Geraldton (Year 5)

Miss Miles

Class Teacher

Mrs Jones

Teaching Partner

Term 4

 

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 always 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 read once every other week in KS2, which also includes reading comprehension and guided reading tasks. On Fridays, the children will be tested on their weekly spellings.

 

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:

  • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (2-week unit): Play Scripts
  • Myths and Legends (2-week unit): Quest Stories
  • The River by Valerie Bloom (1-week unit): Poetry
 

 

Maths

Maths is taught daily. 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. With the challenges which are always on offer to them, they also have the opportunity to apply their knowledge when solving mathematical problems and puzzles. Geraldton class will cover the following units in Term 4:

  •          Fractions (1-week unit)
  •          Decimals and Percentages (3-week unit)
  •          Perimeter and Area (1-week unit)
 

 

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 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. On a Friday afternoon, the children will have volleyball sessions. During these sessions we will be exploring the different serves and passes used as well as the importance of movement and finding space in order to be successful. To begin with, we will be focusing on developing the skills needed and working together to focus of rallying.

 

Computing

During Term 4, 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.

 

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’.

 

Religious Education

RE is taught once a week and will focus on key beliefs of Christianity. We will be exploring the Easter story and thinking about what Jesus did to save us and the meaning of his sacrifice to Christians. In addition to this, we will be making connections between how Christians celebrate Holy Communion and the sacrifice that Jesus made and the importance of Christians showing that they are happy to make a sacrifice in their lives in order to help others.

 

 

 

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
 

 

Science

Science is taught once a week, through both practical and theoretical activities. The children will develop their skills as a scientist through investigations, developing their predicting and concluding skills and gaining an understanding of controlling variables. The children are taught, and should then apply, key scientific vocabulary in relation to the current science topic. The science topic for the following term is related to space and they will be learning the following in this term:

  •          To describe the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the sun
  •          To describe the movement of the moon relative to the Earth
  •          To explain and demonstrate how night and day are created
  •          To understand that the Sun, Earth and Moon are approximately spherical and how we know