Geraldton (Year 5)

Miss Miles

Class Teacher

Term 3

 

Early Morning Work

For the first half-an-hour of the day, Year Five focuses on developing key skills in English and maths. The children work through a daily maths task to improve their mental agility and to consolidate and recap key maths skills. They will also have a handwriting task, which has a spelling, grammar or punctuation focus. This is also when we listen to the children read and have some group work going on. Every child will be heard once every other week, which also includes reading comprehension and guided reading tasks. On Fridays, the children will be tested on their spellings and mental maths skills.

 

English

English is taught Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings with the aim of developing reading, writing and speaking and listening skills. English units are usually taught over a two-week period. Where possible, these units will link in a cross-curricular way with the class topic. Guided Reading as a class or in groups occurs once a week and then in small groups during Early Morning Work. During this term, Geraldton Class will cover the following genres:

  • Winter Poetry (1-week unit): The Snowman
  • Arthurian Myths and Legends (2-week unit)
  • Discussion (2-week unit): Environmental Issues
  • Farther (1-week unit): Reading comprehension skills

 

 

Maths

Maths is taught daily Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Maths units vary in length and are split into weekly blocks. The children build on their previous knowledge to extend their understanding of different aspects of mathematics. They also have the opportunity to apply their knowledge when solving mathematical problems and puzzles. Geraldton class will cover the following units in Term 3:

  • Fractions (2-week unit)
  • Multiplication and Division (3-week unit)
  • Fractions (1-week unit)
 

 

Science

Science is taught once a week, through both practical and theoretical activities. The children will develop their skills as a scientist through investigations, practising their predicting and concluding skills and gaining an understanding of controlling variables. The science topic for the following term is related to forces. The children will be learning the following in this term:

  •          How to explain the force of gravity.
  •          How to identify and explain the effect of air resistance.
  •          How to identify and explain the effect of water resistance.
  •          How to identify and explain the effect of friction.
  •          To explain how levers, pulleys and gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect.
 

 

PE

PE is taught twice a week. During this term, PE is taught on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. On Tuesday, the children will have multi-skills. In multi-skills, the children will be developing their core stability, strength, stamina, power and speed in a variety of different activities. On Friday, the children will have hockey. In hockey, they will be developing their control of the ball, their passing, their ability to receive passes, their shooting, their defensive skills and their game tactics.

 

PSHE

PSHE is always taught each term and is often based on discussion tasks. Where possible, we try to link PSHE with Philosophy and encourage the children to explain their understanding in detail and answer challenging questions which don’t have a right answer. In Terms 3 and 4, we will be exploring the themes of ‘Diverse Britain’ and ‘Be Yourself’.

 

 

Geography

In Terms 3 and 4, we will be exploring the theme of ‘Our Wonderful World’. Our key question this term is: what makes our world a wonderful place to live and how can I protect it? Within this theme, we will be exploring the following:

  •          The importance of different biomes across different continents
  •          The location of the world’s major rivers and mountains
  •          The journey of a river from source to sea
  •          The physical and human features of Lapland
  •          The appeal of living near rivers in different places
  •          The impact of the water cycle in different geographical locations
 
 

 

RE

This term in RE, we will be exploring Sikhism and looking at the key question of ‘who was Guru Nanak and why do people follow leaders?’. We will be exploring the idea of inspiration and thinking about what makes a great leader as well as thinking about how Sikhs worship and the importance of the Gurus to their religion.

 

 

Art

This term, we will be exploring the artist Joseph Cornell. Cornell was an American artist who created many different pieces of art using everyday objects and things that he thought were curious or odd to look at. Much of his work is based on the shadow box and the children will be having a go at creating their own shadow boxes containing a variety of different things that they have both collected and made. We will be practising many different skills when creating our shadow boxes, from sketching to photography.