Welcome to Fox Class
Our Team
Our Class Teacher is Miss Fitzpatrick. Mrs Thompson and Mr Hankins are our Teaching Assistants.
English
Our English this term will be linked with our guided reading book, Kensuke’s Kingdom. We will create character descriptions for several characters, create setting descriptions from the book and imaginary ones, write poetry and rewrite the story from a different point of view.
Reading
Our reading focus will be a combination of retrieval, reasoning and inference skill focus with reading at speed.
In Upper Key Stage 2, we focus mainly on comprehension, deduction and reasoning as opposed to decoding. For the majority of children, this is where the greater need is in reading. Where personalised provision is required, we will also support in word level reading.
We recommend that you try to read with your child as often as possible, ideally at least three times per week. Whilst reading, you can focus on word reading alone, ask retrieval questions (where the answer is obvious in the text) or ask inference questions (where the answer is implied in the text).
We aim to check their reading records weekly, and if they have finished their book and read at least five times in the week, they will be moved to the next book in the reading scheme. Remember, school reading books are important for progressing in the reading levels, but the best practice for a developing reader is to read as many different genres and text types as possible.
Reading is, of course, a vital skill for your child’s development and a skill which provides access to other areas of learning.
Maths
In maths, we will start the half term with statistics. We will solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graph and complete, read and interpret information in tables, including timetables. Next, we will move on to multiplication and division where we will identify multiples and factors, including common factors of two numbers, know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite numbers and recall prime numbers up to 19 and recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (2) and cubed (3). Finally, we look at area and perimeter. Here we will measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres and calculate and compare the area of rectangles.
History and Geography
In Year 5, we focus on either Science or history and geography every half term. This ensures we can ‘dig deeper’ into our lessons and allows time to develop different skills. This term we are looking at the Earth and Space. We will understand describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system, describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth and describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies. Finally, we will use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night, and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.
R.E.
‘How can following God bring freedom and justice?’ is our Key question for R.E. We will explore the story of Moses and compare what Christians learn in this story and discuss how Christians can apply these to every day life Taking the ten commandments as inspiration, we will create ‘ten lessons for living’ which people of different faiths and beliefs, and for those without faith are able to follow.
P.E.
On PE days, the children will need to come to school dressed in their PE Kit.
PSHE and Citizenship
In PSHE this half term, we will be learning about managing risks. To begin with, the children will learn basic first aid, focusing on DRS ABC, bleeding, CPR and chocking. We will look at positive and negative risks and the risks which are around is in every day life. We will discuss people who keep us safe and look into how to minimalise the risks relating to a mobile phone.
Homework
Homework will be communicated through Google Classroom. This will include weekly spellings, comprehension, times tables practice and maths work. The times tables practice will be through Times Table Rockstars and the maths homework will either be through Mathletics or MyMaths.
Parent Partnership
I am always happy to discuss anything with parents and carers to help to support children in learning or to provide pastoral support. I aim to be on the door most days after school to provide an easy point of access, and ClassDojo is available as an additional means of communication if a face-to-face meeting is not possible or appropriate.
If you are interested in supporting the class, either regularly or for a standalone session, with your time for reading or a particular skill you have please contact Mr Owens to see when would be a suitable time for you to visit the class. We are very grateful for any assistance.
Supporting Your Child at Home
Our experience has shown us that the support children get from home has a positive impact on their learning. Here are some websites which parents and carers may find useful:
www.topmarks.co.uk
www.maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html
www.timestables.co.uk
www.bbc.com/education/levels/zbr9wmn - Key Stage 2 BBC Bitesize
Our Class Teacher is Miss Fitzpatrick. Mrs Thompson and Mr Hankins are our Teaching Assistants.
English
Our English this term will be linked with our guided reading book, Kensuke’s Kingdom. We will create character descriptions for several characters, create setting descriptions from the book and imaginary ones, write poetry and rewrite the story from a different point of view.
Reading
Our reading focus will be a combination of retrieval, reasoning and inference skill focus with reading at speed.
In Upper Key Stage 2, we focus mainly on comprehension, deduction and reasoning as opposed to decoding. For the majority of children, this is where the greater need is in reading. Where personalised provision is required, we will also support in word level reading.
We recommend that you try to read with your child as often as possible, ideally at least three times per week. Whilst reading, you can focus on word reading alone, ask retrieval questions (where the answer is obvious in the text) or ask inference questions (where the answer is implied in the text).
We aim to check their reading records weekly, and if they have finished their book and read at least five times in the week, they will be moved to the next book in the reading scheme. Remember, school reading books are important for progressing in the reading levels, but the best practice for a developing reader is to read as many different genres and text types as possible.
Reading is, of course, a vital skill for your child’s development and a skill which provides access to other areas of learning.
Maths
In maths, we will start the half term with statistics. We will solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graph and complete, read and interpret information in tables, including timetables. Next, we will move on to multiplication and division where we will identify multiples and factors, including common factors of two numbers, know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite numbers and recall prime numbers up to 19 and recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (2) and cubed (3). Finally, we look at area and perimeter. Here we will measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres and calculate and compare the area of rectangles.
History and Geography
In Year 5, we focus on either Science or history and geography every half term. This ensures we can ‘dig deeper’ into our lessons and allows time to develop different skills. This term we are looking at the Earth and Space. We will understand describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system, describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth and describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies. Finally, we will use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night, and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.
R.E.
‘How can following God bring freedom and justice?’ is our Key question for R.E. We will explore the story of Moses and compare what Christians learn in this story and discuss how Christians can apply these to every day life Taking the ten commandments as inspiration, we will create ‘ten lessons for living’ which people of different faiths and beliefs, and for those without faith are able to follow.
P.E.
On PE days, the children will need to come to school dressed in their PE Kit.
PSHE and Citizenship
In PSHE this half term, we will be learning about managing risks. To begin with, the children will learn basic first aid, focusing on DRS ABC, bleeding, CPR and chocking. We will look at positive and negative risks and the risks which are around is in every day life. We will discuss people who keep us safe and look into how to minimalise the risks relating to a mobile phone.
Homework
Homework will be communicated through Google Classroom. This will include weekly spellings, comprehension, times tables practice and maths work. The times tables practice will be through Times Table Rockstars and the maths homework will either be through Mathletics or MyMaths.
Parent Partnership
I am always happy to discuss anything with parents and carers to help to support children in learning or to provide pastoral support. I aim to be on the door most days after school to provide an easy point of access, and ClassDojo is available as an additional means of communication if a face-to-face meeting is not possible or appropriate.
If you are interested in supporting the class, either regularly or for a standalone session, with your time for reading or a particular skill you have please contact Mr Owens to see when would be a suitable time for you to visit the class. We are very grateful for any assistance.
Supporting Your Child at Home
Our experience has shown us that the support children get from home has a positive impact on their learning. Here are some websites which parents and carers may find useful:
www.topmarks.co.uk
www.maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html
www.timestables.co.uk
www.bbc.com/education/levels/zbr9wmn - Key Stage 2 BBC Bitesize
