We are hoping this will help us win the school sunflower competition.

History: As historians we will be answering the key question’ What lasting impact have these pioneering women had upon our local area?’. We will be focussing on 4 key women within this topic and how they overcame the barriers they faced in their lives as pioneering women, the significance of the events associated with these women and the impact of those events. We link these events to any changes we identify in the lives of women now both locally and nationally.

Art: Year 5 will be open to the idea that artists and designers have responsibilities, in the case of architects to design homes that help us have a brighter future. As a class we will discuss if it is best to design aspirational homes which make us feel good to live in, or tiny homes which benefit the environment. Or perhaps if we can do both? We will explore the work of architects and individual builder/designers, and use our sketchbooks and drawing to collect, process and reflect upon our ideas before building an architectural model of their aspirational home or tiny house.

RE: Our focus this term will be on the key question ‘What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today?’ We will extend our learning about Muslim beliefs about God, the Prophet and the Holy Qur’an. Before finding out about Muslim sourcesn of authority and how they guide daily living for believers. We will learn about ibadah and links to the Five Pillars, festivals, and places of worship. We will learn about submission, obedience, generosity, self-control and worship; making clear links to how these are lived out in the lives of Muslims today.

Computing: Within this unit we will develop an understanding in algorithms, and use this knowledge to construct programs in the Scratch programming environment. We will learn how to write programs that ask questions and use selection to control the outcomes based on the answers given. Our end project is to design a quiz in response to a given task and implement it as a program. To conclude the unit, we will evaluate our program by identifying how it meets the requirements of the task, the ways we have improved it, and further ways it could be improved.

Music: In music we will continue our learning from last half term around performance techniques. We will be celebrating VE Day and how music can bring hope and togetherness. We will also be looking at how to use our skills to give the best performance.

Spanish: We are continuing our learning about the weather. We will be studying different weather types and by the end of this unit, we will have the knowledge and skills to say what the weather is like on a specific day and time. We will also be focussing on our prosody and pronunciation.

PSHE: In this unit of work, we will focus on achievements, aspirations and opportunities. We will start by discussing achievements they have accomplished so far and the type of attitude that helps us succeed. We will also learn about our own personal preferred learning styles, to understand how we learn best. Together we will look at challenges people face and barriers to success, then think about strategies we can use to overcome such obstacles. We will identify opportunities that are available to us now and those which may be available to them in the future. Stereotypes in the world of work will be addressed, as the children are encouraged to consider jobs they would like to do and the skills needed to do those jobs. The children will also have the opportunity to reflect on their personal goals and the steps they can take to achieve these in the future.

General Class Information

Reading: Each week, the children read a range of texts through their learning. They also take part in whole class or small group Reading sessions where their decoding and comprehension skills are developed with a different reading skill being focused on each day.

Home reading is to practice and consolidate their fluency, expression and comprehension. Children still being taught phonics will take two books home – 1 decodable book and 1 reading for pleasure book. The decodable book is for the children to practice their fluency and expression as well as to show their understanding through questioning. The reading for pleasure book is for the children to share with an adult and to promote a love of reading. If they are past being taught phonics they will be sent home 1 colour banded book to practise decoding and comprehension as well as 1 reading for pleasure book. Your child has been asked to do a piece of work in their reading journals once a week to show what they have read. This will show how they have interpreted parts of the text and how it has sparked imagination.

One child per half term will be nominated for being the Reading Hero for their class based on their commitment to home reading. The child will be chosen based on the evidence seen in their reading record and in class. If your child is chosen to be the class Reading Hero they will be given a prize and a certificate and acknowledged in Friday’s good work celebration assembly.

Homework:

· Task due before Wednesday of each week.

· Read at home at least 3 times

· Go on TTRockstars twice for 10 min

PE:

PE is twice a week on a Tuesday and Thursday.

Your child will participate in sports lesson and dance/gymnastics lesson every week. It is normally expected for children to have a full PE kit kept in school at all times.

Children should not be wearing any jewellery including earrings for PE. If your child does wear earrings, please could you ensure they are taken out before school on Tuesday and Thursday please. Hair past chin length must be tied up.

Swimming

Your child will participate in swimming lessons at Copley baths every Friday.

Children should not be wearing any jewellery including earrings for PE. If your child does wear earrings, please could you ensure they are taken out before school on a Friday please. Hair past chin length must be tied up and a swimming cap worn.

The children will be later returning to school. They will return by approximately 3:45pm traffic dependant.

Snack:

Snack is to be a piece of fruit or a cereal bar. No chocolate, crisps or sweets are allowed