Geraldton (Year 5)

Miss Miles

Class Teacher

Mrs Jones

Teaching Partner

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:

  • Discussion (2-week unit): Environmental Issues
  • Wolf Brother (2-week unit): Narrative and setting description
  • eBook (2-week unit): Our Wonderful World
 

 

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 playing games and solving mathematical challenges, problems or 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 this term is related to the different forces we find all around us. 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 a Tuesday afternoon, the children will have tag rugby sessions. During these sessions, the children will develop their understanding of the attacking and defending principles of invasion games. In all the activities, the children will have to think about how they use skills, strategies and tactics to outwit the opposition. In addition, they will develop their understanding of the importance of fair play and evaluating their own and others’ performances. On Friday, the children will have Tri-Golf. In Tri-Golf, the children will be developing their hand-eye coordination, balance, and concentration as well as focusing on how to hold the golf club, the stance that they need and the technique to swing the club and aim for a specific area.
 

 

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’.

 

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 having Art lessons once a week and we will be exploring the artist Vincent Van Gogh. We will be thinking about the composition of his pieces and his use of colours and brush strokes within his work. During this unit, we will be making clay tiles inspired by ‘Starry Night’ and also using acrylic paint to paint either the school or church, in the style of ‘The Church at Auvers’. In addition to this, the children will be exploring a chosen piece of his work and using this to inspire their own work.

 

 

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
 

Computing

During term 3, Geraldton Class will explore programming and in this unit we will be explaining how algorithms work, using logical reasoning to detect errors, using ‘if/else’ blocks in Micro:bit, using x and y coordinates to control position and movement in Scratch and accurately predicting what will happen when writing their very own code.