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Year 5
Parents
Information
Evening
Tuesday 1st November
The Year 5 Team
• Year 5 teachers
• Miss Simonds/Mrs Kingsford-Bere, Miss
Southgate
• TA Support
• Miss Williams and Mrs Buckle
Year 5 Curriculum
and extra curricular activities
• Continue to follow the National Curriculum
(September 2014)
• Written as 3 termly topics – ‘Bury St Edmunds
and Beyond’; ‘Earth and Space’ and ‘Ancient
Egypt
Autumn Term
• Topic - Bury St Edmunds and
Beyond
• Geography based - Comparison study between
Bury St Eds, a European country (France-Paris)
and an American Country (Brazil – Rio de Janeiro)
– similarities and differences in physical and
human geography. Map work skills (including
digital images and OS map work symbols). 3
cathedral locations.
• History – the Story of St Edmund
Autumn Term - cont
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Sci – properties of materials, changes of materials,
separating mixtures, reversible/irreversible changes
DT – strengthen, stiffen and reinforce structures (link to
architecture of buildings in the 3 places being studied e.g.
Eiffel Tower)
Art – textiles/sewing/collage work (link to stained glass
windows)
Music – violin/brass instrument lessons from County Music
Service
Computing – search engines (link to topic research),
Autumn Term • PE – football, gymnastics
• French – revision of greetings, classroom
instructions, classroom objects/colour revision,
days of the week Christmas
• RE – Christianity (Gospel/testament), Islam
(revelation)
• PSHE – Rights of Passage – what have I achieved?
Setting personal goals, Road safety – how to be a
responsible road user. How trustworthy is the
information on the internet?
Rest of the Year
• Spring Term
• Summer
Term
Science focus –
‘Space’
History focus
‘Ancient Egyptians’
See school website for more
information
PE
• Twice a week – Monday
and Tuesday for both
classes
New Curriculum
• Much more challenging
• Focus is much more on SPaG
• Maths – broken down into Arithmetic,
Problem Solving and Reasoning
• Comprehension skills and a good level
of reading is essential
• Expectations are much higher
SATS
• Next Year your child will be sitting
their Statutory Assessment Tests
(SATS)
• Yr6 may seem along way off – but the
children will be assessed based on
the Yr5/6 Curriculum – so we are
already working towards this
Assessment
• Pupils are judged in Reading, Writing
and Maths
• Pupils are graded as follows:
– Below Expected Level
– At Expected Level
– Exceeding Expected Level
2016 Results
• Last year only 53% of pupils
nationally made the expected
progress in Reading, Writing and
Maths
How can we help our
child?
• Start good habits now
• Encourage your child with Reading –
sign their bookmark daily
• Encourage good attendance
• Support with Spelling and Times
tables learning
• Be aware of what we are covering in
school and try to support/enrich at
home
How to Help Your Child with Reading
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• Listening to your child read can take many forms.
• First and foremost, focus developing an enjoyment and love of reading.
• Enjoy stories together – reading stories to your child at KS1 and KS2 is equally as important as listening to your child read.
• Read a little at a time but often, rather than rarely but for long periods of time!
• Talk about the story before, during and afterwards – discuss the plot, the characters, their feelings and actions, how it
makes you feel, predict what will happen and encourage your child to have their own opinions.
• Look up definitions of words together – you could use a dictionary, the internet or an app on a phone or tablet.
• All reading is valuable – it doesn’t have to be just stories. Reading can involve anything from fiction and non-fiction, poetry,
newspapers, magazines, football programmes, TV guides.
• Visit the local library - it’s free!
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How to Help Your Child with Writing
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• Practise and learn weekly spelling lists – make it fun!
• Encourage opportunities for writing such as letters to family or friends, shopping lists, notes or reminders, stories or
poems.
• Write together – be a good role model for writing.
• Encourage use of a dictionary to check spelling and a thesaurus to find synonyms and expand vocabulary
• Allow your child to use a computer for word processing, which will allow for editing and correcting of errors without
lots of crossing out.
• Remember that good readers become good writers! Identify good writing features when reading (e.g. vocabulary,
sentence structure, punctuation).
• Show your appreciation: praise and encourage, even for small successes!
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How to Help Your Child with Maths
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• Play times tables games
• Play mental maths games including counting in different amounts, forwards and backwards
• Encourage opportunities for telling the time
• Encourage opportunities for counting coins and money; finding amounts or calculating change when shopping
• Look for numbers on street signs, car registrations and anywhere else!
• Look for examples of 2D and 3D shapes around the home
• Identify, weigh or measure quantities and amounts in the kitchen or in recipes
• Play games involving numbers or logic, such as dominoes, card games, darts, draughts or chess
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Spelling
• No nonsense spelling – new scheme
adopted in school from this Half
Term.
• Yr 5 & 6 Statutory Word List
• Weekly Spellings that follow the
Year 5&6 Spelling Curriculum Rules
Times Tables
• Every child will know which times
table they are working on
• Use websites at home such as : Hit
the Button
• Download the School Run – Times
tables funpack
• Buy a Times Tables poster for your
child’s bedroom
CALCULATION POLICY
Revision Guides
• Should we be thinking this far
ahead?
• CGP Guides
Home Learning
• Daily Reading – including Library book. PLEASE
make sure you or your child records reading on
bookmarks (issued monthly)
• Weekly Maths – (out on Friday, in on Friday)
• Mathletics
• Times Tables – weekly challenge
• Literacy/Topic learning – one half term weekly,
other half term as a half term project
• Time to Talk – based on book review/current
affairs
• SPELLINGS (covered in weekly literacy lessons)
FRIDAY LUNCHTIME DETENTION IF HOME
LEARNING NOT HANDED IN
Communication
• The Yellow Diary – how should this be
used?
• Speak to us – before or after school
• Phone in
• Letter/email
• Keep an eye on the website for
information
• Check you child’s bag for letters/
check Parent mail
Questions?