Beech & Chestnut Class (Year 5)
Autumn 1
We have had a brilliant first half term in Year 5 and the children have all impressed us with their hard work and enthusiasm. On belonging and identity day, we all came in dressed in clothes which represented our identity. It was lovely to see so the many different groups that were represented. We drew self-portraits and composed our own poems, inspired by the work of Benjamin Zephaniah.
In English, we read the Firework Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman which inspired some excellent descriptive writing. We were impressed by the imaginative ideas for a ‘missing chapter’, exploring the backstories of different characters in the book.
In Maths, we have been working on many of our key number skills, including place value, addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division. We have been working to improve our mental maths with even bigger numbers and the children have been working with numbers up to 1,000,000! We will build on this learning next term as we focus on formal written methods for the 4 operations.
History has been a guiding area for this half term as looked broadly at 4 early civilisations: Ancient Sumer, the Indus Valley Civilisation, Ancient Egypt and the Shang Dynasty. We enjoyed exploring surviving artifacts from the different civilisations and worked in groups research one in more depth.
In RE, we learned all about Sukkot and built our own models of a Sukkah in a shoe box! We thought carefully about what a Sukkah needed to include and what they represent.
In Art we looked at the Willow Pattern Plate which linked closely to our blended reading text this half term. We learnt about the myth behind the design and drew our own version using watercolour.
DT was a huge hit this half term as we designed and made our own bread. Everyone liked designing their shape, choosing their ingredients and of course the taste testing at the end!
We have worked hard in so many areas this half term, it would be impossible to capture all that learning here, but do have a look at the pictures to see us in action.
Y5 Expectations
Welcome to Beech and Chestnut Class (Year 5) 2024-2025
Beech and Chestnut class have all settled in to the new academic year incredibly well and we are super proud of them all. It has been fantastic to welcome them back and hear all about their adventures over the holidays. We have had an exciting week with the launch of our topic "Early Civilisations" and the children have already completed lots of learning about Ancient Sumer, Ancient Egypt, Indus Valley and the Shang Dynasty.
Just to inform you, Year 5 PE will be on a Wednesday (Outdoor) and Friday (Indoor) this year. The children will need to wear their PE kit into school to be worn for the duration of the day.
Please feel free to drop us an email or call via the office if you have any queries or concerns, we are always willing to help where we can.
Our current Year 5 staff team.
Left to right: Mrs Teasdale (LSA & ELSA), Miss Chave (Beech Class Teacher), Mrs Franklin (Chestnut Class Teacher), Miss Menard (HLTA), Mrs Tomkins (LSA).
