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Year 5
The Year 5 Class Teachers are Mrs Wood and Miss Illingworth
Teachers
Miss Dolan and Mrs Eglin also teach in the Year 5 classes. Mrs Lang, Mrs Tuffin and Miss Pearson also support us in the classroom.
Please feel free to DoJo your class teacher if you have any questions or queries.
Spellings are set on a Monday and tested the following Monday.
The children are expected to read for 10 minutes each evening, practise spellings and complete 5 minutes on Times Tables Rockstars.
In Year 5, pupils are given a wide range of roles and responsibilities; from assembly chair monitors to whole school 'Playleaders' (beginning in the Spring Term). They are provided with opportunities to begin to act as role models for the younger year groups and have their voices heard within our school PVA and Eco-committee.
Reading Vipers
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Vocabulary Which keywords tell you about the character/setting/mood? Find the word which is closest in meaning to……. Find a word/phrase that suggests that… |
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Infer How does this paragraph make the reader feel? Find and copy a group of words that show that ….,, What impression do you get of ….. from these paragraphs? |
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Predict What does this paragraph suggest will happen next? Do you think the choice of setting will influence how the plot develops? |
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Explain The mood of the character changes throughout the text. Find and copy the phrases which show this. What is the authors point of view? |
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Retrieve What can you learn about ,.,,, by reading this section? The story is told from whose perspective? |
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Summarise What was the first thing that happened in the story? Summarise the main events. |
Curriculum
We teach the National Curriculum 2014 objectives and have several cross-curricular themes throughout the year: The Romans, South America, Kenya and The Edwardians.
Homework
Each week your child must:
- Read aloud at least 3 times
- Complete their Maths homework on Century Tech
- Practise their times tables regularly (including accessing TTRS)
- Practise their given spellings
- Occasional Talk Homework
In addition to this, they will be given a selection of creative projects to choose from. We would expect them to complete at least one per half term.
Your child also has access to Purple Mash.
Targets
Maths Targets – these are based on Superhero Times Tables. Progression is as follows:
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Superhero |
Table Facts |
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Batman |
x2 x5 x10 |
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Hawk Girl |
x3 x4 |
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Thor |
x6 x7 x8 |
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Black Widow |
x9 x11 x12 |
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Superman |
All with division |
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Catwoman |
All with place value – HTU and tenths |
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Ironman |
2 digits x 1 digit |
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Wonder Woman |
Fractions, decimals and percentages of quantities |
English Targets
Each child is given individual writing targets to work towards. They are encouraged to try and achieve these targets every time they write. After demonstrating their ability to use the target four times independently, they can tick it off and are given a new target.
