Yr5 Summer Term Newsletter 2013 – 2nd Half
Dear Parents and Carers,
We hope you all had a fun and relaxing half term break. Our final half term in year five is
packed with exciting opportunities and our major project is ‘The Circle of Life.’
Equality Week
Our first week back after half term was Equality Week. This provided an opportunity for the
whole school to: celebrate people’s differences; think about breaking down stereotypes and
to focus on what people CAN do, rather than what they can’t. The week was a great
success. The children participated in some Paralympic sports, completed day-to-day tasks
whilst wearing goggles which simulated a variety of visual impairments and a question and
answer session with Mr Nash.
The Highwayman
We will finish the year by looking at Alfred Noyes’ poem ‘The Highwayman.’ Children will
explore the poem through drama and we will explore the use of figurative language.
(Similes, metaphors etc.)
Maths
Maths will continue each day, taught in two sets. Mrs Thompson and Mrs Brookes’ set will
focus on probability, triangles and algebra. Miss Mills’ set will be looking at number
patterns and calculating averages. They will also be revisiting written methods for division
and consolidating their understanding of inverse operations.
Blogging
Year Five have just begun to add blogs to our school website. We hope you will be able to
have a look and will enjoying reading them.
The Circle of Life
For our Brilliant Beginning, the Year 5 classrooms will be transformed into an art studio
come florist! Children will be given time to appreciate, explore and compare a wide variety
of plant life, making detailed sketches of them to ensure careful observation.
Our Core value for this project will be Aspiration and our powerful learning attribute will be
problem solving. We will revisit and then continue our work on Peer Mediation: How can
we solve problems and help others to solve conflicts? Children will be learning about the
parts of a flower and plant reproduction. Having practiced explanatory writing, they will
then be able to write about their learning.
Children will move on to learn about changes during puberty and will begin to discuss adult
sexual relationships. PSHE lessons will explore how to deal with embarrassment and how to
cope with change. You will be notified via your child’s homework diary as to when DVD
programmes relating to this project will be shown.
Children will be given options and choice about their Fantastic Finale. They will be sharing
their learning about the importance of bees with Year One. Whether they choose to do this
through a story, through drama, through art, or using Velcro and tennis balls (collecting
pollen which sticks to their bodies) will be entirely up to them!
Key dates
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13 June
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18 June
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27 June
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2 July
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2 July
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8 and 11 July
KS2 Sports Day
9.30am Yr 5 and Yr 6 Eucharist at St Nicholas.
Visiting speaker from Waitrose
Trip to Poole Lighthouse to the BSO
Secondary school transition meeting at 6.00pm
Parents’ Evenings
Thank you to the parents who supported us on our river trip; your help was very much
appreciated. We’ll be checking numbers for the BSO trip in July and confirming with those
of you who offered to come along with us.
Finally, we would like you to remind children that any school property, including borrowed
PE kit and Michael Morpurgo books, must be returned to school as soon as possible.
Let’s hope the sun shines for our final half term!
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Brookes, Miss Mills, Mrs Thompson, Mr Nash and Mrs Crouch.