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English

This half term, Year 5 are reading the book “Skellig” by David Almond. We will be doing a range of writing including a biography and narrative writing.

Maths

Our Maths this half term is mostly around the operations of addition and subtraction.  All four operations will be explored in word reasoning problems.

 Science

This half term’s science topic is materials. The children will be learning about the properties of materials and experimenting with separation.

History

We move onto exploring the Early British Empire this half term.  We will be looking at the Seven Years War and exploring Britain's motivation for exploration and dominance.

  Geography

In geography, we will be exploring mountains across the world from the Alps to the Himalayas.

  Art

This half term in Art we are looking at Islamic art and architecture.  We will be exploring the intricate details that make up the beauty of Islamic art, specifically the Alhambra and the Taj Mahal.

Music

For this term the children will be starting their music learning with the topic of living on a prayer. Within this we will be singing and developing our skills.

RE

This half term in Religious Education the children will be exploring incarnation.

  PSHE

In PSHE this term we will be looking at safety and the environment around us and the contribution we put towards this. This half term, we focus on citizenship.

 PE

This half term, year 5 will be exploring the creativity of dance.

In our class you will find:

Class Teacher: Miss Moyle

HLTA: Mrs Courtnell

Teaching Assistants: Miss Bircham

Contact Us: year5@st-johns-pri.cambs.sch.uk

Our PE days will be: Friday