Welcome to Year 5.
The Year 5 team would like to welcome all children back after Christmas! We hope the children have recharged their batteries and are ready for an exciting term in Year 5.
This term we will be starting a new book, ‘Journey to the River Sea’. We will be exploring themes in the book such deforestation and real-life journeys. We will also be creating our own newspaper articles about deforestation. The book links with our Geography topic – the Amazon Rainforest.
Our science topic this term is ‘living things and their habitats’. We will be exploring life cycles of amphibians, mammals and marsupials. We will be dissecting a flower in order to be able to label the female and male parts of a flower. We will also focus on the work of David Attenborough and Jane Goodall as they have both made documentaries about the world around us.
Some important information for Year 5 parents/carers:
- Year 5 will have swimming on Wednesdays.
- Year 5 will have Spanish lessons on Thursdays.
Year 5 teachers would like to encourage children to bring in water bottles and a piece of fruit for snack, if they wish. Homework is to be completed as and when during the term. We hope the children have lots of fun working through their menu! Spellings are to be practiced each week.
Science Knowledge Organiser – Living thing and their habitats
Year 5 Knowledge Organiser – Amazon Rainforest