Welcome to JC5's Class Page
On this page you can find out about our learning in class and enjoy looking at pictures of us!
Our Learning this Term
In our learning this term we will be investigating the following questions:
Science: Living Things and Habitats. Animals including Humans.
History: Anglo-Saxons and Scotts.
Geography: Contrasting climate zones and rainforests.
RE: Was Jesus the Messiah? What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today?
In English lessons, we will be writing:
Narrative story
Biography
Poetry
We will be reading the following books as well as many more:
Explorers
David Attenborough’s Biography
The Jungle Book
SKye Song
The Lie Tree
The Snowman
In Maths lessons, we will be learning about:
Place value
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division
Take a look at our year overview →
Spellings
Spelling practice daily using the 'Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check' sheet. There will also be an extra practice activity to complete as well. A spelling test will take place on a Friday.
PE
Our PE sessions are on Thursday afternoons taught by Mr. Hughes. PE kit should be kept in school every day even during a swimming term. This term Y5 will be swimming every Thursday. Details will be sent out at the start of term.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me or catch me at the end of the day if you have any questions.
Mrs. Ellison
JC5 Class Routines
Reading
The children should bring their reading book to school each day. They have created their own reading journals to record what and when they have read. These should be added to every day. Children also have space to respond to their reading using a menu of suggested activities. These can be found on the inside cover of their journal. We expect children to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and for this to include reading to an adult at least once a week. Please sign and date your child’s reading journal and feel free to add any comments regarding their reading.
Children are encouraged to read books from home alongside their school reading book. Children will be given the opportunity to visit the school library on a fortnightly rota.
Maths and English Homework
Homework is given out on a Friday and needs to be completed for Thursday the following week. Homework activities are:
Daily reading including 1 big task and 2 'comment tasks' from the reading choice menu.
Times tables practice. It is best to complete a set each day so that there is regular practice of times tables to help them stick! There will be a weekly times tables test on a Friday also. Times Table Rockstars is a great resource to learn and practise times table facts.
Helping your child at home
Times Tables
It is important to keep practising times tables to retain and improve fluency of recall. The homework sheets will help with this, but there are many other games and websites that can support children in their learning. Each child has a log in for Times Table Rockstars and are encouraged to use this fantastic resource to help pracitse their times tables: https://ttrockstars.com/
Here are some other links for times table resources: https://www.timestables.com
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Spellings
Children often enjoy different and multi-sensory ways to learn their spellings alongside the 'Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check' method. Please see the document below for some suggested approaches and activities for supporting the learning of spelling.
Reading
Please support your child with reading as much as you can! Them reading to you, you to them, listening to audiobooks, reading to a sibling - it all counts! All their reading and any responses they want to make to their reading can be put into their reading journal - children generally really enjoy completing the little tasks and coming up with lots of creative ideas!
