Oak Tree Class - Year 5
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
Welcome to our class page!
Year 5 - Oak Tree Class is taught by Mrs Amos and Mr Martindale, with support from Mrs Senior
If you need to speak to us, please see us during drop-off times before/after school, email oak@ruffordparkprimary.org.uk or call 0113 3910906 and we will respond as soon as possible.
Autumn Term Curriculum Overview
I wonder how the Industrial Revolution changed children’s lives in Victorian Britain.
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- English: Pupils will be developing and using a range of skills through writing a biography, information text, diary entry, narrative description and poetry.
- Reading: Our class reader, 'Street Child', links to our Victorian topic. Pupils will be reading through this text and answering a range of questions to support their comprehension as well as completing a range of varied comprehension tasks.
- Maths: Building on place value knowledge, using all four operations to answer problems, fractions.
- Science: Forces; recognising how different forces affect objects.
- Computing: Internet communication and Online Safety. Web page creation
- Music: Singing/Y5 - Ukuleles
- D & T: Exploring Structures
- History: I wonder how the Industrial Revolution changed children’s lives in Victorian Britain. This builds on chronological understanding, makes comparisons between past and present and some opportunity to research historical figures.
- Geography: Where in the world? Zimbabwe
- PE: Hockey / Football
- RE: Why are Rites of Passage important?/ Should we forgive others?
- PSHE: ‘Me and my Relationships’ and ‘Valuing Differences’
- French: Phonics 3 & 4/ The Date/ Do you have a Pet?
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Our Weekly Routines
Home Reading: This will be central to your child’s progress this year. The expectation in Year 5 is that pupils read for 10 - 15 minutes, 5 times per week. Please record the book and page number in your child’s home reading record, which needs to be brought into school everyday.
Finished books need to be returned to school, where they will be reviewed and changed.
Spellings: Pupils will be introduced to a weekly spelling pattern on a Friday. They will complete a range of activities throughout the week, in school, relating to this spelling pattern.
Homework: This will be issued on a Friday and returned the following Wednesday. Please encourage your child to check the basics carefully (neat handwriting, capital letters, full stops) and to take pride in their presentation. It's also great if you can chat through their Maths homework too.
PE: Oak Tree Class have PE on a Monday and a Friday. On these days, children will need to come to school in their PE kits (including suitable footwear) and will stay in their kits all day. They may also wear a school jumper or Rufford Park hoodie.
Please ensure your child can cover their ear piercings/has removed ear piercings before school or can do so independently before all PE lessons. This is for reasons of safety.
CLASS HIGHLIGHTS
WW2 visit to Worth Valley Railway
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