Summer 2 2025

Another exciting term of learning for Year 5!

English

We will continue with reading the exciting book Holes by Louis Sacher.

The story continues to follow a boy named Stanley Yelnats, who is sent to a juvenile detention center called Camp green Lake - a dry, dusty place where boys are forced to dig holes every day. But there's more to the digging than just punishment - there's a mystery buried under the surface!

The book weaves together three timelines - Stanley's present day experience, the history of his family's bad luck and a legend from the past. As the story unfolds, everything connects in surprising and meaningful ways.

Children will infer, deduce information from the text;

• plan, write and perform speeches to the Houses of Parliament to promote a local young offender institution,
• write dialogue between characters,
• write their own narrative story,
• non-chronological report about yellow-spotted lizards.

Maths

Science

This half term, we will be studying Animals including Humans'. We will be learning about:

• explain what gestation periods are for different animals, including humans,
• compare how long the gestation period is for a human and of different animals,
• describe the changes as humans develop from fertilisation to birth,
• describe how an embryo and foetus grow and develop at each stage of prenatal development,
• order the stages on a timeline,
• explain how babies grow and develop during early childhood,
• understand how babies grow in height and weight,
• describe the developmental stages in early childhood,
• describe and explain the main changes that occur during puberty for boys and girls through their adolescence and give reasons why,
• describe the main changes that take place in late adulthood,
• distinguish between facts and myths about late adulthood,
• name, order and explain the changes that occur during the stages of human development.

Geography

This half term, we will be learning all about 'Rivers':

• locate key rivers in the UK,
• locate main rivers in the world,
• learn about the features of rivers,
• explain how erosion and deposition happens and why,
• explain how we use rivers,
• learn all about the importance of dams. 

A home learning project for the children will be on Rivers - update soon.

PSHE

 In this unit of work, children will focus on achievements, aspirations and opportunities. They will start by discussing achievements they have accomplished so far and the type of attitude that helps us succeed. They will also learn about their own personal preferred learning styles, to understand how they learn best. Children will look at challenges people face and barriers to success, then think about strategies we can use to overcome such obstacles. They will identify opportunities that are available to them now and those which may be available to them in the future. Stereotypes in the world of work will be addressed, as children are encouraged to consider jobs they would like to do and the skills needed to do those jobs. The children will also have the opportunity to reflect on their personal goals and the steps they can take to achieve these in the future.

French

This half term, we will be looking at the unit called 'Quel temps fait-il? – What is the weather like?'

• To apply knowledge of  phrases and verbs in new contexts to build new sentences
• To apply the grammatical rules of different verb forms
• To write accurately using sentences
• To use adverbial phrases of place (compass points) and time (days)
• To develop cultural understanding

PE

On Wednesdays, PE is with Miss Bishop learning about tennis and Friday is swimming at Chase leisure center with Mrs Barker and Mrs Hartshorn. 

Tennis is a net and wall game, children will develop their skills, strategies and tactics to outwit their opposition. They are given opportunities to work co-operatively with others as well as independently.

Children must swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 meters, use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke] and perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

Computing

This half term, our computing unit is 'Spreadsheets' We will be learning:

• to use formulae within a spreadsheet to convert measurements of length and distance,
• to use a spreadsheet to model a real-life problem,
• to use formulae to calculate area and perimeter of shapes,
• to use a spreadsheet to investigate the probability of the results of throwing many dice.

Religious Education

This term, we will be looking at Beliefs and actions in the world: Can Christian Aid and Islamic Relief change the world?

• know the ideas of fairness, justice and equality and apply them for myself;
• suggest a reason why Muslims or Christians like to help the poor by making a link between religious beliefs and texts and the actions of religious charities;
• tell a story about the Prophet or about Jesus to do with money or generosity;
• describe a project of Christian Aid or Islamic Relief, including some details;
• explain the impact of some projects of each of the two charities;
• apply the ideas of generosity and charity to my own attitudes to money.