Midfield Primary School
Pupils
Learning in Year 5
Year 5 - Spring
Maths
At Midfield we follow maths mastery:
(https://www.ncetm.org.uk/public/files/19990433/Developing_mastery_in_mathematics_october_2014.pdf. )
All aspects of maths will first be taught using concrete materials, progressing onto pictorials and finally using abstract methods. This has been shown to be a fantastic method of building solid and secure mathematical understanding. Once this understanding is secure, children learn how to problem solve and reason. We aim to ground mathematical concepts in the real world to provide context and familiarisation.
During the Spring Term the children will learn about the topics of multiplication and division, fractions, statistics, perimeter and area, decimals and percentages.
During the topic of multiplication and division the children will learn to:
- identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and common factors of two numbers
- know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (nonprime) numbers
- establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19
- multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one- or two-digit number using a formal written method, including long multiplication for two-digit numbers
- multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing upon known facts
- divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method of short division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context
- multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1000
During the topic of fractions (including decimals and percentages) the children will be taught to:
- compare and order fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number
- identify, name and write equivalent fractions of a given fraction, represented visually, including tenths and hundredths
- recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other and write mathematical statements > 1 as a mixed number [for example, 5 2 + 5 4 = 5 6 = 1 5 1 ] add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number
- multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers, supported by materials and diagrams
- read and write decimal numbers as fractions [for example, 0.71 = 100 71 ]
- recognise and use thousandths and relate them to tenths, hundredths and decimal equivalents
- round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest whole number and to one decimal place
- read, write, order and compare numbers with up to three decimal places
- solve problems involving number up to three decimal places
- recognise the per cent symbol (%) and understand that per cent relates to ‘number of parts per hundred’, and write percentages as a fraction with denominator 100, and as a decimal
- solve problems which require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents of 2 1 , 4 1 , 5 1 , 5 2 , 5 4 and those fractions with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25.
During the topic of fractions (including decimals and percentages) the children will be taught to:
- solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graph
- complete, read and interpret information in tables, including timetables
By the end of Year 5 children are expected to be fluent in all their times tables and to help with that, we have subscribed to Times Table Rockstars (with weekly certificates awarded for success and endeavour!).
English
During Spring Term 1 our focus text will be Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz.
Fourteen-year-old Alex is forcibly recruited into MI6. Armed with secret gadgets, he is sent to investigate Herod Sayle, a man who is offering state-of-the-art Stormbreaker computers to every school in the country. But the teenage spy soon finds himself in mortal danger.
The children will use this stimulus to engage in activities such as:
- Write a balanced argument
- Create an advertisement for an item
During Spring Term 2 our focus text will be Floodlands by Marcus Sedgwick.
Imagine that a few years from now England is covered by water, and Norwich is an island.
Zoe, left behind in the confusion when her parents escaped, survives there as best she can. Alone and desperate among marauding gangs, she manages to dig a derelict boat out of the mud and gets away to Eels Island. But Eels Island, whose raggle-taggle inhabitants are dominated by the strange boy Dooby, is full of danger too.
The belief that she will one day find her parents spurs Zoe on to a dramatic escape in a story of courage and determination that is handled with warmth and humanity.
The children will use this stimulus to engage in activities such as:
- Setting description
- Retell of a story
- Poetry
We teach the children how to use a range of features within their writing including;
Capital letters / Finger spaces / Full stops / Expanded noun phrases / Similes / Adverbs / Conjunctions / Adverbials of time / Prefix and suffix words / Apostrophes / Joined handwriting / show not tell sentences / Quotation marks / relative clauses / subordinate clauses.
Reading
In Year 5 reading is taught daily. Most of the children will read with the class teacher during guided reading sessions in which children are taught a range of reading skills.
Each child is issued with a home reading journal and book, which should be read, signed off, and returned to school each week. Home reading is a hugely beneficial way of supporting your child's learning across the curriculum. The children are encouraged to explore a wide range of reading material and are given access to the school library books once a week and where possible we arrange trips to the local library and have themed weeks such as Book Week.
Science
Across Spring Term 1 and Spring Term 2 we will be looking at Properties and Changes in Materials.
Humanities
In Spring 1 our focus will be on History: The Vikings.
In Spring 2 we will then move onto Geography: Biomes.
Art & DT
Our first topic for Spring 1 is Art: Collage. In Spring 2 our next topic will be DT: Baking.
RE
In Spring 1 we will be looking at Sikhism and in Spring 2 we will focus on Christianity.
