Bournehall Primary School

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WELCOME TO YEAR FIVE

Class Teachers:  Mrs Boorn and Mrs Lyden

Teaching Assistant: Miss Savage

 

Please read the below termly newsletter and curriculum overview:

Year 5 spring term newsletter

Year 5 spring term curriculum overview  

Please don't hesitate to contact us at:

alicelyden@bournehall.herts.sch.uk

anniboorn@bournehall.herts.sch.uk

Our current Year 5 displays

Spring Term Curriculum Overview

English:

Narrative: Dialogue in narrative – first person myths and legends
Non-fiction: Biography - 'I am not a label' book focus
Poetry: vocabulary building and structures -  Grace Nichols author focus

Maths

Formal written methods of multiplication and division

Fractions (equivalence, comparing and ordering, adding and subtracting)

Problem solving with all four operations

Multiplying fractions by whole numbers and problem solving

Converting units of measure

Area

Volume and Capacity

Percentages and problem solving

3D shapes from 2D representations

Reflection and translation

Computing

Flat-file databases

Computer systems and networks

Vector Drawing

Science:

Forces and Motion

Living Things and their Habitats- investigating the life cycles of plants and animals.

History:

Ancient Greece: A study of Greek life, their achievements, beliefs and influence on the western world

Geography:

South America - physical and human features (population, rivers, mountains) with a focus on rivers.

Biomes

Using Maps - use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key

Music:

Perform, compose, transcribe and describe

Art:

Painting and mixed media: Portraits

DT:

Cooking and nutrition – What could be healthier?

French:

Chez moi

Quel temps fait-il?

PE:

Gymnastics (counter balance and counter tension))

Game making and health related exercises

PSHE:

SCARF scheme-

 -belonging to a community

 -media literacy and digital resilience

-money and work
-Protective behaviours (network hand)Growth mindset

RE

How does what you believe affect what you can eat? (Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism)

How are symbols, rituals and artefacts used to express the deeper meanings of Easter and Pesach? (Judaism and Christianity)

 

Key Dates

School trip/visitor date to be confirmed.

Enjoy some photos from our Christmas performance...

Finding Genie (in Brazil)

Google Classroom 

Homework

All homework will be posted via Google Classroom.  

Homework Posted Due the following:
Spelling Wednesday Wednesday
Reading Comprehension  Friday  Wednesday
 Maths  Friday Friday

  

N.B. Occasionally homework dates may change so please keep an eye on the steam for updates.  

Once in Google Classroom you can access the assignments via the 'stream' or 'classwork' area.

News and photographs:

We frequently update the Google Classroom stream with photographs of the children and their learning and class information so please check as often as possible.  

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are unable to access your homework tasks on Google Classroom.

READING IN YEAR 5

Firfield Primary School - Reading at Firfield

Year 5 Recommended Reads

Are you looking for a new book to read?

Have a look at this list of recommended reads from Booksfortopics.com.

Click here to view the book list.

Click here to view the 50 recommended reads for Year 5.  How many have you read?

Response to Reading

As a class we are reading and sharing responses to 'I am not a label'.  'I am not a label' is a book of 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present by Cerrie Burnell. It is beautifully illustrated (Lauren Baldo, artist) anthology that introduces young readers to disabled role models.

    

 

 

BoomReader

All reading activity is recorded onto the digital reading record app BoomReader.  It is a quick and easy way to track reading both at school and at home.  Bild für Symbol 

Readers of the week

Every week we track and recognise the top six children that have added the largest number of entries onto BoomReader. Could it be your child this week? Please continue to listen to your child read and ask questions about the text. 

In science, we have recently learned about forces in action.  The below photographs show the children investigating gravity. 

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