Leigh Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
‘Live And Learn With Jesus’
Welcome to Class 10
The teacher in Class 10 is Mr Scott.
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Curriculum Statement for Summer Term
Year 5
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English At text level, the children will continue to explore and write a range of genres including non-fiction writing (non-chronological reports and instructions) as well as some fiction writing e.g. story writing and setting descriptions. They will read and write a variety of texts, exploring characters, plots and themes. The children will develop their knowledge and understanding of adverbials of place, modal verbs and using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity. The children will also learn how to use brackets, dashes, colons and semi-colons. Spellings will be taught following ‘Babcock No Nonsense Spelling Scheme’. This will include exploration of spelling rules and short burst spelling tasks throughout the week. Spellings will be sent home to learn on Monday and they will be tested on them on Friday. English homework will be set every Friday. |
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Maths The children will start the summer term with a topic on converting decimals, fractions and percentages. They will then move on adding and subtracting decimals, within and beyond 1. After this, we will be focusing on shape, space and measurement. Children will apply their mathematical knowledge when problem solving. To help your child in Maths please ensure that they practise their times tables and complete all homework on time. Homework will be set every Friday. |
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Religious Education
The topics studied this term are: Transformation, Freedom & Responsibility and Stewardship following the ‘Come and See’ scheme of work. The children will also continue to learn about other faiths and religions. |
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Science During the first term the children will be learning about Earth and Space. They will be looking at the solar system and the movements of the Earth and Sun. Following this they will learn about plant reproduction and forces. Children will plan and carry out observations and experiments to work scientifically. They will ensure that they consider how to carry out a fair test and draw conclusions based on their findings. |
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Physical Education In their lessons the children will continue to develop their games skills with premier sports. Year 5 will also be going swimming for the first half of the term. P.E. kits should be kept in school at all times. |
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Computing In Computing lessons, the children will design and create a comic strip in which they can make their characters move. We will then move on to using Radio Editor to create advertisements. |
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Themed Approach As we have now finished our Mayans topic, our new topic will be Natural Disasters. We will focus on global warming, volcanoes, earthquakes, flooding, droughts, and other natural disasters. Key skills from all the foundation subjects will be covered. |
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French These lessons will continue to be delivered by a qualified French teacher. |
The documents below outline the objectives that the Year 6 children will be taught in Maths and English. .
Year 5 and 6 Keywords
The children have been learning to spell these words
Information about SATs 2016/2017
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