Year 5 teachers are Mrs Leicester and Miss Galley

Overview

Autumn Term : Space - The Final Frontier

Spring Term: Vicious Vikings 

Summer Term: It's not all Greek to me

We hope the links and information below is useful for you - we will add to this as we find good links. Let us know if you find any you want added:

Autumn topic - Space :

National Curriculum Topic Coverage:

• describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system
• describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth
• describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies
• use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.

Space Websites:

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/topics/zkbbkqt

https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/science/earth-moon-and-sun/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?b=science/earth_sun_moon

https://www.schoolsobservatory.org/learn/astro/esm/orbits/esm

 

Spring Topic: Vicious Vikings

National Curriculum Topic Coverage:

Pupils should be taught about:

• The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor Viking raids and invasion
• Resistance by Alfred the Great and Athelstan, first king of England
• Further Viking invasions and Danegeld
• Anglo-Saxon laws and justice
•  Edward the Confessor and his death in 1066

Viking websites:

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/topics/ztyr9j6

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zcpf34j

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/vikings.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/launch_gms_viking_quest.shtml

 

Summer Term: It's not all Greek to me

National Curriculum Topic Coverage:

Pupils should be taught about:

Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world.

Ancient Greek Websites

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/topics/z87tn39

https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/greek-life-and-culture

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Greece.html

http://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-greece.html

 

Useful all year:

Reading:

100 Books to read in Year 5 and year 6

Please browse through this list and see how many your child can read before leaving in Year 5.

Please follow this link to see the: Reading diary questions

Spelling:
Please follow this link to see the: National Curriculum spelling word list for Year 5 and 6
Please follow this link to see the: National Curriculum spelling appendix Yea 1 to 6

Please follow this link to see the: Writing Targets

Please follow these links to website that may help your child with their English or GPS (Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling):

BBC Bitesize - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zv48q6f
Grammar Monster - http://www.grammar-monster.com/
Primary Games Arena - http://primarygamesarena.com/Subjects/English
Primary Homework Help - http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/literacy/
Primary Interactive - http://www.primaryinteractive.co.uk/english.htm

Maths

Please follow these links to website that may help your child with their maths or games that we have used in lessons:

Sumdog - http://www.sumdog.com
BBC Bitesize - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z826n39
Factors and Multiples game on Nrich - https://nrich.maths.org/5468
Multiplication songs
Times Table Games - http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables
Countdown game - http://happysoft.org.uk/countdown/numgame.php
Estimating Angles - http://nrich.maths.org/1235
Coordinate Cunning - http://nrich.maths.org/1279
Maths Playground - http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html
Primary Interactive - http://www.primaryinteractive.co.uk/maths.htm
Hit the Coordinate Game: https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/click-coordinate.html
Sorting Shapes - Carroll Diagram: http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/75/shapes_sort_carroll
Sorting Shapes - Venn Diagram: http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/83/sort_shapes_venn
Shape Match Game: https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/math-match-game.html
How to use a protractor: https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/protractor-using.html
Learn about shapes: https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/index.html
Averages - Mean, Median and Mode: http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?b=maths/modemedianmean
Roman Numerals: https://uk.ixl.com/math/year-5/roman-numeral
Converting Measures: https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-5/compare-and-convert-metric-units