Our Lady's

Year 5

Mrs Williams and Mrs Harding and  would like to welcome you to the Year 5 page.

Link to the Year 5 Gallery page:

https://www.ourladysca.org.uk/children/gallery/year-5-1

Topic - Firedamp and Davy Lamps                                                                   

 In the Firedamp and Davy Lamps topic, we will focus on the History of Coal Miners in the UK. For our Stoke-on-Trent link, we will create a fact file about Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, a local coal mine that the children can explore. We will explore how it felt to work down the coal mines and how the coal mining industry has changed over the years and whether it has a future in Britain today. We will examine whether we  believe the mining strikes had an impact and whether the future of Britain's coal mining industry is in jeopardy. In English, we will continue to explore this theme through a variety of newspaper reports and diaries- written as a child in the mines. In Maths, we are exploring statistics, where we will be looking at lines graphs and reading and interpreting tables. 

Science - Properties and Changes of Material

This 'Properties and Changes of Material’ unit will primarily explore the properties of a range of materials. The children will begin by comparing and grouping together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets. The children will carry out experiments, exploring electrical conductivity and thermal insulators. Near the end of the unit, the children will be designing and carrying out an experiment that  shows their understanding of how materials dissolve into a solution. 

PE 

PE is every Monday and Thursday during this half term.  Children can wear their PE kits on PE days to reduce congestion and close proximity in the areas used for changing.  If possible, please don't let children wear earrings on PE days.

Home Learning

Reading

We ask that children read at home regularly at home. Children can read independently, to an adult, or to a sibling. Please ensure reading diaries are signed at least two times a week. 

Maths/English

Children need to be practising times tables regularly at home, they can use TT Rockstars to help. Children also need to be using Bedrock at home to help with their grammar. Additional homework may also be set on Seesaw.

Spellings

Children will be given spellings every Tuesday for a spelling test on Friday.  The weekly spellings are also posted on Seesaw. Please ensure children are practising their spellings at home during the week. 

Useful links:

TTR

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school

Accelerated Reader  (Quizzing)

https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/2248093

Purple Mash

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/ourlady-st4

Bedrock

https://app.bedrocklearning.org/