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:

Spring 2

Go Bananas for Fair Trade!

During Spring 2, Year 5 will be delving into all things Fairtrade related. As geographers, we will complete a range of map work activities to locate where Fairtrade items are from. We will discuss the concept of Fairtrade and the impact on consumers and farmers. Furthermore, during our immersion day the children investigate trade and how natural resources are shared around the world they will also complete a Fairtrade chocolate tasting activity! As scientists, we will be discussing the question ‘How do we grow old?’ Children will understand the changes as we grow older. In Design and Technology, we will create a automata toy using a cam and follower mechanism.

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!

Spring 2

Earth Friends: Fair Fashion by Holly Webb 

Researching her school project on Fairtrade has been a real eye-opener for Maya. She loves clothes and is appalled to find that her favourite sparkly T-shirts are made by poor children in other countries who lead very different lives from her own, privileged one. She knows she must do something about it, but how can she make a difference without revealing her pop star secret to the world?

The Story of Slavery by Sarah Courtauld 

A compelling account of the story of slavery - from ancient times, through the plantations of the Caribbean and America, to the official abolition of the slave trade more than 200 years ago. Recounts the stories of people who were enslaved, including their daring tales of resistance and escape. Highlights the continued existence of slavery today and what you can do to help stop it.

World of Food: A delicious discovery of the foods we eat by Sandra Lawrence 

Everywhere on our planet where people can be found, there are different foods that we enjoy, and different ways of preparing and eating them, too. From fruits, vegetables, cheeses and grains to spices, honey, chocolate and foods of the future, find out where foods come from, and what we grow, farm, forage and cook in order to eat. Explore more than 100 dishes and food traditions from every corner of the globe, and what people ate for lunch 5,000 years ago. Roasted hedgehog, anyone?

Journey Back to Freedom: The Olaudah Equiano Story by Catherine Johnson 

From the horrors of the slave trade to a book that changed the world, Catherine Johnson celebrates the incredible life of Olaudah Equiano in this gripping true story.

Born in what is now Nigeria in 1745, Olaudah Equiano’s peaceful childhood was brought to an abrupt end when he was captured and enslaved aged 11. He spent much of the next eight years of his life at sea, seeing action in the Seven Years’ War. When he was finally able to buy his freedom, he went on to become a prominent member of the abolition movement and in 1789 published one of the first books by a Black African writer. Journey Back to Freedom focuses on Equiano’s early life, demonstrating the resilience of the human spirit and one man’s determination to be free.