Chestnut Class: Year 5

Welcome to the Chestnut Class page!

Class Teacher: Mrs Cole

Teaching Partner: Mrs Wilson and Ms Lewis-Knight

We are thrilled to have your child as part of our class this year and look forward to taking you on our learning journey as the year progresses.

General Information:

Your child should come to school with their PE Kit on Thursdays and Fridays (Spring Term). Our PE Kit consists of a navy PE top, blue/black shorts/jogging bottoms and trainers. As November and December tend to be cold, please ensure that pupils have warm PE kit for outdoor learning.
Reading diaries must be in school at the beginning of each day. The expectation is that each child will read at home at least three times a week. This will be checked by the class teacher on Thursday. Please make sure parents or guardians sign the diary.

Our learning in the Spring term: 

In Maths we will begin our learning with a focus on formal methods for multiplication and Division. We will also concentrate on fractions, decimals and percentages.
In English we will begin with a focus on the texts 'Beowulf' and 'Riddle Runes'. This will feed into many different writing outcomes such as story writing, diary writing and non chronological reports.
We will begin our Science learning by looking at Forces.
In History we will look at Vikings. Within these lessons, we will develop our historical skills of chronology, historical enquiry and how primary and secondary sources shape our understanding of the past.
For our Geography learning, we will be undertaking an indepth study about Asia, focussing on Mountains, volcanoes and Earthquakes.
In DT this term, we will looking at food, celebrating different cultures and seasonality within food.
French this term will have a focus on Habitats and Clothes.
For our PSHE learning, we focus on how we can best achieve our 'Dreams and Goals', alongside how to keep ourselves healthy..
Computing will allow us to make progress with our online safety knowledge as well as developing our knowledge in spreadsheets.
Our PE learning this term will cover Dance, Swimming and Netball.
In RE we will be learning about how the Torah influences Jewish people today in the first half term, and why the beliefe that Jesus 'saved' so many people is important to Christians in the second half.
Music for this term will give us the opportunity to listen and appraise different types of music, and practice our composing skills through different styles of music, learning what a chord is and how it adds to musical composition.