Learning Hub
Year 5
English
In English, we have been reading Julius Zebra by Gary Northfield, a story about a Zebra who gets captured in his home in Africa and taken to Rome to compete as a Gladiator for Emperor Hadrian himself! We have been practising writing direct speech, building on our knowledge of subordinate clauses from year 4, and challenging ourselves to use them in our writing. We have written a narrative and a formal complaint letter from Septimus to Emperor Hadrian, ensuring we include formal language and modal verbs!
In reading, we have been looking at our English text Julius Zebra using questioning from our VIPERS reading domains. This has allowed the children to discuss the text in depth...
Our class reader this half term has been The Rotten Romans by Terry Deary
In Spelling & Handwriting, we have been...
Maths
We started off our year with Place Value, and the children continued to build on their previous knowledge of numbers.
Count:
• count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1 000 000
• count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through zero
Represent:
• read, write, (order and compare) numbers to at least 1 000 000 and determine the value of each digit
• read Roman numerals to 1000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals
Use and compare
• (read, write) order and compare numbers to at least 1 000 000 and determine the value of each digit
Problems/Rounding
• interpret negative numbers in context
• round any number up to 1 000 000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10 000 and 100 000
• solve number problems and practical problems that involves all of the above
Topic
Our topic this half term has been Roman Britain following the enquiry question "How did the Roman Empire leave its mark on Britain?"
The key substantiative knowledge threads of our learning have been:
Migration and Settlement
Achievements and Legacy:
Power and Rule / Invasion and Conflict
Art & Design
Science
Our topic is 'Properties and Changes of Materials'. We have been identifying the properties of different materials and linking that to our previous knowledge - such as understanding whether something is a conductor of electricity based on its properties. We investigated thermal conductors by carrying out an experiment using various different cups containing boiling water. We measured how quickly the temperature of the water decreased over a period of time. We then chose the data of one of the cups to display on a line graph.
Computing
In computing, we have been developing our understanding of computer systems and how information is transferred between systems and devices. We have been considering small-scale systems as well as large-scale systems. We can explain the input, output, and process aspects of a variety of different real-world systems. We have also been discovering how information is found on the World Wide Web, through learning how search engines work (including how they select and rank results) and what influences searching, and through comparing different search engines.
P.E
In the Autumn term, our topics are 'Games (sending skills using hands)' and 'Gymnastics'
Spanish
This half term, our topic is La fecha (The date). The children have been learning to:
- Recognise and recall the 7 days of the week in Spanish.
- Recognise and recall the 12 months of the year in Spanish.
- Recognise and recall numbers 1-31 in Spanish.
- Ask and answer the question ‘¿Qué fecha es hoy?’ (What is the date today?) in Spanish.
- Ask and answer the question ‘¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?’ (When is your birthday?) in Spanish.
R.E
Our current unit is "What do religions believe about God? All faiths and world views". We are considering what faith means and the different ways in which Christians and followers of other religions describe God. We have also been thinking about the meanings of stories from sacred texts about people who encountered God and why there are many ideas about God.