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Garrett Hall Primary School

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Our Spring term topic in Year 5 is....The Mystic Maya

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To view our suggested activities for the Spring term please click here 

Reading 

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We recommend that children read at least 3 times a week and once to an adult. This will help to improve the fluency of their reading as well as supporting both their comprehension and spelling.

Guided Reading

Over the course of the week, children will take part in a range of Guided Reading activities. These will be based around our Reading for Pleasure text, Oh Maya Gods by Maz Evans, and will focus on developing key reading skills of Retrieval, Inference and Authorial Choice. The children will also experience school library and book talk sessions.

PE

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Our PE days for this term are Thursday and Friday so please come in your kit on this day. For the first half-term, this will be Sports Coach on Thursday and a Be Well Wigan Coach on Friday. We will update on the second half-term once Cricket Coach dates have been finalised.

English 

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In English, we will be studying:

Until I Met Dudley and Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions - Explanation texts

The Chocolate Tree, Rain Player and The Great Kapok Tree - Traditional tales: Ancient Maya folk tales and myths

The Hero Twins and Eldorado - Narrative writing including adventure stories and graphic novels

In all of these units we will be covering a range of comprehension, grammar and spelling objectives.

Year 5 Team

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Teachers:  

 

Mr W Jones

Miss S Burns

Teaching Assistants:

 Miss A Wright

Miss L Willis

Mr M Davidson

 

Notices

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In Year 5 this term, we are having a big push on accuracy of spelling, handwriting and punctuation.

You can support us in this by checking and encouraging accuracy in these areas in your children's homework.

Thank you for your continued support.

Spring trips and events

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5th March - Trip to Manchester Art Gallery and to see the Halle Orchestra (History / Art / Music)

27th March - Manchester Jewish Museum (am only - RE)

Detailed letter to follow for parents and carers.

Mathematics

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In Maths we will be focusing on:

  • Multiplication and Division 
  • Fractions
  • Decimals and Percentages
  • Perimeter and Area
  • Statistics

Year 5 in pictures...

Spring Term

The Mystic Maya

To view our curriculum map and our suggested activities for the Spring term please click here

  

Homework

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Each week, we expect children to practise both their times tables and spelling homework. In addition to this, we usually set a homework on a Friday to be handed in the following Thursday. Please see Google Classroom to view the homework each week. Your child's login details are at the front of their Reading Journal/Planner.

 

Spellings

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Spelling strategies and rules will be taught throughout the week. Children will be tested on their spellings and receive their new spellings every Friday.

Year 5 Word List

Below are the Year 5 words that your child needs to be able to spell by the end of Year 5....

Science

Materials and their properties

Dissolving  - a range of practical dissolving investigations usnig salt and sugar.

Our Topic Learning

History and Geography

We will be learning all about the Ancient Maya, studying their culture and legacy and the geography of Mesoamerica.

Art

We are studying the artist Deborah Shapiro and creating our own abstract animal art.

Computing

This term the children will be learning about Spreadsheets and Coding.

RE

Our topic for this term will be:  Judaism and Easter

Music

With our music specialist Miss Holcroft, the children will be developing their understanding of musical notation and body percussion, inspired by the music of Anna Meredith.

Design and Technology

We will be designing and making Maya style burritos.

National Curriculum

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To view the National Curriculum expectations for Year Five children -please click here