Our Enquiry question this term is; “Do animals and plants make the world a better place?”

This term pupils will be able to, investigate plant life and how animals adapt to their environment. We will be looking at the use of animals/plants in a human’s life, the power of pets, how plants/animals are beneficial to the environment, relationships between each other, food chains and endangered species.

LLC

Pupils will be able to explore two genres this term, persuasive letter writing when addressing the statement, “All zoos should be banned and closed for good.” We will then be moving on to looking at newspaper reports and developing an understanding for the correct layout, features and relevant Alan Peat sentences that we can use within our writing. The text we will be studying is called The Last Bear, where children will learn the value of the relationship between humans and animals.

Welsh

This term, pupils will be looking at a variety of sentence patterns like, beth wyt ti’n feddwl? Wyt ti’n cytuno? Their senses, using gweld, clywed, arogli to describe Bear Island using a word mat for support. The pupils will then learn past tense and write a recount based on April’s journey to Bear Island.

Mathematics & Numeracy

Pupils will become critical thinkers through lots of problem-solving activities such as; Place Value, rounding, doubling, halving, addition and subtraction column method and word problems. We will apply our skills then into our Learning Journals, poppy angles for Remembrance. Graph work representing the number of pets we have at home and timelines of the use of animals in chronological order.

Humanities & RVE

Pupils will be learning about different habitats and climates. We will also be looking at War horse and how animals were used and treated then compared to now. In RVE, Year 5 will be focusing on the concept of God, looking at what the word God means or makes us feel, not necessarily what we believe in. Accepting differences across religious believers and non-believers and thinking about the qualities of being kind and respectful.

Health & Wellbeing

Pupils will be learning about different emotions and how we can recognise that someone feels a certain way. Year 5 will be attending swimming lessons every Friday and our PE sessions will be on a Monday, focusing on ball skills and gymnastics.

Expressive Arts

Pupils will begin the term by creating a respect garden, to demonstrate a variety of ways that we can respect ourselves, others and the environment. Pupils will complete an inner self portrait which shows the class teacher things they like and things that mean something to them. They will also be completing mission tasks that will allow the pupils to use their creativity and imagination to design what they think Bear Island might look like. In addition to this, pupils will be asked to create a piece of art based upon War Horse inspired by a British wildlife artist named David Shepherd. Pupils will develop their collage, colouring and painting skills this term.

Science & Technology

Pupils will be learning about plant life this term. They will be investigating what a plant needs to survive and dissecting a flower to learn about the different parts and their function. Pupils will also gain an understanding of certain key vocabulary such as; migration, adaptation and hibernation.

Hope to have a wonderful start to Year 5 this year!

Miss Saunders and Mr Wayne