Autumn 2
English
Our stimulus for writing in Autumn 2 will be 'The Red Eye’- a tale full of action. To support our understanding, we will be reading ‘The Jamie Drake Equation’ by Christopher Edge. We will join Jamie as he sets out to save his astronaut father's mission on the International Space Station. Learning to edit and handwriting will play a crucial role in this too.
Our Grammar focus for the term will be to develop our understanding and range of narrative tenses, as well as increasing our range of vocabulary to advance action. Learning to edit and attention to neat, cursive handwriting will play a crucial role in this too.
Pupils should continue to use Bedrock at home to support with their vocabulary - it is also our aim to access this resource daily in school.
Vocabulary: narrative, character, setting, atmosphere, action, word class, noun phrase, noun, adjective, verb, modal verb, adverb, adverbial, preposition, conjunction, co-ordinating clause, co-ordinating conjunction, subordinate clause, subordinating conjunction, causal conjunction.
Guided Reading - Reading for Inference
We will use a variety of texts - both fiction and non-fiction - to enable us to apply our learning to a range of question types, and to make links between different books and our own growing general knowledge. We will use text annotation as a method of exploring a text, and will build on our retrieval and inference reading skills. In order to support your child with both their grammar and reading at home, please use the following links:
https://app.bedrocklearning.org/
https://gb.education.com/games/grammar/
http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/index.html
Maths
This term, we will continue our Maths journey with multiplication and division, and fractions. We will also further our Maths fluency by working closely on our Addition and Subtraction, and Multiplication and Division skills. Times tables and generating new facts from those known will be a focus within our morning task time. It is imperative that pupils are able to recall these facts in order to access the Year 5 curriculum thoroughly. We will be using Number and Lightning as the basis of our knowledge to support our arithmetic skills. Pupils will be taught operations in depth, and will be tasked with using these in a variety of different contexts.
Vocabulary: number, place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, digit, numeral, column, fraction, numerator, denominator.
Homework will continue to be set from our White Rose Maths homework book. In order to support your child with their times table knowledge at home and with arithmetic in general, please use the following links:
https://timestable.pixl.org.uk/Timestables.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
Science: Space
Our White Rose Science learning in Autumn 2 focuses on Space. We will learn about the Solar System and ideas about it over time, about the planets and their motion through space, about night and day, and about the Moon.
Vocabulary: solar system, planets, spherical, stars, sun, orbit, surface, appearance, model, gravity, gravitational pull, orbit, heliocentric, geocentric, axis, rotation, North Pole, South Pole, satellite.
Religion and Worldviews: Why doesn’t Christianity always look the same?
In our learning this term, we focus on the Big Question: Why doesn’t Christianity always look the same? Looking at belief from both religious and non-religious viewpoints, we will learn how people in our communities, countries and the world at large have different beliefs. Thinking first as geographers and historians, we will explore the spread of Christian beliefs worldwide. Through looking at artwork, history, case studies and first-hand accounts, we will investigate why Christian worship looks different across the world when key beliefs are the same.
Vocabulary: religion, worldview, Christianity, Messiah, belief, believer, Roman Catholicism, impact, personal influences, cultural influences, congregate, congregation
Computing: Search engines
In Autumn 2, we will be applying programming skills to create sounds and melodies leading to a battle of the bands performance. We will continue our Online Safety during our class assembly time. We will consider online protection, online communication, online reputation, online bullying, and online health.
Vocabulary: Scratch, tinker, predict, programming, music, typing, spacing, performance, coding, tutorials, error, commands, instructions, debugging, loop, mind map, pitch, rhythm, tempo, timbre, soundtrack, repetition
RSE and PSHE: Health and Well-being
Our RSE and PSHE learning this term will focus on Health and Wellbeing. We will consider the importance of sleep, sun safety, healthy eating, relaxation and managing feelings, as well as learning about setting goals and embracing failure.
Vocabulary: yoga, relaxation, meditation, thoughts, quantity, sleep, rest, relax, quality, failure, fail, succeed, try, overcome, resilience, experience, goal, achieve, plan, steps, destiny, choice, feeling, emotion, calories, healthy diet, food groups, Recommended Daily Intake (RDI), serving, portion, obesity, responsibility, risk, weather, UV rays, sunburn, 'slip,slap,slop'
Design and Technology: Mechanical systems
Our DT learning this term is on mechanical systems. We will be designing and creating a pop-up book. We will learn to use layers and spacers to create the book, suing writing and illustration to bring it alive.
Vocabulary: design, input, motion, mechanism, criteria, research, reinforce, model
PE – Gymnastic & Health and Fitness
We will be focusing on Health and Fitness skills in our outdoor PE lessons. In our indoor PE, we will be developing our Gymnastics ability and skills.
Vocabulary: health, fitness, energy, agility, stamina, mental, physical, gymnastics, jump, leap, squat, controlled.
French: - Shopping in France
We will learn about French money and numbers, before learning about different French foods and how much they cost.
Vocabulary: trente quarante cinquante soixante soixante-dix quatre-vingts quatre-vingt-dix cent ça fait ... c’est combien ?
Geography – Population
Children will learn what population and migration are, before exploring how London and Cardiff are multi-ethnic cities. They will then explore Welsh language and culture and use this to explore Welsh and British identity.
Vocabulary: Population, population density, densely populated, sparsely populated, population distribution, high population density, low population density, migration, rural, urban, rural to urban migration, ethnic, diverse, census, ethnically diverse, ethnicity, Welsh, Cymraeg, Eisteddfod, Wales, British, identity, minted, floral
Key dates:
4.11.24 – Term starts
10.11.24 - World Science Day
11.11.24 - Remembrance day
13.11.24 – 17.11.24 - Anti-bullying week
17.11.24 Children in need
8.12.24 Christmas Jumper Day
20.12.24 – Term ends