Welcome to Year 5

In Year 5 you will find Mrs Foreman, Miss Evetts, Mrs Lenihan-Brooks and Ms Ansell.

Mrs Foreman's class will have PE on Tuesday and Thursday. Mrs Lenihan-Brooks' class will have PE on Monday and Wednesday. Please make sure your child has outdoor PE kit, including trainers, in school for the whole week, and that earrings are removed on those days.

Literacy and Maths homework will be given to the children on Monday and it is expected to be handed in on Friday.

Children are expected to read at home every day. Their Reading Challenge should be in school everyday and we log their reads on a Friday.

Don't forget, it's time to start looking at secondary schools! Check out their websites here:

North Oxfordshire Academy

Banbury Academy

Kineton High School

The Warriner School

Blessed George Napier

Below are our Year 5 topics and a taster of what we will be learning each term.

	Term 1	Term 2		Term 3			Term 4		Term 5		Term 6
Literacy	Anglo Saxon Boy – diary	Beowulf – recount, instructions		Space – non-chronological reports, newspaper report, sci-fi					Wind in the willows, river pollution – narrative, persuasion,
Maths	Place value Decimals Shape	Addition and subtraction Multiplication and division		Multiplication and division Position and direction			Fractions Measurement		Fractions		Measures Shape Statistics
Science	Living Things habitats	Properties and changes of materials		Space (including history of space travel)					Forces		All Living Things (human body)
ICT	Writing code to make games in scratch			Communicating and collaborating online			Using the internet Creating a webpage		Digital media We are artists Fusing geometry and art
	Ongoing – research using search engines, e safety, typing skills, data base and spreadsheet linked to Maths and topic
Art	Artist study Science link – observational drawing				Interplanetary art			Rivers watercolours		Portraits
DT			Christmas decorations - woodworking					Bridges
Geography						Volcanoes		Coasts and Rivers
History	Anglo Saxons		Vikings					Tudors
Music	Singing and music linked to topic, particularly Space.
PE	Tag rugby Dance		Netball Dance		Volley ball Gymnastics	Tennis Gymnastics		Diamond Cricket Dodgeball		Quick cricket Athletics
RE			Is the Christmas story true? Are Sikh stories important today?			Did God intend Jesus to be crucified and if so was Jesus aware of this?				What is the best way to show commitment to God? (Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity)
French	Seasons				Planets			Food
SMSC	Anti-bullying		Personal Safety		Internet safety			Global awareness		Goals for the future

If you would like any further information regarding you child's learning, please speak to your child's class teacher.

If you require more information about the curriculum that your child is following at school, please email the school office: office.2055@orchard-fields.oxon.sch.uk