P.E. Days for Summer 2 Term:

Our P.E. sessions are as follows:

Both Classes: Tuesday and Wednesday

Please ensure you come in your kit ready on these days. This is a plain white or red t-shirt, plain jogging bottoms/shorts or leggings and trainers. Please note that football tops are not permitted for PE sessions. In colder weather, children are invited to wear either the school PE jumpers, or their normal school sweatshirt or cardigan. Other hoodies are not permitted. No jewellery should be worn, and earrings need to be removed or taped over. 

Homework 

Homework for Year 5 pupils will be set on a weekly basis. This could be in paper form or an online task using one of our online platforms such as Showbie, TTRS or Freckle. Your child will be provided with a login to access these online platforms, but if you have any difficulties in accessing these - please inform your child's class teacher and we will happily provide you with their login details. 

Our text for Summer 2 is:

African Tales by Gcina Mhlophe & Rachel Griffin

Our text for Summer 2 is:

The Hunter by Paul Geraghty

One day while playing hunters in the hot dry African bush, Jamina finds a baby elephant whimpering besides its dead mother. As Jamina bravely helps the little orphaned elephant, she vows that she will never be a real hunter . . .

Summer Term Maths

As a school, we use the Power Maths White Rose Edition to support our pupils understanding of Maths using the mastery approach. 

In the Summer Term, we will be covering the following units:

• Graphs and tables 
• Geometry- properties of shapes 
• Geometry- Position and direction 
• Decimals 
• Negative numbers 
• Measure- perimeter and area 
• Measure- converting units 
• Measure- volume 

We will also continue to embed times tables knowledge from Year 4 and transfer these skills into formal written methods. 

Useful website links and support

https://ttrockstars.com/ 

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/48/column-subtraction 

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/22/column-addition

Our History topic for Summer 2 is:

What was life like in Tudor England?

In this unit we will be working to answer these enquiry questions:

• Henry VIII –fair ruler or tyrant?
• Why did Henry VIII have so many wives?
• Why was Anne Boleyn executed?
• How did Queen Elizabeth I use a royal progress? What can inventories tell us about life in Tudor times?
• What did John Blanke have in his inventory?