Heron and Kingfisher
Year 5 teachers are Mrs Leicester, Miss Galley and Mrs Clark
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:
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
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
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