Wednesday 17^th April 2024

Dear parents/carers of Year 5 pupil,

We hope you have had a restful break. We have an interesting term ahead of us, with a lot of work and fun to be had! Our Learning Journey topic this term is titled: ‘Painting on Walls’ – with the Depth Enquiry Question: ‘Graffiti – ancient or modern, art or crime?’

P.E. Lessons

Please ensure your child wears the school uniform PE kit and trainers into school on all PE days.  PE days are PPA Mondays (15^th April, 29^th April and 6^th May) and every Wednesday.  As the weather warms up, please check that you child has a refillable named water bottle and clothing suitable for the weather including t-shirt and shorts/leggings when required.

Homework            

Reading: We encourage your child to read at home on a daily basis.  You can check in with your child to continue to support their independent reading by asking your child to read a section aloud to you, asking them to summarise what they have read or discussing themes and vocabulary with them.  Each time your child has read, they must record this in their Reading Record Book which you should monitor.  The Reading Record Book gives us an indication of how your child is engaging with reading – it is our expectation that children bring their Reading Record to school every day.  It is important to continue to develop your child’s reading stamina as they are in upper key stage 2 and are frequently required to read longer and more complexed text.  This will also be the case next year as they prepare for Y6 SATs. 

Maths and Spelling: As before, maths homework is set each Monday on Mathletics. This is to be completed by the Monday of the following week.  Please continue to practice all times tables and their related division facts frequently.  Y5 pupils did well in last year’s times table test which has been vital in our recent work on formal division and fractions.   Your child can continue to use TTRS as this is what we also use in school.  A spelling rule will be introduced on Mondays, and throughout the week lessons and activities will be completed based on this rule. Over the course of the half term, we will send home a spelling homework to consolidate spelling patterns taught in school.

Home Learning Project: This term’s home learning project is to create a 3d model of an Egyptian artefact or ancient Egyptian structure along with a fact card or fact file.  Please see the second page of this letter for further information.  The due date for this home learning project is Wednesday 15^th May 2024.

Other information:

Please remember the healthy snack for playtime e.g. a piece of fruit or a cereal bar, for snack time.  No crisps or chocolate bars please. Also, the snack can not contain nuts or seeds.  Please encourage your child to wear full school uniform each day, apart from on P.E. days and to keep jewellery to a minimum.  Children are only permitted to wear stud earrings and standard watch (no smart watches please).

Thank you, and as always if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.

Mrs Cooper and Mr Gough

Year 5 Curriculum Map – Summer 1

Year 5 Home Learning Project – Summer 1

Due Date	Learning Objective	Activity
Wednesday 15th May 2024	Can I create a model based on Ancient Egypt?	This term, we would like you to make a model of an Egyptian artefact or structure for a class museum.  In addition to your model, please produce a fact card or fact file to go with it which explains what the model is and what it was used for.  There are three example models below to give you some ideas and a web link as a starting point for research https://www.historyforkids.net/egyptian-artifacts.html
		1. A pyramid	2. A canopic jar	3. A sarcophagus
Please bring your model to school by Wednesday 15th May 2024 or if you prefer you can photograph your work and we will display/show the images in class.  If you take photographs, please email them to admin@kelvingrove.lewisham.sch.uk.