Year 5
Welcome to Year 5!
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New Year 5 Holiday project – Crime and Punishment
You are going to design a brand new island. You are in charge of this island.
You need to decide where your island is, how big it is and what it looks like.
You will need to create a clear set of laws for your island to keep everyone safe, equal and happy.
You will also need to decide what happens to anybody who breaks your laws.
This is due in by the end of your first week in Year 5.
Year 5 Curriculum:
English and Reading
Autumn 1: Viking Boy
Autumn 2: The Highwayman
Spring 1: The Indian in the cupboard
Spring 2: I am Malala and The Long Walk to Freedom
Summer 1: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Summer 2: Wonder
Maths
Autumn 1: Number and Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
Autumn 2: Fractions, decimals and percentages
Spring 1: Number and Place Value, Multiplication and Division
Spring 2: Measurement, Shape, Geometry
Summer 1: Measurement and Statistics
Summer 2: Revision and Digging Deeper
Exploration
Autumn 1: Vikings
Autumn 2: Crime and Punishment
Spring 1: North America
Spring 2: Civil Rights
Summer 1: The British Empire
Summer 2: Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Science
Autumn 1: Separating Mixtures
Autumn 2: Earth and Space
Spring 1: Forces
Spring 2: Materials
Summer 1: Life Cycles
Summer 2: Types of Change
RE
Autumn 1: Holy Loving
Autumn 2: Messiah and Christmas
Spring 1: Freedom
Spring 2: Save Humans
Summer 1: Jesus do? and Baisakh
Summer 2: Kind of King and Ramadan & Eid-Ul-Fitr
Homework in Year 5
Each week you will receive:
Spelling detective sheet
Fact family of the week sheet
Purple mash activity sent to your 'To dos'
You will also have the opportunity to change your home reader once a week and you are expected to complete reading at home each week.
Your planner needs to be signed by your parent each week.
Each half term holiday, you will have an optional project to complete, to be given in during the first week back after each holiday. They can be presented in any way you wish: writing, artwork, presentations, models - the sky's the limit!
They are as follows:
October half term: Complete a Space project - the more creative the better!
Christmas holiday: Find out about one place in North America
February half term: Find out about a Civil Rights campaigner eg Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, the Suffragettes
Easter holiday: Find out about one country from the British Empire or Commonwealth
May half term: Find out how a volcano or earthquake works!
Useful websites:
www.purplemash.com/stb-b24 - children have a purple mash login
www.ttrockstars.com - children have a TTRS login
http://www.nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk/ - National Justice Museum website