Maths

Objectives:

• To understand percentages.
• To calculate equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages.
• To calculate perimeter of rectangles, rectilinear shapes and polygons.
• To calculate area of rectangles and compound shapes.
• To estimate area.
• To draw line graphs.
• To read and interpret line graphs.
• To read and interpret tables.
• To understand two-way tables.
• To understand/interpret timetables.   

Our English lessons this half term will be based the text ‘Prometheus and Pandora’ by Jenny Pursglove.

During our lessons we will-

• Read to increase familiarity of a range of texts- a myth.
• Check the text makes sense, discuss understanding and explore the meaning of words in context.
• Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives.
• Predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
• Plan, thinking about the audience and purpose of writing.
• Develop characters through action, description, and dialogue.
• Use inverted commas and other punctuation to accurately indicate direct speech.
• Organise writing into paragraphs to show different events or paragraphs.
• Proof-read writing for spelling and punctuation errors.
• Create a retell in first person.

Science

Topic: Living things and their habitats

The objectives we will cover include:

• Describe the differences in the life cycle of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird.
• Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals. 

Discovery Quest:

What influence did religion have on the Kings and Queens of England after 1066?

Click the link below to download our information sheet:

• Remember your reading book and planner every day.
• Please write in your child’s planner whenever you hear them read, this does not have to be their school reading book, it can be a library book, a book your child enjoys reading, etc. Remember there are example questions to ask them about their book in the planner.   
• Homework is set on Google Classroom as follows- English homework is set on Tuesday and due inFriday.  Maths homework is set on Friday and due in on a Tuesday. It is an expectation in Year 5 that all children complete their homework on Google Classroom unless they do not have an electronic device.
• Spellings are put on Google Classroom on Fridays for a test the following Thursday.   
• P.E is on Thursdays, children need to come to school in their P.E kit. Please remember to tie up long hairand take out earrings or provide plasters.   

Please remember to bring a drink everyday- either water or squash.