Welcome to Year 5

Meet the Staff

In Year 5, our teacher is Mrs March, Mrs Powell is our Teaching Assistant, Mrs Taylor and Miss Slater are our SEND Teaching Assistants.

Year 5 Team

: Mrs P March – Year 5 Teacher (Maths & Strategic Data Lead)

: Mrs L Powell – Year 5 Teaching Assistant

: Miss S Ward – SEND Teaching Assistant

: Mrs Taylor – SEND Teaching Assistant

General Information

In Year 5 we follow a broad and balanced curriculum where every child can flourish and succeed.

Year 5 have PE on Thursday mornings and Friday afternoons.

Children will be taught the violin by a music specialist from Durham Music Service.

We encourage children to read each and every day, therefore, children are asked to bring their home reading books and signed reading records into school daily. TTRS Sessions are set every week as part of the children’s home learning. Children will also be given spellings to learn in preparation for a weekly spelling review. Children will be given home learning each week and this will consolidate any previous learning they have done in school.

Long Term Plan

Long Term Plan Year 5

Curriculum Overview

Curriculum Overview – Autumn Term 2023

Curriculum Overview – Spring Term 2024

English

Year 5 develop their love of reading through being immersed in stories, investigating facts and absorbing vocabulary from a range of high quality books. We read a variety of books from our Reading Spine throughout the school year (including classic books, contemporary fiction and picture books). We also have access to a wide selection of books in our reading bookshelves.

Some of our Reading Spine books are:

Room 13 by Robert Swindells

The Explorer by Katherine Rundell

Goodnight Mr Tom By Michelle Magorian

FArTHER by Grahame Baker-Smith

Street Child By Berlie Doherty

Mathematics

We follow White Rose Maths Long Term Plans, encouraging children to have a deeper understanding of their learning using the Concrete, Pictorial and Abstract Approach (CPA Approach). Children also practise their Times Tables in numerous ways, using Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) and Times Tables Olympics (TTO). Children also complete mathstastic on a weekly basis.

Class Charter

Experiences we have in Year 5

Ushaw Historic House, Chapel & Gardens

Banksy Artwork (Graffiti Art)

#Hello Yellow 2023 – You are enough!

Wire Sculptures (Art)

Moon Buggies (Design and Technology)

Air Resistance – Making Parachutes (Science)

TTRS – NSPCC Rocks!