and Woodpeckers' Class Page!
Welcome to Year 5!
Meet the Staff!
Mrs N Allsop - Year Five class teacher (M,T,W)
Miss L Hemsworth - Year Five class teacher (W,T,F)
Mrs A Golding - Teaching Assistant (mornings)
Miss P Frost - Teaching Assistant
Please note that our PE day for this term is Tuesday. Remember to come to school already changed into your PE kit on your PE days. Swimming will begin on Tuesday 15th September, don't forget to bring your swimming kit with you to school on that day! Our swimming days this half term are: 15th September, 22nd September, 29th September, 6th October and 13th October.
Here is our Autumn Timetable:
Our Topic this term is The Industrial Revolution
Homework: A homework sheet will be given out at the start of each term. This term's homework will run until Christmas. A copy can be found here:
In Literacy, the children will read a range of texts based around our topic
Our main texts will be:
You Wouldn't Want to Work in a Victorian Mill, by John Malam
Street Child, by Berlie Doherty
Cogheart, by Peter Bunzl
We will use the texts to develop our reading and writing skills.
We are covering the following skills in maths this term:
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Place Value Roman numerals to 1,000 Numbers to 10,000 Numbers to 100,000 Numbers to 1,000,000 Read and write numbers to 1,000,000 Powers of 10 10/100/1,000/10,000/100,000 more or less Partition numbers to 1,000,000 Number line to 1,000,000 Compare and order numbers to 100,000 Compare and order numbers to 1,000,000 Round to the nearest 10, 100 or 1,000 Round within 100,000 Round within 1,000,000 Addition and Subtraction Mental strategies Add whole numbers with more than four digits Subtract whole numbers with more than four digits Round to check answers Inverse operations (addition and subtraction) Multi-step addition and subtraction problems Compare calculations Find missing numbers Multiplication and Division Multiples Common multiples Factors Common factors Prime numbers Square numbers Cube numbers Multiply by 10, 100 and 1,000 Fractions A Find fractions equivalent to a unit fraction Find fractions equivalent to a non-unit fraction Recognise equivalent fractions Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers Convert mixed numbers to improper fractions Compare fractions less than 1 Order fractions less than 1 Compare and order fractions greater than 1 Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator Add fractions within 1 Add fractions with total greater than 1 Add to a mixed number Add two mixed numbers Subtract fractions Subtract from a mixed number Subtract from a mixed number – breaking the whole |
It is ESSENTIAL that your child fluently knows their times tables both division facts and multiplication and have quick recall on these. This is ongoing homework for them and is vital to their progress this year - they should have their x tables rockstars password.
Reading: 
Reading as much as possible will really help your child’s progress at school. For their learning passport they must have read three times a week all term. It is very important that they understand what they are reading a few minutes spent asking questions about what has been read helps children to develop comprehension skills which are vital to their education.
Friday 4th September - INSET
Monday 7th September - INSET
Tuesday 8th September - First day back
Tuesday 15th September - First Swimming session for Year 5
Monday 28th September - Year 5 trip to Cromford Mills
Please see the class email address below where you can contact Mrs Allsop/Miss Hemsworth with any queries you may have. Please also keep an eye on your own emails as class information will often be sent via this email address:
woodpeckers@coppice.derbyshire.sch.uk