ANGEL ROAD JUNIOR
- SPRING 2014
Year Five
Homework
There was no homework for
the Christmas holidays. The only
expectation was to read fantasy
stories.
Again, for this term there is a
homework choice sheet. Pupils
are expected to complete one
piece of homework from this
per week along with:
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reading (at least half an
hour per week).
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Spellings.
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Mental maths (times tables
etc…)
Homework is due in on a
Wednesday and given out on a
Friday. The children may have
different days of the week for
spellings and mental maths.
Please remember:
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If children come to
school with money,
they must have it in
a purse or wallet.
If you need to come
into school (for
whatever reason)
please do so via the
office. This is for
the safeguarding of
all children.
Welcome to Year 5!
We hope you had a great Christmas holiday and
wish you a happy new year!
For this term the year 5 topics are:
 Surrealism (Art).
 Animals.
If you have anything at home that will support
the learning of these topics then please feel free
to bring them into school.
To support the learning this term we are inviting
some local artists into school and are planning at
least one school trip. We will write to you soon to
confirm further details.
Did you film or photograph the year 5 pantomime? If so, we would love to have copies of
these!
Equipment
We have noticed that lots of the children have been
coming to school without the equipment they need.
On Mondays and Tuesdays they need PE kit, please note:
joggers, jumpers and a waterproof jacket are needed for
winter.
This term Year 5 are swimming, children will be need to
have their kit on a Tuesday. 5K are first followed by 5S
and then 5MC. (please refer to your swimming letter for
the dates).
Topics this term:
Please be aware that this is subject to small changes. Due to the nature of an exciting curriculum, we are
Literacy
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Numeracy
Topic 1
Writing fantasy stories with several chapters (using surrealist art for
inspiration).
Writing non-fiction reports.
Using commas for clauses and pauses.
Expressive and figurative languages.
Using a range of higher level punctuation.
Using a range of higher level connectives.
Using paragraphs (higher level - joining paragraphs with connectives).
Number, place value, multiplication and division facts, the four operations,
odd and even, number sequences, shape, parallel , perpendicular, triangles,
pictograms, bar line charts, measurements, weights, symmetry, 3D shape,
doubling and halving, improper fractions, equivalent fractions and ordering
fractions.
Surrealism
Using image software, photography, painting, sketching, researching artists,
poetry, Escher, Salvador Dali, oil pastels, collage, studying famous artists
work, Philosophy through art, Biographies, the history of surrealism, visits
from local artists.
Topic 2
Animals (To continue after Easter..)
Life cycles, investigating and making bug hotels, animal habitats, British
wildlife, wildlife from around the world and various other activities (TBC).
5MC
We have secured the services of Miss Harwood, an excellent supply teacher for the last
two weeks in January and all of February. She will be teaching 5MC and the sets in which
Mrs Mo would normally teach. We will write to you and keep you informed of the situation.
Thank you for your patience with this matter.
Our Topics this term are: Surrealism and Animals. Do you have any ideas or anything
that you could contribute to this? Is there anything you would like to see your child
learning? Any great resources out there that could help? We welcome your ideas and
feedback and will always try to plan them into out curriculum.
Thank you for taking the time to read this newsletter.
The Year 5 Team