Hello and welcome to the Year 5 class page! This is where you will find all the information you need to know about what we will be doing in Year 5 this half term.

This half-term in year 5 we will be focussing our learning on finding out about World War 2 and why winning the Battle of Britain in 1940 so important. We will be discussing the military strategies that were used to defend the British land and defeat Adolf Hitler.

In English, we will start the term off by looking at the book ‘Anne Frank’ by Josephine Poole and Angela Barrett, which tells the true story of a brave girl who hid during World War II and wrote a diary about her experiences. We will be researching and writing a discussion text on how she lived and why her story is so prevalent to today’s world.

Our maths work will focus on multiplication and division. The children will be introduced to common factors and prime numbers and they will also tackle solving problems using multiplication and division.

In our art lessons, we will begin by exploring sculpture and 3D artwork including using different materials and tools to create sculptures and learning about the work and influences of the artists Cai Guo-Qiang and creating our own 3D art piece using our knowledge around scale and space. In RE, we will consider the big question “Was Jesus the Messiah?” and learn about incarnation and connections between biblical texts, incarnation and the Messiah.

Coach Nathan will be teaching us dance in PE on Wednesdays and in our Friday PE lessons we will be focussing on invasion games which will develop our problem-solving skills, communication and teamwork.

Mr Martin and Mrs Higson will be in school on Friday mornings to continue developing our music skills. In Spanish we will be continuing to learn Spanish numbers and move on to colours throughout the term.

We have a lot to look forward to this half term, so please visit this page regularly to see our learning journey.

Miss Clements, Miss Nuttall, Mrs Cahill and Mr Abbas