Year 5 Canada

Welcome to Canada Class

Mr Chambers and Mrs Wilcock work with the children in Year Five.

This term, our learning includes the following:

English

Our book this term is called 'Queen of the Falls'

We will be learning to write in-role as different characters, organise paragraphs around different themes and use commas after fronted adverbials.

Our class novel is 'The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas'

Maths

We will be learning about place value in numbers to one-million, rounding to the nearest whole number and mental & written methods for addition & subtraction.

Science

Our Science topic this term is all about forces.

Geography

In Geography, we are learning all about Canada, mountains and mountain ranges.

Music

Our Music this half term will be listening and responding to a range of musical styles, as well as our weekly whole-school singing sessions.

Art

In Art, we are studying the work of daVinci, Dali and Van Gogh to create our own perspective drawings in pencil.

French

We will learn how to talk about animals and pets in French.

PSHE

Together Everyone Achieves More - we will be developing our knowledge of team work and supporting one another.

Computing

We will be learning to use the internet safely, databases and e-safety through Natterhub.

PE

Our iMoves unit is all about exploring a range of increasingly complex actions within sports.

Our PE day is Tuesday so please remember to send your child in their PE kit.

Home Learning

We encourage children to complete home learning projects that are linked to our current areas of learning alongside weekly sessions on Times Table Rockstars and Spelling Shed.