"Do everything in love” 1 Corinthians 16:14

 

Learning to love, loving to learn

Welcome to Year 5

Our staff

Mrs Haslam is our class teacher, Miss Roberts and Mrs Whittaker provide general class support on a regular basis. Mrs Mitchell is in class full time supporting 1 child. Miss Barratt will join us for her final placement as Associate Teacher for 6 weeks this half term.

The following information tells you a little more about the coming term in Year 5 and your child's learning. However, if you have any queries or questions please don't hesitate to contact us.

sara.haslam@st-marys.halton.sch.uk

General information

• Please tie back long hair.
• Please have a bottle of water at school every day. This can be refilled as necessary.
• Please bring a small school bag, reading book and homework record every day (if relevant to your child).
• Please return your homework on or before Wednesday for marking. Homework will be sent out on a Friday.
• All school uniform needs to be named but particularly jumpers and cardigans.
• A full PE kit should be in school at all times, consisting of black shorts, white t-shirts and trainers. Jogging bottoms/leggings can be added as the weather gets colder.
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PE is timetabled for Thursday and Friday during Summer 2. 

 

Summer Second Half term 2025

 

Our Christian Values

During the second Summer half term, our school value is DETERMINATION. Several Bible verses emphasize the importance of perseverance and determination in facing challenges and pursuing goals. These scriptures encourage staying strong, not giving up, and trusting in God's strength. "Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him" (James 1:12)

 

Love of reading

We are continuing to read our class novel, 'The Boy at the Back of the Class' by Onjali Q Rauf. It's taking some time, but we are really enjoying it!

 

English

Our weekly routine will continue to include learning writing skills, spelling and grammar, handwriting and guided reading sessions. Daily reading at home continues to be essential and we would ask that you question your child regularly on the book they are reading to develop a deeper understanding of a range of texts, to develop new vocabulary and strengthen writing skills.

Writing

During the second half of the Summer term, we are exploring The Hunter by Paul Geraghty to develop our writing skills. We will use this to inspire us to write an adventure story.

Reading

Our Guided Reading text this half term is AFRICAN TALES: A Barefoot Collection.

 

Spelling

We will continue to use Pathways to Spell as part of our English lessons to develop spelling strategies and learn spelling rules, as well as the essential Y5/6 words.

Maths

As mathematicians, the children will learn through concrete experiences moving onto pictorial and abstract methods as their confidence builds. They will also be expected to use their learning to reason about maths and solve problems. 

During the second part of the summer term, we will continue to focus on decimals and percentages. Then we will work on shape, including measuring and calculating angles. Finally, we will work on converting between metric units of measure and time

Science

As scientists, we aim to develop our knowledge and understanding, scientific skills and measuring and recording abilities. During the second part of Summer term we will be investigating Forces. 

History

During the second half term we will look at history. We will focus on the local area. We will use documents, maps and artefacts to buld up a picture of the changes in the Mersey region over time. We will understand the place of the Mersey Region in the world at different times- the impact of invaders and settlers, changes in industry and ways of living.

RE

For RE we will continue to use the Questful RE planning. This half term we will focus on a difficult topic: Loss, death and Christian Hope. 

Is death an ending or a beginning?

The aim of this unit is to: 

• The aim of this unit is to:

  • give children an opportunity to ask questions, and discuss feelings about loss, death and heaven.
  • give children an opportunity to express their ideas and perceptions of loss, death, heaven and eternal life.
  • give pupils time to think about and respond to the key questions in a safe, loving environment.
  • develop the children’s understanding of Christian hope and the promise of eternal life with God.
  • develop pupil’s understanding and knowledge of how people of faith mark the end of life.
  • develop pupil’s understanding of Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist beliefs about death and life after death.
  • develop understanding of Humanist beliefs about death.
    

We will explore through these key questions:

• What is death?
• What does it mean when something or someone dies?
• Is death an ending or a beginning?
• What happens when we die? Where do we go?
• Where is heaven?
• What is heaven like?

 

PE

Our PE will concentrate on 

Cricket - (Striking &Fielding)

Exploring - (Striking &Fielding)

Art and DT

Our Art this term focuses on Art and Religion. This will allow us to further develop our skills using colour and pattern as well as explore printing. Our DT topic this term will focus on exploring and developing our understanding of frame structures while creating kites.

PHSE

In PHSE, we will follow the Heartsmart scheme. The focus is 'No Way Through Isn't True'. This helps us develop simple strategies for understanding the importance of developing our perseverence and determination.

Music

As musicians, we will be using Charanga to explore different music genres and new terminology. We will learn that singing and listening are at the heart of each lesson. We will play, improvise and compose using a selection of these notes: C, D, E♭, E, F, F♯, G, G♯, A♭, A, B♭. We will be learning how to create a fun and confident performance with our choice of music and songs and about how to introduce music professionally, and think about our audience and what they would like to see and hear.

MFL

As linguists, we will learn how to read, write and say more numbers (to 50), about the preposition 'a' and verbs for leisure activities. We will continue to develop our understanding of time and days of the week, il and elle as he and she as well as revision of colour. We will describe the garden in our speaking and writing. 

Homework

Homework will be sent out on Friday to be returned on or before the following Wednesday.  We expect each piece to take about 30 minutes.  Please come and see us if there are any difficulties or write a note on the piece of work. It is important to complete each piece as they will either build on taught skills or pre teach skills ready for the following week.