Anston Park Junior School

Welcome back!

We hope you've had a great Christmas and are looking forward to the term ahead.

We hope that this page gives you and your families lots of information about some of the things we will be learning.

Parents/carers, if you have any questions please contact your child's class teacher at school or
e-mail: enquiries@anstonparkjuniors.co.uk 

Y5 Teachers

Mr Bradley - 5B

Mrs Dunsdon - 5D

Teaching Assistant 

Mrs Morton

Class Novels

Every day, we enjoy listening to a story.

This half term we are reading:

5B: The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson

5D: The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson

Spring Term 1 - English Text

 This half term we will be focusing on the book 'Arthur and The Golden Rope' by Joe Todd Stanton.

We will be working towards writing a myth inspired by the events in the book by the end of this half term.

We will learn how to use expanded noun phrases, relative clauses, how to link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials and use commas to clarify ambiguity

Science

Earth and Space

During this unit, we will:

Describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies.

Describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system.

Describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth.

Use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.

Key questions:

What planets make up our solar system alongside the Earth?

How do the Earth and other planets move relative to the Sun?

What is the relationship between the movement of the Moon and the movement of Earth?

How does day change into night?

Key vocabulary:

Earth, Sun, Moon, rotation, day, night, phases of the Moon, star, constellation, waxing, waning, crescent, gibbous, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, planets, solar system, day, night, rotate, orbit, axis, spherical, geocentric, heliocentric.

 History

Would the Vikings do anything for money?

In this unit, the children will learn about the Vikings, and consider the reasons why they raided and then settled in Britain. They will investigate the popular view of the Vikings as raiders, ruthless in their ways of obtaining wealth. They will study primary sources of evidence, such as accounts by monks of the raid on Lindisfarne, as well as archaeological finds, to understand why this interpretation of the Vikings has become so popular. They will examine King Alfred’s struggle and victory over the Vikings, linking back to Year 5 Unit 1: The Anglo-Saxons. Links will also be made to Year 4 Unit 2: Roman Britain

In this unit, the children will:

• develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British history
• understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources
• establish clear narratives within and across the periods
• develop the appropriate use of historical terms
• address historically valid questions about cause and significance
• construct informed responses that involve the thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information
• note contrasts and connections over time.

Key vocabulary:

Raid, raider, monk, monastery, Viking, sacked, looted, abbey, migrate, settle, overpopulation, inheritance, causes, invader, settler, push and pull factors, significant, Wessex, monarch, cult, runes, longhouses, saga.

Geography

Journeys – Where does all our stuff come from?

The UK imports goods from all over the world. The top five products imported by the UK are: petrol, cars, packaged medicaments, computers and vehicle parts. The top five import origins to the UK are Germany, China, Netherlands, USA and France.

In this unit, the children will find out about the UK’s global trade links, investigating where everyday products come from and the journeys they take to our homes. This builds on work children may have done in KS1 looking at the geography of food. The children will also map the journeys taken by items, and research the pros and cons of buying local or imported goods.

In this unit, the children will:

• describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water
• use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied.

  Art

Painting - Watercolour

Georgia O'Keeffe and Luiza Vizoli

During this unit we will:

• Explore and be inspired by the work of Georgia O'Keeffe and Luiza Vizoli
• Create some observational drawing of flowers and petals
• Explore watercolour paints
• Explore Luiza's and O'Keeffe's techniques and artwork
• Plan, make and evaluate a final piece inspired by the work of Georgia O'Keeffe and Luiza Vizoli

 Art

Drawing - Perspective, scale and proportion

Van Gogh

This unit on perspective builds on previous units on tone, shade, hatching, cross hatching, a knowledge of light and shade and contour drawing to produce a “true” image.

During this unit we will:

• Explore and be inspired by the work of Van Gogh
• Create some observational drawing 
• Explore drawing techniques 
• Explore Van Gogh techniques and artwork
• Plan, make and evaluate a final piece inspired by his work

In our other foundation subjects...

Computing - Programming A – Selection in Physical Computing

PSHE - Dreams and Goals & Healthy Me

RE - How can Brahman be everywhere and in everything? How significant is it for Christians to believe that God intended Jesus to die?

Music - Composing and Chords & Enjoying Musical Styles

French - The Weather & Habitats

PE - Sports-Hall Athletics (Running, Throwing & Jumping), Dance & Swimming

PE

Please ensure that your child comes to school in their P.E. uniform on PE days. 

 Y5 PE days are currently:

5B - Tuesday and Friday

5D - Tuesday and Friday

 Indoor Kit =  plain white t-shirt, black shorts or tracksuit bottoms and suitable shoes (pumps or trainers). No football shirts or strips please.

Outdoor Kit = plain tracksuit bottoms and warm jacket and shoes suitable for all weathers (trainers)

Please remember that no jewellery should be worn and earrings MUST be removed by the child for any PE session. Long hair needs to be tied back.  

Homework Menu

As part of our wider curriculum topic, children can also choose to complete homework from our  homework menu (see below). This is optional, however, it will be enjoyable for the children and it will allow them to take their learning further and share it with you at home. Once any tasks have been completed please bring them into school and we will do our best to display as many of them as possible.

We would love to see how creative you can be and display your hard work for all to see. 

Times Tables

 It is still important to ensure that children in Y5 are secure and fluent with their times tables facts as they are needed in many aspects of the Y5 maths curriculum. Without the quick recall of these facts, maths learning becomes much more challenging as children need to work hard to recall the times table fact they need as well as work through new methods.

Below is a grid of the core multiplication facts we would like children to learn with quick recall and fluency. Once children know these facts, they can use them to work out any other facts (eg: knowing 2x and 10x tables means they can calculate 12x)

Please continue to support your child with learning these facts and encouraging them to play on Times Table Rock Stars also: https://ttrockstars.com/