Welcome to Year 5 where you will find Mrs Davies, Mrs Leavesley and Miss Bewley
During the first half of this term, Year 5 will be immersed in a wide range of learning that will help them to enhance their understanding of the wider world. As part of our Geography curriculum, we will be studying Europe with a deeper focus on Spain. We will develop our mapping and cartography skills and look closely at the human and physical geography that Spain has to offer. We will also look at how trade and tourism impact the Spanish economy and physicality. After half term, we will then move on to our History topic – The Tudors. Here, we will look at how the British monarchy evolved and how the lives of the Tudors affected the way in which we live today.
Our learning will be reinforced by the Literacy Tree texts that we will be studying this term: ‘The Strange Case of Origami Yoda’, ‘The Man Who Walked Between Towers’, ‘The Lost Happy Endings’ and ‘Gulliver’s Travels.’
We continue to have PE lessons on Tuesday and Friday. Children are required to bring PE kits to change into for these sessions.
In year 5, spellings will be sent home with your child every Monday and they will be tested every Friday. Please encourage and support your child in practising their spellings regularly, this is vital to the learning process.
Home work is set each Friday. This will alternate between English and Maths and will usually be a revision of the topics covered that week. This must be returned by the following Monday.
Reading is a very important part of our curriculum and your child will receive a reading book that will be changed on a Monday. Children must bring their reading book to school at least once a week to be checked by an adult. We award prizes for those children who read regularly so please try to encourage them. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sylvester Primary Academy
St Johns Road
Huyton
Knowsley
L36 0UX
Tel: 0151 477 8320
Email: sylvester@knowsley.gov.uk