Year 5

Summer 2– 2018-19

Religious Education: Pentecost

This half term, we will gain greater insight into the Church’s belief in the Holy Spirit, exploring the Christian belief in the Holy Trinity and prayer and devotion to the Holy Spirit.

Virtues and Values

This half term’s values and virtues are: INTENTIONAL AND PROPHETIC.

Religious Education: The Work of the Apostles

We will then find out more about the significant role the Apostles played in proclaiming the Good News. We will think about how the work of the Apostles built the foundations of the Church (which continues to proclaim the Good News of Christ today).

Religious Education: Marriage and Holy Orders

This unit will help us to understand more about the Marriage and Holy Orders which are important Sacraments of Commitment in the Church. Through this half term’s learning, we will come to understand that everybody has some responsibility and part to play in the life of the Church.

Alton Castle

Some of the class will visit Alton Castle after half term. Please find below a copy of the suggested kit list. Feel free to come to see me if you have any questions.

Cornerstones: Off With Her Head!

What sort of man would order the beheading of his wife? Was she really that bad?

Summer 1– 2018-19

Religious Education: Easter

During April, we will learn about the Church’s celebration of Easter. Through study of the Easter Story and the Story of the Ascension of Jesus, we will explore the Church’s belief in eternal life.

Virtues and Values

This half term’s values and virtues are: CURIOUS AND ACTIVE.

We are learning to be:

CURIOUS about everything and ACTIVE in our engagement with the world, changing what we can for the better.

Cornerstones: Alchemy Island

It’s time to suspend your disbelief and open your mind! We’re going on a journey to Alchemy Island…

Can you find the gold hidden deep in the island’s mysterious landscape? The only way is to study the map, unravel the riddle and begin your adventure.

On the way, you must do all you can to learn about gold and master the ancient arch of alchemy.

Got your suitcase ready? Then, let the journey begin…

Science: Properties and Changes of Materials

This half term we will find out about properties and changes of materials and changes of state. We will carry out comparative and fair tests to compare and group together everyday materials.

We will find out which materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution.

We will use our knowledge of solids, liquids and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated, including through filtering, sieving and evaporating and, through experiments, demonstrate which changes are reversible.

We will also think about reasons for the particular uses of everyday materials, including metals, wood and plastic.

Spring 2 – 2018-19

Religious Education: Parables and Sayings of Jesus

This half term, we continue to think about the parables and sayings of Jesus. We will explore the concept of the Kingdom of God through Jesus’ teachings and consider how Christians respond to this teaching today through their belonging to the Church.

Religious Education: Lent

We will think about the concept of ‘temptation’ as we study the temptations of Jesus. We will then study some significant texts from the New Testament which give guidance on how we should live and reflect on what nurtures and damages human relationships. Finally, as we approach Holy Week, we will learn more about the Sacrament of Reconciliation as a sacrament of healing.

Virtues and Values

Cornerstones: Peasants, Princes and Pestilence

Lock your doors and pull up the drawbridge: the dreaded ‘Great Pestilence’ is here!

At the start of this half term, we’ll meet a strange character and use a range of source materials to research the symptoms of the Black Death. Our geography skills will help us understand how the Black Death came to Britain and why it spread so quickly. We’ll investigate the effects of bacteria on the human body and find out about disgusting and dangerous plague ‘cures’. Our personal plague journals will record the horror of the illness and we’ll write poetry inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer.

We’ll learn about the ‘Dance of Death’ and perform dances inspired by Saint-Saen’s Danse Macabre. We’ll learn about different social classes, understand the reasons for the Peasants’ Revolt, take part in a mock battle and learn what it was like to be a knight.

Science: Animals, including Humans

What do we have in common with fleas and rats?

This half term, we will:

§ describe the life cycle of the human;

§ sequence and identify stages in the human timeline;

§ describe life cycles common to a variety of animals;

§ apply our knowledge to form hypotheses as to why the characteristics of the flea and rat life cycle caused the Black Death to spread so quickly.

Spring 1 – 2018-19

Religious Education: Christmas

This half term, we will further explore the story of Christmas from St. Matthew’s Gospel. We will explore some of the journeys associated with Matthew’s account of the birth of Jesus and consider the difficulties faced by Mary and Joseph and the tensions that arose in King Herod.

We will find out more about the plight of refugees and asylum seekers in our world today and compare their experiences to those of the Holy Family. We will think about the challenges faced by those who are homeless in our local community and consider how the life and teaching of Jesus might inspire people to support those in need.

Religious Education: Parables and Sayings of Jesus

Later this half term, we will examine the parables and sayings of Jesus. We will explore the concept of the Kingdom of God through Jesus’ teachings and consider how Christians respond to this teaching today through their belonging to the Church.

Virtues and Values

This half term’s focus:

Cornerstones: Pharoahs

This half term, we travel back five thousand years to the dusty realms of ancient Egypt. We will cruise along the Nile, and enter a world of mysteries and curses, mummies and kings...

NOTE: Some of the images in the ‘mummification’ section of the site listed above are quite unpleasant although the rest of the content is excellent.

Science: Forces

We will draw on our prior learning about magnetic forces and find out more about how forces affect the movement of objects. We will learn about friction and the principle of gravitational field.

Autumn 2– 2018-19

Religious Education: Baptism

This half term we will explore the role of John the Baptist in the Baptism of Jesus. We will also find out more about the signs, symbols and prayers associated with the Sacrament of Baptism.

KEY VOCABULARY: Sacrament Baptism John the Baptist sign symbol action

Virtues and Values

Cornerstones: Stargazers

Science: Earth and Space

Journey through space – the final frontier! Let’s take a trip to the stars, planets and suns and discover the amazing wonders of the night sky.

During this half term, we’ll read information texts to find out about the Solar System and the Sun, using mnemonics to help us remember the facts. We’ll make a Solar System and investigate the cycle of day into night. We’ll learn about Galileo, the ‘father’ of modern astronomy and his famous astronomical discoveries. Taking on the roles of the planets, we’ll use movement to demonstrate the motions of the planets and moons. We’ll investigate lunar myths and write astronaut poetry. Then we’ll make a space shuttle or satellite, testing the materials for durability.

Home Learning

Look out for this half term’s Cornerstones-linked home learning tasks- these will be sent home during the first week back.

English and Mathematics home learning will set every Friday.

Make sure you continue practising spelling common exception words and multiplication tables.

You must also read at least three times each week in order to receive your star.

Autumn 1– 2018-19

WELCOME  BACK  YEAR  FIVE 

Religious Education: Creation

We will begin the school year exploring Christian beliefs about the creation of the world.  We will compare the two stories of creation in the Book of Genesis and consider the idea of God as ‘Creator’.

Christians believe that every human being is created in the image of God and has the special gift and challenge of sharing in God’s creation. We will think about what is means to be a 'steward' of God's creation.

Virtues and Values

This half term’s values and virtues are: COMPASSIONATE AND LOVING .

We are learning to be:

. . . COMPASSIONATE towards others, near and far, especially the less fortunate; and LOVING by our just actions and forgiving words.

OUR SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT

Autumn 1, Week 1: This week, we will look at our school’s Mission Statement and discuss its meaning and purpose.

OUR CLASS SAINT: ST. MARTIN DE PORRES

We will also find out about the life of our Class Saint, St. Martin de Porres.

Cornerstones: Beast Creator

Arachnids, insects, molluscs and myriapods. Minibeasts come in all shapes and sizes!

This half term, we’ll handle a range of minibeasts and small creatures. Taking photographs, making notes and listening carefully to expert explanations will help us to understand how minibeasts move, what they eat and where they live. Using what we’ve learned, we’ll write an interesting minibeast report.

Science: Animals including Humans

What do we have in common with fleas and rats?

This half term, we will:

• describe the life cycle of the human;
• sequence and identify stages in the human timeline;
• describe life cycles common to a variety of animals;
• apply our knowledge to form hypotheses as to why the characteristics of the flea and rat life cycle caused the Black Death to spread so quickly.

Links to useful websites for learning throughout the year:

*** READING CHALLENGE***

This year, the ‘Reading Challenge’ will continue. If you read at least three times each week (and have evidence of this in your reading record), you will receive a very special reading award pin badge at the end of the year!

Physical Education

We will confirm which days the class will be doing P.E. shortly.

Full P.E. kit should be available in school throughout the week.

Home Learning

Information about half-termly home learning tasks and weekly homework will be sent home by the end of the first week.

Equipment Needed

There is no need to bring any extra stationary to school this year; everyone will be given the things they need .

Please bring an old t-shirt to wear to protect your uniform when working on creative tasks.

Also, make sure you bring in a water bottle to school each day.