Year 5 2024 - 2025
Christian Value: Service
There is lots to look forward to in Year 5 over the coming term. We're going to be a very busy bunch right up until Christmas.
Greece is the word!
Our running theme this term will be taken from our History learning all about life in Ancient Greece. We'll kick off with a tasty Ancient Greece inspired buffet when the children will try some of the foods Athenians and Spartans would have enjoyed for tea. Our history lessons will take us on a learning journey through the three main periods of the Ancient Greeks right up to the beginning of the Roman Empire. We'll learn about city states; the birth of democracy in Athens; what a trip to the theatre would have been like; meet the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus and explore the very first Olympic Games in 776BC.
On Monday 25th November, we have a special visitor coming in from Delve into History for a full day of Ancient Greece inspired activities to enrich our learning.
In English, the Greek theme continues with our class novel 'Who Let The Gods Out?' by Maz Evans. In addition to this, we'll also complete work based on the book 'Tuesday' by David Wiesner before turning our hand to poetry. We'll be reading several poems from the book 'Things You Find in a Poet's Beard'. To tie in with our Geography topic on World Countries and environmental regions, we'll also be writing reports on rainforests.
Our Maths learning starts with Place Value before moving on to Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division before finishing the term off with a Fractions. All Maths work is completed using the White Rose Maths scheme.
In RE we'll be answering the questions 'How and why do Christians read the Bible?' and ' How do our celebrations reflect the true meaning of Christmas?'
On Thursday 3rd October, Year 5 will lead the Harvest Festival service for our school and families at St Thomas's church.
Science in Autumn starts with Forces before moving onto Properties and Changes of Materials. We'll be experimenting with parachutes and exploring why we use certain materials for particular things.
All this and so much more!!
For full information on the topics covered in Year 5 this term and throughout the rest of the school year, please refer to the Long Term Plan 2024 - 2025 in the Files to Download section at the bottom of this page.
For the very latest information straight from Year 5 HQ, please see our Class Dojo Page.
Mr Wade
