Year 5: Anning
Meet the team:
Class Teacher : Mr Major
Teaching Assistants : Miss Hughes
Anning Class
Welcome to Anning class! Here you will find important information about our class.
Information about our class will be updated here as we move through the year, so please check in here for the latest information as well as to have a look at our class photos tab.
At the bottom of this page you will find links to this term's homework grid, as well as flyers for the current competitions being run by the Rotary Club. Please encourage your child to take part.
Homework will be exhibited in our 'Homework Gallery' every term and the children will have a chance to earn stars for their ladders as well as house points!
Autumn Term 2
I think it's fair to say that Term one has flown by! It was very nice to see so many of you at parents evening and I hope to catch up with those of you that were unable to attend early in the new term. We have lots of exciting things planned throughout the term, starting with our Amaze Day to launch our new topic on Wednesday 4th November. We are asking for the children to bring some junk modelling equipment to school (if possible) by this date. Suitable items would be string, sticky tape, clean plastic or card (cereal boxes, tubes, packaging, bubble wrap, egg boxes etc.). In addition, any plastic fizzy drinks bottles (large and with lids) would be really appreciated. Many thanks.
Our topic this term
This term's topic is Up, Up and Away! We will be covering lots of areas of the curriculum. In history we will be researching and asking questions about flight as a significant aspect of history and asking whether it is an important achievement of mankind. We will be investigating the forces of air resistance and gravity in science whilst in art, we are going to study movement. For this, our inspiration will be the artist Keith Haring. Using our computing skills, we will use Excel to input and interpret data, using graphs and charts. Our 'HappyMinds' focus this term is recognising and managing emotions, moving onto looking at celebrating our individual character strengths.
Maths
In maths this term, we will focus on addition and subtraction, consolidating written methods, accuracy and reasoning skills.
English
In writing, our main focus will be sentence structure and vocabulary. We will write compound and complex sentences, using a variety of conjunctions and sentence openers.
Our class reading book this term will be The Animals of Farthing Wood, but we will also be enjoying Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy. This will be the inspiration for many of our writing and guided reading sessions.
Forest School
Anning and Kamkwamba class are also very lucky to be the first classes to take part in Forest School this academic year. Forest School is an outdoor learning programme that offers all learners regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence, self-esteem and practical skills. Further details have been sent home via letter and email and we are planning to start with our first session on the first day back after half-term Monday 2nd November.
Sessions will take place outdoors in all weathers (except in high winds or thunderstorms). To ensure your child stays warm, dry, and comfortable, please carefully read the attached kit requirements.
Forest School will take place every Monday during term time for 6 weeks. In longer terms, we may seek dates if any sessions are lost because of high winds or thunderstorms. This will be communicated as and when required. There will be two sessions per day, one class in the morning and one class in the afternoon.
Important Class Information:
PE Days: Tuesdays and Thursdays. Children need to come to school wearing their PE kit.
Reading Books: reading books will be changed on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Homework: A homework grid for this term is attached below.
Reading: Please continue to listen to your child read daily, even for 10 minutes, and encourage them to complete the reading task in the reading journal. Books should be changed regularly.
Times Tables: It is important all pupils are learning (and continue to practise) the timetables up to the 12 times table. These should be known by the end of year 4 but it is essential that the children continue to practice and recall these facts.
Regular practise on Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) helps pupils to retain knowledge and helps them to utilise these facts in other mathematical learning. Please encourage your child to log in regularly - even if only for a few minutes each time.
Useful websites for times table practise:
Thank you for your continued support. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any queries.
Key Dates:
Monday 2nd November: Children return to school
Monday 2nd November First Forest School session
Tuesday 3rd November First P.E. lesson
Wednesday 4th November Year 5 / 6 Amaze Day
Wednesday 4th November: Halloween Disco.
Wednesday 11th November: Remembrance Day.
WC 30th November: Last week of clubs.
12th/13th November: Christmas Bauble Workshop
Friday 13th November: Non-school uniform day for Type 1 diabetes.
Friday 4th December: Christmas panto.
Monday 7th December: Festive open afternoon 2-3 pm.
Thursday 10th December: Christmas Jumper Day
Friday 18th December: School closes for the Christmas holiday.