Below is a selection of stories your child will experience during their time in Year 5.
Great Adventurers by Alastair Humphrey
Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll
The Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle
Room 13 by Robert Swindells
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Many Worlds of Albie Bright by Christopher Edge
Please see the video below to learn about Accelerated Reader. Children are expected to read three times a week and will ask you to sign their planners every time they read.
Please see below for the writing units your child will experience and the new skills they will learn each year.
Autumn
Performance Poetry
Non-chronological Report
Story: Adventure
Diary Entry
Persuasive Letter
Story: Fantasy
Spring
Instructional Text
Persuasive Advert
Story: Historical
Newspaper Report
Story: Horror/Thriller
Classic Narrative Poetry
Summer
Balanced Argument
Biography/Autobiography
Story
Play Script
Story: Sci-Fi
Poetry
Below are resources to help you understand how grammar is introduced to your child. We use 'Memorable Sentences' to encourage children to use their grammar knowledge/skills in pieces of writing.