Unique Butterflies (Year 5)

Summer 1 Newsletter

Welcome back!

We hope that you all had a wonderful Easter holiday and are looking forward to the exciting learning that we have to look forward to in the summer term.

This new term brings with it a new history topic for the children: I Live in a Round City. We will start by locating the capital of the Islamic Empire (one of the largest empires in history) before looking at the design of the round city of Baghdad in 752 AD.  We will then explore the achievements of ancient Baghdad in more detail, focussing on medicine, astronomy, their love of learning (universities and the House of Wisdom) and many other inventions.  The children will all be provided with a knowledge organiser at the beginning of this topic.  This summarises all of the facts that the children should be able to recall at the end of the unit of work.  A copy of this has already been posted on Class Dojo.

Reading

The reading challenge in Year 5 is to read 200 times at home! The milestones are:

Bronze 50 reads, Silver 120 reads, Gold 200 reads. Children will be given a 200 square record. When your child has read at home please initial one square and write a comment in their reading record. The reading challenge will be stamped every Wednesday when scores are recorded. Children will be awarded with a certificate. You can do it Unique Butterflies!

Targets

READING

SCIENCE

Homework
Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.

Weekly homework will be as follows:

Spellings will be handed out on a Friday to be tested the following Friday.  The expectation is that they will get 5 or 6 correct every week.  You can also find SUMMER 1 spelling overviews for Group 1 and Group 2 on Dojo.

Online Safety

This half term’s Online Safety content will focus on managing online information. We will learn what this means and how different search technology has benefits and limitations. Within this we will also include how identify when content has been commercially boosted and how the internet can draw the viewer into certain advertisements.

Water Bottles & PE Kit

Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

This half term, PE will be on a Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed. No football kits or crop tops please.

Diary Dates

21.4.25 – National Bank holiday

22.4.25 – Back to school

23.4.25 – 25.4.25 – Dearne Valley

5.5.25 – National Bank Holiday

21.5.25 – Beaumanor WW2 day

23.5.25 – National Space Centre

Further dates and events may be announced via Dojo throughout the term.

If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help then please do not hesitate to ask.

Miss Ireland and Mrs Smith

Curriculum Web and Topic Knowledge Organisers for this half term. 

Please take a look at the wonderful things we will be learning about this half term. 

Spring 2 Newsletter

Welcome back!

We hope that you all had a wonderful half term and are ready for another jam-packed one! 

 This new term brings with it an exciting topic for the children: Deadly Pole to Pole.  In this Geography unit, we will learn all about lines of latitude and climate zones before moving onto studying how human have adapted to live in their environment.  Extreme environments that we will focus on will include desert and polar regions.  In Science, we will study our solar system in detail, including the movement of planets in relation to the Sun and the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth.

Reading

The reading challenge in Year 5 is to read 200 times at home! The milestones are:

Bronze 50 reads, Silver 120 reads, Gold 200 reads. Children will be given a 200 square record. When your child has read at home please initial one square and write a comment in their reading record. The reading challenge will be stamped every Wednesday when scores are recorded. Children will be awarded with a certificate. You can do it Unique Butterflies!

 Targets

 READING

SCIENCE 

Homework

Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday. 

 Weekly homework will be as follows:

 Spellings will be handed out on a Friday to be tested the following Friday.  The expectation is that children will get 5 or 6 correct every week.  You can also find SPRING 2 spelling overviews for Group 1 and Group 2 on Dojo.

Online Safety

This half term’s E-safety content will focus on copyright law. We will learn what this means and why it is important to acknowledge any images, songs or text that has been copies from particular sources.

 Water Bottles & PE Kit

Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

 This half term, PE will be on a Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed. No football kits please.

If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help then please do not hesitate to ask.

Diary Dates

 Thursday 6^th March – World Book Day – dress in a book inspired costume.

Friday 21^st March – Red Nose Day (details to be confirmed)

Thursday 13^th March and Tuesday 18^th March – Parents evening

Friday 28^th March – Break up for Easter

 Miss Ireland, Mrs Smith and Mr Fox

Curriculum Web and Topic Knowledge Organisers for this half term. 

Please take a look at the wonderful things we will be learning about this half term. 

Please see below for this half terms spelling list and Timetables 

Spring 1 Newsletter

Welcome back!

 We hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas break and are ready for another busy term! 

 This new term brings with it a new and exciting History topic for the children:  World War Two.  During this unit of study, we will start by identifying the cause of the war before focussing on the Battle of Britain in 1940 including the Blitz attack.  We will also take a look at why some children were evacuated to the countryside and the impact of this.  Furthermore, different types of shelter and rationing will be studied.  We will make links to various texts including Goodnight Mr Tom, by Michelle Magorian and The Piano (visual short).

Reading

 The reading challenge in Year 5 is to read 200 times at home! The milestones are:

Bronze 50 reads, Silver 120 reads, Gold 200 reads. Children will be given a 200 square record. When your child has read at home please initial one square and write a comment in their reading record. The reading challenge will be stamped every Wednesday when scores are recorded. Children will be awarded with a certificate. You can do it Unique Butterflies!

 Targets:

 Reading

 Science

 
Homework

Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.  Only the English worksheet activity and weekly spelling will be added to DOJO.    

 Spellings

 Spellings will be handed out on a Friday to be tested the following Friday.  The expectation is that they will get 5 or 6 correct every week.  You will also be able to find Spring 1 spelling overviews for Group 1 and Group 2 on Dojo.

Online safety

This half term’s E-safety content will focus on Privacy and Security online. We will learn about understanding what the term secure password means and how to create one. How our information may be shared with others and understanding what app permissions are.

Water Bottles & PE Kit

Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

This half term, outdoor PE is on a Tuesday afternoon and indoor PE will be on a Wednesday afternoon. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed.

If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help then please do not hesitate to ask.

Miss Ireland and Mrs Smith

Curriculum Web and Topic Knowledge Organisers for this half term. 

Please take a look at the wonderful things we will be learning about this half term. 

Knowledge Organiser 

Please see below for this half terms spelling list

Autumn 2 Newsletter

Welcome back!

We hope that you all had a wonderful half term break and are ready for another jam-packed one! 

This new term brings with it a new and exciting topic for the children:  La Dolce Vita.  In this geography topic, we will focus on the Mediterranean region of Italy.  We will start by developing our map skills and understanding the countries which make up Europe.  We then delve into the impact of tourism on Italy (both positive and negative) focussing predominantly on the Alps.  Rather excitingly, we also take a look at how earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur and link this to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii in 79 AD.

Reading Challenge

The reading challenge in Year 5 is to read 200 times at home! The milestones are:

Bronze 50 reads, Silver 120 reads, Gold 200 reads. Children will be given a 200 square record. When your child has read at home, please initial one square and write a comment in their reading record. The reading challenge will be stamped every Wednesday when scores are recorded. Children will be awarded with a certificate during celebration assembly!  You can do it Unique Butterflies!

Targets:

 Reading

Science

 
Homework

Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday. 

Spellings

Spellings will be handed out on a Friday to the children (paper copies) and a spelling shed activity will be set online. These spellings will be tested the following Friday.  The expectation is all children will get 5 or 6 out of 6 correct every week.  Spelling Overviews for the term, will also be posted on class Dojo at the beginning of each term.

 Online safety

This half term’s online safety content will focus on Online Reputation. The children will search for information about a specified individual online and summarise the information found. Within this unit, we will discuss that the information found may not be accurate and understand that people may make judgements against others on the information that they find.

Water Bottles & PE Kit

Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

This half term, outdoor on a Tuesday afternoon and indoor PE will be on a Wednesday afternoon. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed.

If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help then please do not hesitate to ask.

Miss Ireland, Mrs Smith, Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Bartley

Curriculum Web and Topic Knowledge Organisers for this half term. 

Please take a look at the wonderful things we will be learning about this half term. 

Knowledge Organiser 

Please see below for this half terms spelling list

Autumn 1 Newsletter

Welcome back to a new academic year!

A warm welcome from the Year 5 team - Miss Ireland, Mrs Smith, Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Bartley.  We hope that you all had a great summer holiday and the children are raring to go and keen to start Year 5.  We are sure that this year will be a positive one filled with lots of learning and fun.

We kick start this year with a new topic based on the groovy Greeks!  In this topic, we will be exploring when the ancient Greek civilisation began and ended and look at the main time periods it can be split into.  We will then study the similarities and differences between key city states (Athens and Sparta) and the significance of Alexander the Great and his development of the ancient Greek empire.  To conclude this unit of work, we will learn all about the legacies left behind by the ancient Greeks, for example, democracy and the Olympics to name but a few.

To help us to continue to develop the children’s reading skills, we would like to remind you to try and hear your child read for at least 15 minutes, 3 times a week and make a note in their reading record.  This can be their class book or a book from their Lexiled reading list, which can be found by logging into Reading Pro. 

Reading Challenge

The reading challenge in Year 5 is to read 200 times at home! The milestones are:

Bronze 50 reads, Silver 120 reads, Gold 200 reads. Children will be given a 200 square record. When your child has read at home please initial one square and write a comment in their reading record. The reading challenge will be stamped every Wednesday when scores are recorded. Children will be awarded with a certificate during celebration assembly!  You can do it Unique Butterflies!

Targets:

 Reading

Science

Homework: 

Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.    

Spellings:

Spellings will be handed out on a Friday to the children (paper copies) and a spelling shed activity will be set online. These spellings will be tested the following Friday.  The expectation is all children will get 5 or 6 out of 6 correct every week.  Spelling Overviews for the term, will also be posted on class Dojo at the beginning of each term.

Coming soon, will be a copy of the words that children need to spell correctly in Years 5 & 6.  Some of these will be sent home for the spelling tests, but you may want to work through them with your child as they will need to use them in their writing during UKS2.

Water Bottles & PE Kit

Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

This half term, outdoor PE will be on a Tuesday afternoon and indoor on a Wednesday afternoon. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days (plain coloured house top).  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed.

If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help then please do not hesitate to ask.

Mrs Smith and Miss Ireland

Curriculum Web and Topic Knowledge Organisers for this half term

Please take a look at the wonderful things we will be learning about this half term.