Welcome to Class 5 – Miss Daley and Mrs Miles

 

 

 

 

 

Last half term we were learning about: Desert biomes.

 

 

 

 

Our Class Dojo score was: 5448

Our top scorers were: OL, GJ, SG, AB, DS, MW

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take a look at some of the fantastic learning we have done:

 

We are most proud of:

 

This half term we will be learning about: Our local area: West Yorkshire.

 

 

• Urban West Yorkshire (Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield) Air Pollution, Traffic, concrete, population, West Yorkshire cities over time, multicultural city changes.
• Rural West Yorkshire (Mining villages, farming, rivers, air quality, population. Physical features.

 

 

Human growth/life cycle linked to PSHE and RSE

• We will be learning about the science and development of a foetus from fertilization to birth and comparing gestation periods of different animals.
• We will be learning about the changes that occur from birth to old age.
• We will be learning about puberty.
• We will be learning about healthy relationships
• Wellbeing and mental health
• Diet and Exercise

Healthy lifestyles and healthy life choices.

 

Our key Learning skill for this half term is: Communication.

 

We will be developing it by:

Considering the thoughts, feelings and viewpoints of others.

Debating

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our class book is: Unbelievable! By Paul Jennings.

 

 

 

Our Guided reading text is: ‘Varjak Paw’ by S.F. Said.

 

 

In Maths we will learn about: Fractions, as part of the NCETM framework.

More information about our maths learning can be found HERE

 

In English we will learn about:We will be re-looking at direct speech in short written narratives as part of our writing. We will be using expanded noun phrases, effective punctuation and a range of complex sentences to further improve the content of our written work. We will be focusing part of our work on our class book, and part of our work on our topic based learning.

 

In Science we will learn about:

• We will be learning about the science and development of a foetus from fertilization to birth and comparing gestation periods of different animals.
• We will be learning about the changes that occur from birth to old age.
• We will be learning about puberty.

 

 

 

Learners in KS2 will have weekly spelling tests on a Friday. For their homework they are expected to prepare for this and practise these spellings by using these words in ten sentences.  There will also be a maths sheet. All Learners should also be reading regularly at home and talking about the books they have experienced. This will be checked on everyday and they will be questioned about the book they are reading to show understanding of the text. They will also be expected to recall their times tables at speed and the inverse of these as well.