The Federation of Netley Abbey Infant and Junior Schools

Welcome to Year 5

We are excited to see you all in September. Please find the slides from the Welcome meeting here. 

Welcome to Year 5 Slides 

Curriculum Map 

Here you will find our curriculum maps. 

Autumn 1 Curriculum Map

Autumn 2 Curriculum Map

 

 Reading

Reading VIPERS for parents

We are using Boom Readers to record your reading this year. Click on the following folder for information for parents. 

Here is our Reading Bookcase, which shows the key texts we will read across the curriculum in Year 5:

 PE Days 

For Autumn 2 our PE Days are:

Crescent - Monday and Thursday

Heath - Monday and Thursday 

Beach - Monday and Friday 

CLIC

We use our CLIC values to help us to learn to the best of our ability. We believe that every child has the right-

C– to be a confident communicator

L– to learn

I– to improve their health

C– to be part of a community

At Netley Abbey Junior School, these ideas underpin all of our learning. With this in mind, please take some time to see what we have been up to in class.

If you would like any further information about our curriculum, please feel free to talk to our class teachers in the first instance who should be able to answer any queries. Alternatively, you can direct any questions to Mrs Rosie Earle, Federation Director of Teaching and Learning. 

Homework help

Please see the link on key grammatical terms that your child will be learning about.

A Parents Guide to Grammar

Recommended Reads

Many parents have asked if we can recommend age-appropriate challenging texts for their child.

Below are links to three book lists of ‘recommended reads’ which are suitable for Year 5 Readers and for More Able Readers:

Books for year 5 children

SLS Booklists Recommended Reads Year 5

SLS Booklists Able Readers at KS2

Miss Downes – Crescent 

Miss Roper- Beach

Mr Camm – Heath (Year 5 Lead)

Our PE Days

We would like children to have their PE kit in school every day, however, we understand that they do need washing. P.E. kits will be sent home at the end of each term.  

Homework

Spellng

Your child will be using the Spelling Shed app for weekly spelling games. More to follow in September 2024.

Times Tables

They should continue to learn and practice their times tables at home as they will be frequently tested at school to ensure their progress. Tables are key to success in mathematics in both year 5 and 6. 

The children love Times Tables Rockstars so please log on to https://ttrockstars.com/

Reading

They should also be reading at home for 20 minutes each day for 4 days. Please record your child’s reading on Boom Reader once you receive the login details - more to follow in September 2024.

Year 5 Termly Updates

 Autumn Term 2

 We are currently enjoying our Hidden Figures in writing - a story about four mathematicians who overcame segregation and discrimination to have successful careers in Space Engineering. We are also enjoying learning about space in our science lessons. To get us 'fired up' for these units of work, we had a fantastic morning designing and launching rockets - some getting as high as 20m!

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