Welcome to the St Matthew's Primary School Year 5 Class Page

Together, we work hard and try our best.  We work hard to improve our work in all areas and nurture our own learning and that of our classmates through collaborative and group work.  We love all of the curriculum but some of our favourite subjects are Maths, Science, Art and PE.

PE

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday  On Monday the PE session is swimming so we will be walking to Grand Central Pools.  On Thursdays, the children will be working with Mr Edwards.

What will your child be learning?

AUTUMN TERM

This term in English we will be looking at the texts 'Weslandia' by Paul Fleischman and then 'Toys in Space' by Mini Grey.  We will be exploring the text through discussion, drama and writing.  We will be producing a variety of baarative and non-fiction pieces of writing.   Mrs Simon will also be reading some stories to us.

In Maths we will be recapping on Geometry - angles, types of triangles and co-ordinates.  This will lead onto place value and the number system and addition and subtraction calculations..  The children all have a log in for TTRockstars and can access this at home at www.ttrockstars.com  We will be completing daily times table practice to improve our fluency and automaticity.

In Science, we will be looking at the topic of Earth and Space.  In this unit, we look at the planets in our solar system and how the orbit the sun.  We will look at moon phases and the difference between the moon and planets.

Our Humanities theme includes ‘Rivers'  We will be comparing rivers from around the world, looking at the different parts of a river and learning about the River Mersey.

In RE we will be learning Pilgrimages and why they are special.  We will look at similarities and differences of different joyrneys and will go on our own pilgrimage to Chester Cathedral.  We will then look at the theme of Christmas, looking at the gospels of Matthew and Luke.

In Art, we will be using our inspiration from our Space topic to complete some paintings inspired by Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh.  We will make our own starry night paintings above Stockport landmarks.

Thank you for all your support.

The Year 5 team - Mrs Simon, Miss Hutch and Mrs Brown

To support maths learning at home please visit the following sites:

Great website for times tables.  Children can compete against themselves, others and even the teachers   Children have their individual login  http://www.ttrockstars.com 

Lots of different games in all topics of maths  http://www.topmarks.co.uk/search.aspx?subject=16&agegroup=3

Questions targeted around year 5 targets. 1 day = 8 questions, answers and video tutorials included  http://myminimaths.co.uk/year-5-mini-maths/

5 questions a day, differing levels of ability  http://corbettmathsprimary.com/5-a-day/

A variety of questions split into different maths topics all targeting year 5 objectives  http://uk.ixl.com/math/year-5

Lots of reasoning and problem solving activities to get your brain thinking  http://nrich.maths.org/14536

To support literacy learning at home please visit the following sites:

A variety of questions, split into different literacy topics all targeting year 5 objectives  http://uk.ixl.com/ela/year-5

A large bank of pictures to inspire creative writing  http://www.onceuponapicture.co.uk

A large collection of videos, images and ideas to inspire creative writing  http://www. literacyshed.com/home.html