Welcome to Year 5
Tigers - Mrs Medley
Sea Lions - Mrs Baker
Iguanas - Miss Jasper
Y5 Teaching Assistants - Miss Hiner & Miss Hackleton
Welcome to the Year 5 page. The Year 5 staff at Waverley are looking forward to welcoming you back after a well-deserved break. On this page you will find key information regarding your transition to Year 5 and what exciting things we have planned. For the meantime, have a look at the home learning activities you can have a go at.
Our first topic will be Terrible Tudors.
In English and Guided Reading, we will focus on our thrilling class text 'Spy Master', which is a historical adventure. Spy Master is set in Tudor England: mystery, adventure and friendship all unfold in King Henry VIII's court. We will be writing a diary entry from one of the main characters, Jack Briars, points of view. This text links beautifully to our topic the Terrible Tudors.
In Maths, we will begin with place value, followed by addition and subtraction using the column method. We are also covering multi-step addition and subtraction word problems. After this we will be moving onto statistics, multiplication and division and perimeter and area.
Our first topic ‘The Tudors’ will take us back to the death of King Henry VII and the reign of Henry VIII. We will be learning about how the Tudors became the rulers of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We will be looking at the Battle of Bosworth and what occurred during this time. We will also be finding out about King Henry VIII’s lavish lifestyle and his marriages during his life.
Key vocabulary pupils will learn through this topic can be found in the table below.
Important Information
Sea Lions and Iguanas P.E days are Tuesday and Thursday.
Tigers P.E days are Wednesday and Thursday.
Please make sure your child’s P.E kit is in school on these days and labelled with their name and class.
Spellings: Our weekly spelling test will be on a Friday.
Times tables are practised daily at the start of our Maths lesson.
Dates for your diary
Autumn 1 - Parent Workshop - Thursday 16th October 9:00am
Autumn 2 - Christmas Concert - Monday 8th December 2:00pm
Spring 1 - Craft Afternoon - Thursday 29th January 1:30pm
Spring 2 - Craft Afternoon - Thursday 26th March 1:30pm
Summer 1 - Parent Workshop - Tuesday 12th May 9:00am
Summer 2 - Showcase - Thursday 9th July 2:15pm
Home Learning
Each half term we will send out a home learning bingo grid with tasks for you to complete at home. Here are this half term’s challenges for you to try.
Other home learning activities for Autumn 1 are:
- Learning spellings weekly using Spelling Shed.
- Reading individual reading book at least four times a week.
- Spend 10 minutes a day on TT Rockstars.
Useful websites
- Times Table Rock Stars - https://ttrockstars.com/
- Hit the button - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- Pobble 365 - https://www.pobble.com/
- Literacy shed - https://www.literacyshed.com/
- Rollama (SPAG) - https://rollama.com/