Year 5 - Cherry & Lime

Welcome to our first term of Year 5! This term is set to be an exciting journey as we delve into the question, "Who were The Benin Kingodm?". We will have a have a trip to the M-shed to look at black history in Bristol.

Our books for the term are "The Undefeated" which is free verse poem by Kwame Alexander which is tribute to black Americans of all occupations in past years aimed to inspire black communities. Our second book is "The High Rise Mystery" by Sharna Jackson which fits the child detective genre - allowing our Year 5s to jumps into the shoes of sleuths!

Here's to a term filled with exploration, learning, and the joy of history!

Teachers

5 Lime - Miss Howell

5 Cherry - Miss Haskins

LSA - Miss Pearce

LSA - Ms Abbas

LSA - Ms Mazzei

LSA - Ms Pellini

PPA will be on Thursday afternoons and will be covered by:

Mrs Fletcher - Science

Mrs H - Art/DT

PE will be on Wednesday afternoons (outdoor) and Friday afternoons (indoor)

Children will need to come into school wearing their PE kit. This includes:

• Plain white t-shirt
• Black shorts or joggers
• Plain black trainers or daps
• School jumper if needed

Reading

We ask that children read at home 4 times per week, for around 10 minutes each time. This can be signed by an adult in their reading record. Please feel free to ask if you need any support. 

Timestable Rock Stars

Children can use their timestable rock star logins to practise their times tables. We suggest practising around 3 times per week for around 10 minutes. Please speak to a teacher if you need login details.

Spellings

Our spellings for this term recap termly spellings learnt in Y4. They are as follows:

Exciting week in Year 5 with the launch of our new book 'The High Rise Mystery' by Sharna Jackson. Y5 came into school on Monday to find there was a crime scene on the playground and someone had been murdered! 

We finished off our artwork for Art on the Hill on Saturday and in PE we looked at partner balances in gymnastics. 

Year 5 had a busy and meaningful week, highlighted by our Child of Hope Day on Friday. Child of Hope is a charity based in Uganda that provides education to children from the poorest and most vulnerable slum families. On Friday, we took a step into their world, spending the day participating in activities common to their daily lives and learning in the way they do.

Second week back for Y5 and what a great start to the year we have had! This week in English, we have been writing our our own poems based on our book The Undefeated. Like Kwame, we have thought about how changing the size/font/format of certain words can make the poem more powerful. In maths we have been looking at place value up to 1 million! In science this week, we have been looking at the reproduction of plants and in PE we have started basketball and gymnastics. In particular we looked at learning the 'triple threat' positon, in order to keep the basketball safe from opponents.