This week's Learning in Year 5 at a glance!

Year 5

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Water, Water everywhere!

Open Sesame

In this final term of Year 5 we will continue to focus on our geography learning all about coastlines – what forces create and change them and what we do as humans to exploit, enjoy and protect them. We conclude this topic with our residential to Studland Bay near Swanage, where we will be putting our fieldwork skills into practice.

In the second half of this term, we travel to the Middle East and journey through the Arabian Nights, finding out about the History of the Early Islamic Empire and its legacy on our own time.

Mr Kitcatt – mrkitcatt@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk

Miss Pedlingham – misspedlingham@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk

Summer Curriculum Newsletter

Year Group reminders	Week Commencing: Monday 12^th May 2025 Week B Weekly reminders: Monday: PE for 5K Tuesday: PE for Year 5 Friday: Spelling test. Workout Summer 3 CGP due.
Reading for Pleasure	Book of the Week: David Attenborough (A Life Story) by Lizzie Huxley-Jones
RE	To the Ends of the Earth *The Gifts of the Holy Spirit* To describe how the Gifts of the Holy Spirit help Christians to be good disciples of Jesus.
English	Writing L.C. To apply our knowledge to create a flashback adventure story To create suitable characters and settings for an adventure story using known facts. Text: The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave Key words: hollowly redemption fate singes mockingly stifle
SPAG	Spelling LC: To spell words with hyphens Grammar and punctuation Determiners
Maths	GRAPHS AND TABLES LC: To draw and measure acute angles accurately in degrees.
Science	LIFE CYCLES LC: To study the variety of male and female parts of flowers. To conduct a survey around our school of the different forms flowers have taken to aid their reproduction.
DT	Coastal Art L.C. To sketch and paint a coastal scene in the style of Eric Ravilious To study the coastal artwork painted by Eric Revilious and imitate this in our own paintings.
Computing	DIGIMAPS LC: To study digital maps and investigate changes to our coastline.. To use Digimaps to explore how the coastline of Studland Bay has changed overtime and record this on a digital map.
Geography	COASTS LC: To understand the processes of coastal erosion To understand how waves cause erosion of different types of rock to create caves, arches, stacks and stumps
French	LC: To say which foods I like and don’t like
Music	Stick notation. Composing using rhythms. Creating rhythmic layers. Rediscover ‘Rhythm of Life’ and compose own chant. Can you read this stick notation? Can you write this rhythm in stick notation? Can you use rhythms to create a composition with rhythmic layers? Can you compose your own rhythms using words?
PE	Athletics Children will choose running pace and jump techniques with controlled take-off. They will need to understand how stamina and power help people to perform with effective warm-ups. Rounders To develop bowling accuracy and fielding under pressure. Identify when to use tactics and manage a match independently. To understand baseline rules and call a no ball confidently. OAA (Outdoor Adventurous Activities and team building) Children will continue building on skills from previous years including map reading and orientating themselves. Use a key to identify features of a map and use them to navigate. They will learn how to communicate and develop effective strategies as a team.
Learning for Life	Reaching Out (part 2) To apply the principles of Catholic Social Teaching to current issues and find ways in which you can spread God’s love in your community.
Homework	Monday: Reading- answer 4 reading questions from inside your reading journals. Due 19^th May Friday: New spellings. Write 5 sentences which include 5 of the spelling words. CGP books going out. Summer Workout 3- Due 23rd May