Thornhill Primary School – Home/School Links
During this half term the children in Year 5 will be looking at the following areas
SUMMER 2 – Centenary Celebrations – Class focus 1935-1945 – WW2
Curriculum
Area
English
Areas to be taught in school
Possible Activities to be done at home
Reading & writing– a range of non-fiction and fiction:
- Stories from other cultures
- Glossary / Appendix / Index
- Dictionary / Thesaurus
- Link to centenary celebrations (1935-1945) Diary of
Anne Frank
Reading at home every night. Please ensure the
reading diary is signed by a parent/guardian.
Reading diaries will be checked in class on
Mondays and Fridays.
Reading - Understanding and exploring the meaning of words.
Identify how structure and language contribute to meaning.
Using retrieval, deduction and inference in a comprehension
lesson. Give justified opinions on a text.
Weekly spellings – given out on Tuesday in
yellow books for test on following Monday. The
book must return on Mondays with a
parent/guardian signature.
Please support your child with their spellings as
much as you can.
Writing – we will be writing a range of fiction and non-fiction
texts, identifying audience and purpose.
Using appropriate grammar and vocabulary and using
paragraphs precisely.
To proof read writing and to use a range of devices to interest
the reader.
Grammar – 1 specific lesson per week
Spelling – 1 specific spelling rule per week plus weekly
spellings, which will be practised in class every day during the
week.
Reading the class text at home.
Weekly help with homework. Homework is given
out on Fridays for the following Thursday. The
book must be signed by a parent/guardian and a
comment if you wish. I am happy to support with
homework during the week if your child requires
help.
Please support your child with their homework
where you can.
Some useful websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/revisewise
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/
Maths
We will be focussing on Four Rules – addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division.
Children will work on accurate and effective methods for each
to then apply to problem solving.
We will also be focussing on learning our timestables off by
heart and improving our mental maths.
We are making a big focus on knowing our number bonds
quickly and accurately. The children will have 10 maths facts to
learn each week too.
Number work – up to 1,000,000 – to be able to count forwards
and backwards in steps of 10, round to the nearest 10, 100,
1000, 10,000, 100,000.
Read, write and compare numbers.
Order decimals.
Use brackets / Use rounding to check answers
Language – square number, prime number, multiple, factor,
cube number
Weekly help with homework. Homework is given
out on Fridays for the following Thursday. The
book must be signed by a parent/guardian and a
comment if you wish. I am happy to support with
homework during the week if your child requires
help.
Please support your child with their homework
where you can.
Learning timestables – children need to know up
to 10x10 off by heart and be able to answer
questions quickly. Please support your child with
learning their timestables.
Our focus will be x6 x7 x8 x9
Maths facts – practise at home.
Some useful websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/revisewise
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/
Fractions – add and subtract fractions / multiply proper
fractions and mixed numbers
Solve fraction and percentage problems
Measurement – to know conversions and apply to problems inc
imperial measurements, time conversions and volume
Science
Earth and Space / Forces
Research on the internet.
Creating posters on the subject.
Describing the movements of the Earth, Sun and
Moon.
Understand night and day and the seasons.
Understanding different forces – gravity, air
resistance, water resistance, friction.
Look at levers, pulleys and gears
Computing
E-safety – To learn what ‘spam’ is and importance of citing all
sources they use for research for a presentation.
Using the internet to search different topics.
Presenting information through a variety of Microsoft programs
– WORD, EXCEL, PUBLISHER, POWERPOINT.
Teaching the children to use the internet safely
and ways to narrow searches to get more
specific information.
Help them to understand what spam emails are
and how to avoid them.
Using the internet to support homework.
Using Microsoft programmes at home.
Religious
Education
Judaism – link to centenary decade – connection with WW2
Use the internet to research Judaism
Visit the local library to read books about
Judaism
To discuss the persecution of the Jews in WW2
Geography
OS MAPS - Use the 8 points of a compass, 4 & 6 figure grid references,
symbols and key (inc. OS maps) to build knowledge of the UK and wider
world.
Using atlases and globes at home.
Look at OS maps
Use the internet to understand how to read OS
Maps
Research on WW2 / Bring in books from home
History
Centenary celebrations – study between 1935-1945 – WW2
This year is our school centenary so each class
is looking at a decade in the past 100 years –
ours is 1935-1945. We will be creating all our
class displays on this decade and creating a
class project, so any information children can
find about this decade would be useful. We will
link our Art / DT / Literacy / Science / Computing
to this topic.
Design and
Technology
Physical
Education
Design and construction – link to centenary celebrations
Cricket with Mrs Davis
Encouraging children to keep fit and exercise
after school, as well as having a healthy diet.
Gymnastics with Mrs Redfearn.
Music
Taught by Mrs Coulls
Listening to and enjoying music at home
Encouraging children to develop their singing.
Playing musical instruments.
Art and Design Link to Centenary celebrations
Languages
French - To be taught by a specialist teacher.
Proposed
Educational
Visits
TBC
Class Teacher………Miss Overfield……Head teacher ……Mrs Green……..
Practise what the children have learnt in school
at home.