Year 5
Welcome to Year 5!
Miss Bartlett is the class teacher and Mrs McIntosh is the teaching assistant for our class. On this page, you will find information about Year 5, news, photographs of things we have done in class and more.
Termly Newsletters & Information
Reminders
Arrival and Collection Times
All children should enter and leave school via their external classroom door.
All children should arrive between 8.45am – 8.55am.
All children should be collected at 3.20pm.
Breakfast Club & After School Club - Children in Breakfast Club should be taken to the Breakfast Club room upon arrival. They will be taken to their classroom ready for lessons at 8.45am. Breakfast Club will be open from 7.45am. After School Club will be open until 5.45pm.
P.E.- Children in Class 5 will need to come to school wearing their school uniform every day but remember to bring their P.E. kit into school on Monday and Tuesday. P.E. kits should include jogging bottoms, shorts, a house-coloured t-shirt, jumper and trainers. Children will need to ensure their hair is tied up and any earrings taken out/or covered if newly pierced.
Spellings
Every week, your child will be taught a new spelling rule to practise during the week, ready for a spelling test on Friday. Please spend time at home practising these spellings using ‘Look, say, cover, write, check’ in the Spelling Homework Booklets, as well as discussing the spelling rule. Please ensure spelling Homework Books are kept in school bags.
Writing
In Year 5, children continue to learn to write different types of texts and we use model texts to highlight the key features of these texts before children create their own versions. The table below highlights the text types and texts that we are learning in Year 5.
| Date | Text Type | Model Text Title |
| 2/9/24 | Narrative - Portal Story (3rd person) | Elf Road |
| 7/10/24 | Non-Chronological Report | Ancient Egyptian Pyramids |
| 5/11/24 | Persuasive Writing | Feeding The Birds |
| 25/11/24 | Narrative - Wishing Story (3rd person) | The Dream Giver |
| 6/1/25 | Discussion Writing | Should Trading Cards Be Banned? |
| 27/1/25 | Diary Entry | Mr. Tom's Diary (Goodnight Mr Tom) |
| 24/2/25 | Narrative - Setting and Character | Range of descriptions |
| 17/3/25 | Book Review | Review of 'Skellig' |
| 23/4/25 | Explanation Writing | How do bees make honey? |
| 12/5/25 | Adventure Narrative | Finding Fruit (The Explorer) |
| 2/6/25 | Narrative - Based on Macbeth | Romeo and Juliet |
Maths
As a school, we place emphasis on teaching Maths using a Maths Mastery approach. We place emphasis on children learning to develop their fluency, reasoning and problem solving skills. We use Maths No Problem Maths Textbooks and Workbooks in school. To find out more, visit https://mathsnoproblem.com/en/parent-videos/ to watch parent videos all about how we teach Maths at St Luke's. The table below highlights the textbook and chapters that we are learning in Year 5. If you wish to purchase a copy of the Maths No Problem Textbook A and B and Workbook A and B for your year group for use at home and also find out more about how Maths is taught in school, these are available to order at https://mathsnoproblem.com/mathematics/primary
We ask all parents to support children with learning their number bonds and times tables at home; this is key to children being successful as Mathematicians.
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| Date | Focus Textbook Chapter and Title |
| 2/9/24 | Year 5 Textbook 5A - Chapter 1 - Numbers to 1,000,000 |
| 23/9/24 | Year 5 Textbook 5A - Chapter 2 - Whole Numbers: Addition and Subtraction |
| 7/10/24 | Year 5 Textbook 5A - Chapter 3 - Multiplication and Division |
| 21/10/24 | Year 5 Textbook 5A - Chapter 4 - Whole Numbers: Word Problems |
| 11/11/24 | Year 5 Textbook 5A - Chapter 5 - Graphs |
| 9/12/24 | Year 5 Textbook 5A - Chapter 6 - Fractions |
| 3/2/25 | Year 5 Textbook 5B - Chapter 7 - Decimals |
| 1/4/25 | Year 5 Textbook 5B - Chapter 8 - Percentage |
| 12/5/25 | Year 5 Textbook 5B - Chapter 9 - Geometry |
| 2/6/25 | Year 5 Textbook 5B - Chapter 10 - Position and Movement |
| 16/6/25 | Year 5 Textbook 5B - Chapter 11 - Measurements |
| 30/6/25 | Year 5 Textbook 5B - Chapter 12 - Area and Perimeter |
| 7/7/25 | Year 5 Textbook 5B - Chapter 13 - Volume |
| 14/7/25 | Year 5 Textbook 5B - Chapter 14 - Roman Numerals |
Class Country: Brazil
We will be learning all about Brazil. We will investigate where it is in the world and find out facts about what it is like to live in Brazil.
