Year 5 Sheppard
5S
Welcome to 5S!
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Teacher: Mrs Sheppard
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Sweet
Mrs Sheppard teaches everyday with Mrs Rose teaching on a Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs Sweet will be supporting the class in the afternoons by working with children, who may need some 1:1 support or extra assistance in certain lessons.
Summer
Summer Timetable
Summer Spellings - Children should know if they are STAR group
This half term, we will be learning about:
Maths
Each day during the week, we will concentrate on a different aspect of maths. Over this term, we will cover:
Monday - Number - Multiples of numbers through zero, negative and positive numbers.
Tuesday - Fractions - Addition and subtraction of decimals.
Wednesday - Big Maths
Thursday - Calculation - Multiply by 2 digits, short division (bus stop method).
Friday - Measurement - Regular and irregular shapes, 3D shapes, graphs.
Writing
This term our writing is focussing on narrative writing and a balanced argument based on 'Friend or Foe' by Michael Morpurgo. It is a story set in World War 2 Britain and deals with aspects of evacuation, friendship, loyalty and the impact of the conflict on children at the time.
Reading
Our reading novel this term is 'Varjak Paw' by S F Said.
Each week, we will read one or two chapters of the book and look at the vocabulary, summarising ideas, predicting events and answering questions related to the text.
Science
Our topic this half term is Animals and Humans .
Our learning will look at the biology and changes in animals and humans over time.
Geography
In Geography this half term our topic is The Black Country where we will be learning about the human and physical aspects of the local area and what constitutes The Black Country.
History
In History this half term our topic is Local History and we are learning about the leather industry and the lock industry, which have both impacted on the local area. We will look at why these industries are based in Walsall and Willenhall and how they have changed over time.
Art
We are going to be creating lino printing blocks, which we will design and cut using tools. We will then create prints from our block using inks.
Extra Year Group Information
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ACCELERATED READER AT HOME
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