Welcome to Y5!

General Information

Staff:

Teachers: Mr Baskeyfield, Mrs Marshall and Miss Whitehead 

Teaching assistants: Mr Sizer and Mrs Little

PE:

Children will come to school dressed in their uniform and will bring their PE kit in a labelled bag.

Some PE sessions will take place outside unless there are extreme weather conditions i.e. ice, snow or heavy rain.

Please ensure they have the appropriate kit e.g. jogging bottoms/leggings and a jumper/hoodie.

Homework:

Home learning menus are given out at the start of every half term highlighting activities and projects the children can complete based on their current topic.

Each half term, children will be encouraged to complete homework from a 'homework menu' from their class teacher. This will be a range of activities relating to their current topic that parents can complete with their children.

Please do share photographs of your children carrying out the tasks by sharing them with the year group's Twitter page. 

Topics covered:

Summer 2

Enterprise 

This half term, we will be researching, designing, creating and selling a product for the enterprise project. As entrepreneurs, the children will create a design brief for the products and conduct a range of market research. Next, the children will sketch business logos taking inspiration from popular brands. We will then be marketing our product to the wider school community. Finally, we will sell our finished product during the enterprise fair and calculate our profit margin.  

Subject Knowledge Organisers

For more information around subject coverage, knowledge and skills, head on over to our Foundation Subjects section on the website which can be found here.

Books to enjoy at home!

Summer 2 

When did Africans first come to Britain? 

Who are the well-dressed black children in Georgian paintings? 

Why did the American Civil War disrupt the Industrial Revolution? 

These and many other questions are answered in this essential introduction to 1800 years of the Black British history: from the Roman Africans who guarded Hadrian’s Wall right up to the present day. 

This children's version of the bestseller Black and British: A Forgotten History is illustrated with maps, photos and portraits. 

Black and British: A short, essential history: Amazon.co.uk: Olusoga, David: 9781529063394: Books 

Dive into the world of business with this lively introduction, whether you want to be an entrepreneur or a smarter consumer. With bright, infographic pictures, it describes how to start your own business, manage your money and beat the competition and explains global supply chains and interest rates. 

Mystified by money? Discover how it shapes the world we live in with Dragons’ Den investor and entrepreneur Deborah Meaden. This is a new, illustrated non-fiction book about money, suitable for children in Key Stage 2. Part of a series written by experts who are famous for their incredible know-how and passion for their subjects and have made it their mission to share that knowledge in an inspirational new non-fiction series for primary school children. This non-fiction book also has vibrant and inclusive artwork throughout by Hao Hao. Little Experts is an unmissable series that aims to empower and inspire a new generation of experts. 

In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Vivienne Westwood, the flame-haired fashion designer and impresario. When Vivienne was a young woman, she wasn't sure how a working class girl from England could make a living in the art world. But after discovering her passion for design and jewellery making, she erupted onto the fashion scene with a bang. Vivienne's designs became iconic, and she became famous for letting her clothes speak for themselves. This accessibly written book helps introduce young Vivienne and her passion to young readers everywhere, and the book's bold design is true to Westwood's own punk style. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the designer's life. 

Steve Jobs grew up surrounded by inventors, in sunny Silicon Valley, California. He and his friend Stephen Wozniak channelled their love of computers into their own inventions, building a successful company from Steve’s garage. Steve thought that computers were the future, and his big ideas would transform the world and the way people use technology. This inspiring book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the brilliant businessman’s life.