Year 5

Welcome to Year 5!

Your year 5 class teachers are Mr Gill and Mrs Dirna with Mrs Jandu, Miss Richings, Mrs Holmes and Mrs Kirsty as supporting staff to make up the Year 5 team!

Our main aim is for each child to achieve their full potential, both academically, and in the development of their character and personal attributes.  We have spent quality time looking at learning behaviours around our ‘Edgewick Learner’ system alongside academic learning.

Please find below some Year 5 expectations:

Reading

The children know how important reading is and we ask that they read each day for a minimum of 20 minutes. We ask parents listen to the children read and record their reading in the reading record.

PE

The children will have PE on WEDNESDAY afternoons. Children can come to school in their Edgewick PE kit on this day. 

 

Autumn 1: Space!

What is beyond Earth? What is space? Could there be life on another planet? These are just some of the questions we will be exploring in this topic. Space is a truly large and complex concept to understand, but it is also extremely fascinating. The children will begin their adventure by completing their astronaut training before launching into infinity and beyond. Once there, Year 5 will discover all about the solar system, the potential for life in space and NASA. In Literacy, the children will focus on non-chronological reports that provide information about an aspect of space that they are most interested in. Following this, when learning about NASA we will specifically explore significant figures in history, for example Katherine Johnson. We will be using the book ‘Hidden Figures’ as a stimulus for our biographies on Katherine Johnson and to create our own protest, fighting for the rights of different minority groups. Science will focus around the solar system and the movement of the planets

Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions or concerns.