Year 5

To begin our Year 5 journey, we will explore mountains and upland areas, beginning locally before expanding our learning nationally and then worldwide. Throughout the topic, we will work towards our key question: ‘Why are mountains popular places to visit?’ As part of our learning, we will visit The Roaches, where we will carry out fieldwork enquiries and explore how an upland environment differs from our local community in Meir. Back in the classroom, we will develop our map-reading skills using both OS and digital maps, as well as locating important mountain ranges across the UK and the wider world. We will then focus on the Alps as our case study, investigating their climate, the activities people take part in there and considering whether tourism in the Alps is a positive thing.

In Science, we will begin by exploring materials and their properties. We will sort and compare a range of materials while developing our understanding of the different properties they have. We will also investigate different methods of separating materials, including filtering, sieving and evaporation, as well as carrying out practical investigations to explore solubility.

There is lots to look forward to in our core subjects – English and Maths. In English, we will begin with ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’, which we are especially excited about after reading the first book last year and visiting Warner Bros Studios! Our writing will include detailed descriptions of the animals found within the Harry Potter world, alongside opportunities to develop our story writing. In Maths, we will focus heavily on times tables, place values, addition and subtraction. We will also begin developing our understanding of multiplication and division, building carefully on the knowledge and skills from last year.
We have a fantastic first ten weeks of exciting learning ahead of us!