Spring

Core Subjects

Literacy

During the Spring Term, the children will build upon their Year 5 Literacy skills through Reading and Writing.

Children will have time for daily reading to enhance their reading fluency as well as opportunities to hear a class story.

In Guided Reading, we will use Comprehension Ninja Fiction and Poetry and Comprehension Ninja Non-Fiction as a focus points to initiate our discussions around a text.

During the first part of the term, we will be using the book Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly to write letters and think about the issues of black women in the space programme.

Our writing for the second part of term will be focused around a film stimulus, Pandora. Our work will culminate in writing a non-chronological report.

In each unit of writing, the children will be taught about the text type and the grammar features which are required. Each unit will have a longer write and the children are given time to edit their work, using the Year 5 Writing Checklist, before it is marked by their class teacher.

Handwriting

Cursive handwriting is practised throughout the week following the Nelson handwriting scheme and using a range of sources, including the week's spelling words. Children are encouraged to form their letters correctly, and practise writing at speed, whilst maintaining legibility.

Maths

Multiplication and Division:

Multiply 1, 2 and 3-digit numbers by a 1-digit number
Mutiply 2, 3 and 4-digit numbers by a 2-digit number
Divide 2, 3 and 4-digit numbers by a 1-digit number
Divide with remainders

Fractions:

Multiplying fractions and mixed numbers by an integer
Finding the fraction of an amount
Using fractions as operators

Decimals and Percentages:

Show an understanding of numbers with up to 2 d.p.
Explore the relationship between fractions and decimals
Develop an understanding of thousandths
Round decimals to the nearest tenth and whole number
Order and compare numbers with up to 3 d.p.
Represent percentages as fractions
Represent simple equivalent fractions as decimals and percentages

Perimeter and Area

To find the perimeter of rectangles, rectilinear shapes and polygons
To find the area of compound shapes and rectangles
To estimate area of unknown shapes

Statistics

To be able to draw, read and interpret line graphs
To be able to read and interpret tables, including two-way
To be able to read and interpret timetables

Religious Education

Mission

Make links between how Jesus undertook his mission to share the good news and how each diocese continues that today
Give reasons as to why people carry out Jesus' mission in what they do
Apply their learning by considering how they can live out Jesus' mission in a simple way each day

Memorial Sacrifice

Discuss why memories are important and compare the different ways we can keep them alive
Make links between the Passover in Exodus, the Last Supper and the belief of the Exodus
Use religious vocabulary to give reasons for religious actions and symbols connected to the Passover and the celebration of the Eucharist
Show an understanding in how belief in the sacrifice of Jesus shapes the lives of Christians

Sacrifice

Make links to show how feelings and beliefs affect giving and refusing to give and appreciate the cost of giving
Make links between the scripture to stories of Holy Week and the Temptation in the desert and how Christians observe the season of Lent
Begin to use religious terms to show an understanding of the different liturgies of Holy Week and the Easter Vigil
Apply their learning by considering if we can be more willing to make sacrifices in our own life, especially during Lent

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