Bryn St Peter's CE Primary School
Year 5 2020 - 2021
Miss Hilton
Welcome to Y5 class page with Miss Hilton, Mrs McClements and Miss Young.
We are really looking forward to welcoming the children back on Monday 8th March.
Here are just a few things to remember...
Start and Finish Times
On our Covid-19 section, you will have seen that we will be staggering start and finish times for each class. Our Y5 drop-off time is 8:50 and our pick-up time is 3:15.
Remember, if you have a child in more than one year group, please bring them at the earliest time and pick up at the latest.
Reading
Due to Covid-19, we won't be using Reading Records this year. Instead we will set up a system on Seesaw, so that parents/carers can make a note of any reading happening at home. A member of staff will check Seesaw every Monday. Please make sure you are reading at least 4 times a week and try to read for around 20 minutes, each time. If you prefer to read a book you have at home, rather than a school book, that's fine as long as it is age appropriate. We don't want to stop you reading a good quality book that you are enjoying!
Remember, reading at least 4 times each week earns you extra dojos.
P.E.
From Friday 7th May, Y5 will be attending swimming sessions (each Friday morning). These sessions are an important part of the children's P.E. curriculum, which they unfortunately missed out on last year (due to the pandemic). It is important that each Friday children come into school wearing: jogging pants/leggings, trainers, their P.E. top and their school jumper, with a swimming costume underneath (BOYS MUST WEAR SWIMMING TRUNKS, RATHER THAN BOARD SHORTS AND GIRLS MUST WEAR A FULL SWIMMING COTUME). They must also remember to bring a towel to school with them, for after the lesson. Children may want to bring a snack (their break time snack e.g. fruit or a cereal bar, rather than crisps/chocolate), to give them some extra energy after the session.
Water bottles
Please send a water bottle in for your child. Even when the weather is cold, your child will still need a drink throughout the day. Make sure that your water bottles labelled, this is particularly important due to the current pandemic.
Assemblies
For the time being, assemblies will be in 'bubbles', so that we can keep everybody as safe as possible. As soon as we are able to celebrate together again, we will let you know.
Tuck
Tuck money MUST now be collected on a Friday, ready for next week. At the moment (due to the pandemic), we are only offering toast, which is £1.00 for the week.
Music
Providing that covid cases stay low enough then music lessons should be able to take place on a Wednesday afternoon. We will keep children's instruments in school until further notice.
Curriculum 2020/2021 Year group subject overview: Year 5
| WOW & Guided Reading | Art and design | Computing | Design tech | Geography | History | Music | PE | PHSE | RE | Science |
Worship |
Autumn 1
America: Land of the free | Crime Scene Investigation
King Kong Anthony Browne
| Learning about the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Sketching self-portraits, adding colour with a pastels | We are game developers
Creating a web page about cyber safety Computer networks |
| North America – physical and human features |
| Wider Opps |
| Get Heart Smart | How and why do Christians read the bible? |
| Thankfulness
Reflection Area: Making Amends |
Autumn 2
Amazon Adventure | Rainforest Diorama Evening
Boy in the Tower
| Use of oil based paints to add colour to dioramas
*Art through ICT in Computing | We are artists – Fusing geometry and art creativity
Rainforest style art |
| South America : The Amazon Rainforest – the equator, hemispheres, and tropics |
| Wider Opps |
| Don’t Forget to Let Love in | Christmas the gospels of Matthew and Luke | Living things and their habitats – links to the Amazon Rainforest | Peace
Reflection Area: Peace maker |
Spring 1
All hail Queen Victoria! | Toy Exhibit
Street Child |
| We are bloggers – sharing experiences and opinions about life as a Victorian | Understand use of mechanical systems – Creation of Victorian style toy |
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Life as a Victorian | Wider Opps |
| Too Much Selfie isn’t Healthy | Jesus the teacher | Forces
Link to toy design - gears, levers and pulleys | Friendship
Reflection Area: New Life
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Spring 2
Earthlings | Liverpool World Museum Trip
See you in the cosmos | Repeat pattern screen printing – Space | We are architects
Creating a virtual space – space ships/solar system |
| Earth’s Arctic and Antarctic Circle and time zones – links to science: day and night |
| Wider Opps |
| Don’t Rub it in , Rub it out | Why do Christians believe Easter if a celebration of victory? | Earth and Space
| Hope
Reflection Area: Creation
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Summer 1
Change- good or bad? | Class visitor from Rathbones |
| We are web developers
Developing an interactive game Programming |
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| Wider Opps |
| Fake is a Mistake | Pentecost. What happened next? | Properties and changes of materials | Humility
Reflection Area: Give thanks
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Summer 2
The Great Greeks | Greek style Olympics and celebration, including food tasting
Who Let the Gods Out? | To learn about great Greek architects
Sponge printing on to fabric | We are cryptographers cracking codes
Computational thinking | To strengthen, stiffen and reinforce structure of an Ancient Greek labyrinth |
| Ancient Greeks – Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world | Wider Opps |
| ‘No Way Through’ isn’t True | Exploring the lives of significant women in the old testament | Animals, including humans
| Courage
Reflection Area: Sharing what we have
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