Year 5 | Niton Primary School

We received some lovely comments from parents, carers and pupils on May 20th which was Thank a Teacher Day - "Thank you to all the staff at Niton Primary, but especially Mr Woodhouse, Mrs Tapper, Mrs Reddecliff and Mrs B. Ellen and Polly are missing school so much." - "A huge thanks to everyone working so hard at Niton. A special shout out to Mr Woodhouse who has been there constantly on google classroom to help when needed and for setting such brilliant and fun lessons! The phone call home too was really appreciated and made M’s day to speak with him! It’s really lovely to be part of such a caring school." - "Thank you to all the staff who are working hard to keep our kids safe and for providing work and support during this tough time. A special thanks to Mrs Martin, Noah’s teacher." - "A massive thank you to all the staff at Niton who make life so special and memorable for all children. Thank you also for your support during the current period, you're all doing a fantastic job in difficult circumstances. On a personal note, a big thanks to Mrs Patching. Jack says- "Thank you Mrs Patching for all you've done and for setting us some really nice work" " - "Thank you to Mrs Martin and Mrs Glover for their continued support. “I miss my friends, Mrs Martin and Mr Wheeler” from Dan." - "Thank you to everybody at Niton Primary who help and support our family. "Mrs Patching will always be my favourite teacher, but Mr Woodhouse is pretty cool too! Mrs Turner is always really smiley and I miss seeing her" from Bea. "I want to say thank you to Mrs Patching, love Annie" and finally "Mrs Wall was a brilliant teacher and always so kind to me" from an ex pupil." - "Thank you Mrs Patching for your continued support, encouragement and hard work, not only at this time but from September. Noah has benefitted hugely from your guidance, as I’m sure many others have and for this we will always be grateful. Keep smiling." - "We’re lucky with such fab teachers and support staff at our lovely school - thank you all." - "Thank you to all at Niton Primary School, especially Mrs Patching and Miss Burton for their hard work and support. The kids miss you lots!" - "Every teacher - past and present, for both of my children have been brilliant, and I’m grateful to them all. However Mrs Glover still holds the record for James’ favourite teacher EVER!" - "Thank you to Mr Woodhouse and Mrs Fuller for your great support & resources for Kai and Zac during this difficult time." - "Thank you to all the teachers and support staff." - "Thank you Mrs Martin, Mrs Patching, all teachers and all Niton Primary amazing caring staff for looking after our learning and wellbeing from Matteo and Marco." - "Thanks to all the staff at Niton Primary, especially Miss Burton for keeping the class busy during lockdown."

Welcome to Brownlee Class – Year 5

Named after Alistair Brownlee (and exploring the value of love) – Alistair helped his brother Jonny over the line in the world triathlon series in Mexico.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2016/sep/19/alistair-brownlee-gives-chance-win-helps-brother-jonny-video

He is an MBE (born 23 April 1988) is a British triathlete. He is the only athlete to hold two Olympic titles in the triathlon event, winning gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games and the only man to have won Olympic Gold whilst going into the event as favourite for the title. He is also a two-time Triathlon World Champion (2009, 2011), a two-time World Team Champion (2011, 2014), a four-time European Champion (2010, 2011, 2014, 2019)

Mrs Sharon Johnson – Y5 class teacher and Y5/Y6 maths teacher

Mrs Kate Martin – Teacher and Y5/Y6 English teacher

Mrs Angela Stubbings – Learning Support Assistant/HLTA

Mrs Melanie James – LSA

Brownlee (Year 5) and Rosa Parks (Year 6)

Curriculum Information

Autumn term 2021

Welcome back to the start of a new school year – it is great to see all of the children back. This letter is to give you some information about the curriculum we will be covering this term in Years 5 and 6.

English: As a school we are continuing to focus on developing children’s reading for pleasure and would like to see this being encouraged at home.

We have shared a list of the statutory spellings for Year 3-6 through the Google classroom. It is important that children know how to spell these by the end of the year and it is helpful if pupils and parents can see where the weaknesses are. Incorrect spellings need to be practised regularly. Alongside these, we will still be setting their weekly spellings which will focus on particular spelling patterns and rules. Each Monday, we will test the children on the spellings that they have been given.

Maths: The focus will be on continuing the development of independent skills through fluency, problem solving and reasoning across all areas: number & place value, geometry, statistics, measures, fractions, decimals and percentages. Children are required to be fluent in their tables by the end of year 4 so again, your help at home in practising any tables which your child needs to learn will be very useful. There are many internet sites, books and posters which support the learning of tables, as well as Timestable Rockstars: please come and talk to me if you need some advice.

Learning experience.

Maps: How do we navigate around the world?

This unit allows children to further explore the range of maps available to geographers and to develop their understanding of the key features of maps. They will study a range of maps and atlases, including digital maps, and compare their features. They will learn

to use the eight compass points to give directions and give grid references to locate places on a map. By comparing maps of the same place, children will learn about the way that places have changed over time.

Science:

Year 5 Living Things and Their Habitats

In this unit we will focus on the process of reproduction and the life cycles of plants, mammals, amphibians, insects and birds. We will explore the reproduction in different plants, including different methods of pollination and asexual reproduction. They will learn about different types of mammals, birds, amphibians and insects and their different life cycles.

Year 6 Evolution and Inheritance

This unit builds on the children’s learning from the Year 3 Rocks unit as well as the Animals including Humans and Living Things and their Habitats units. As such, it is important that children have the appropriate understanding of fossils, habitats and human development in order to grasp the concepts and ideas presented to them in these lessons. Children will learn about variation and adaptation. They will be able to explore how both Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace separately developed their theories of evolution. They will examine the scientific evidence from plants and animals that has been gathered to support the theory of evolution.

PE: Your child will need suitable footwear and warm clothing for outside PE as well as an indoor PE kit. All pupils are expected to take part in this session and need to dress appropriately for the weather. All pierced ears need to be securely taped prior to the lesson. Tape will need to be brought from home.

Year 5: Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.

Year 6: Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.

R.E: Our focus this half term will be ‘Justice’.

MFL: We will be learning how to meet and greet each other, how to count, say our age as well as being able to identify colours in French.

Homework: Weekly spelling homework will be given out on Monday and tested on the following Monday. Maths homework is set on a Friday and due on the following Wednesday. In addition, children have their Timestable Rockstars and Spelling Shed – please encourage your child to access these sites at home and complete their activities.

This year, in order to ensure children don’t fall behind their peers and continue to be ready for their next stage of learning, they will be asked to stay in to complete homework during break-time if it has not been handed in. Alternatively, arrangements can be made to attend our homework club. Please come and see us if there is a reason why your child has been unable to complete the work in any given week.

If you have any questions or can offer your help in any way, please do not hesitate to contact us in Year 5 and 6.

Y6 SATs

Year 6 pupils will be working towards their end of Key Stage exams. These will take place during the week beginning Monday 9th May- Thursday 12th May 2022. These tests will help check to see if a pupil is ‘secondary ready’. Writing is assessed by the school. This will be ongoing throughout the year.

Your child might be invited to after-school booster sessions. We need your support in encouraging them to attend. High attendance is crucial. We request that you do not book a holiday during this important time.

Trips

This term, we hope to be able to visit Osborne House as part of our work on The Victorians. This will be the second half of Autumn term.

We hope to be able to invite in an Outdoor Education teacher to do some on-site orienteering.

Y6 will also have the chance to experience a free sailing session at UKSA in Cowes.

Mrs Sharon Johnson and Mrs Kate Martin

Homework

You can view and download your child’s weekly homework and tasks from below!

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