Welcome to Canberra Class!
Here is what we are going to be learning about during the Spring Term
Our Full Curriculum can be found under: school information / curriculum overview.
https://cinnamonbrow-warrington.secure-dbprimary.com/warrington/primary/cinnamonbrow/site/pages/ourcurriculum/curriculum
English
We are looking forward to sharing some interesting fiction and non-fiction texts during this spring term. Here is an introduction to the books we will be studying together:
The children will be busy writing letters, newspapers, diary entries and writing narratives all based around these texts.
We will also be working on the following:
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Spelling lessons three times a week
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Weekly spellings, grammar, comprehension and whole class reading tasks using the reciprocal reading approach
Reading Plus in class and at home (this can be included twice in the Reading Record.)
Reading
In KS2 we follow a programme called Reciprocal Reading. This is an activity that takes the form of a dialogue between teachers and children as they read as a whole class or in groups. A reciprocal approach provides our children with four specific reading strategies: Questioning, Clarifying, Summarizing, and Predicting. When you listen to your children read, we encourage you to discuss the story lines, plot, characters and the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Reading Homework: we expect daily reading at home. We ask that at least three reads are from the teacher directed ‘book banded’ book and two are from an online reading program (Reading Plus or Reading Eggspress). ALL reads should be recorded in the yellow reading record books to allow staff to keep a record and celebrate success at the end of each term.
Maths
In Y5, we are teaching for mastery in our maths lessons. Through carefully planned teaching and the support of a 'Power Maths' scheme we enable all children to access the maths curriculum at their level and open up opportunities for all children to work within a mastery approach. 
The children also have access to TTrockstars, My Maths and Numbots to support their Maths progression through app and online resources. 
This autumn term Year 5 will focus on the following topics:
Fractions
Decimals
Percentages
Perimeter and area
Graphs and tables
Maths Homework: In UKS2 we ask that you continue to support us with multiplication knowledge by using TTRockstars on a daily basis. We recommend 10 minutes each day.
RE
As a Church of England School, Religious Education is a core subject and alongside collective worship is a very important part of school life. RE & worship takes place throughout the school day with daily prayers, whole school and class worship and the sharing of our Christian values.                       
This term the focus taken from the Diocese scheme of work is:
 
Why is the Exodus such a significant event in Jewish and Christian history? 
 
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Why did God choose Moses? 
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Why is the Exodus such a significant event in Jewish and Christian history? 
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What is freedom? 
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Why is freedom important? 
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What does it mean to be free? 
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Why is it important to remember? 
Who was Jesus? Who is Jesus?
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Who was Jesus? 
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Who is Jesus? 
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Who did Jesus say he was? 
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Was Jesus the Messiah? 
Science
Animals including humans
The children will learn to:
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Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood.
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Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
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Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans.
Properties and changes of materials
The children will learn to:
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compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets 
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know that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution 
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use knowledge of solids, liquids and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated, including through filtering, sieving and evaporating
History
How was Britain revolutionised?
Here are some of the questions we will explore:
-How was the North-West of England revolutionised?
-What was life like in a town during the Industrial Revolution?
-Why did so many people die in the slum houses?
-Could the quality of life of the British people have been improved?
The children will learn to:
-extend chronological knowledge beyond 1066 
-identify what the industrial revolution was 
-identify  importance of transport and how this developed during the Industrial Revolution – rivers, canals, rail 
-identify the social and economic impact of the industrial revolution in Britain 
Geography
What makes the Earth angry?
Here are some of the questions we will explore:
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What would the Earth look like if we sliced through it?
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What is each part of a volcano and what happens during an eruption?
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What causes an earthquake?
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Where do most natural disasters occur and why?
The children will learn to:
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describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes
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locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities
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use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
PE
Real PE
Personal - Fielding and striking
PE will take place on the following day:
Canberra – Tuesday
On their PE day, children should come to school dressed for PE with appropriate outdoor PE kit. 
Please refer to the school prospectus for PE kit details:  School prospectus
Art & DT
ART:
Exploring a selection of paintings through art appreciation activities. Collecting ideas in sketchbooks and planning for a final piece after researching the life, techniques and artistic intentions of an artist that interests them.
DT:
This cooking and nutrition unit includes opportunities for children to learn a simple bolognaise recipe and adapt it to improve nutritional content.
Music
Computing
In this unit, pupils develop their knowledge of ‘selection’ by revisiting how ‘conditions’ can be used in programming, and then learning how the ‘if… then… else...’ structure can be used to select different outcomes depending on whether a condition is ‘true’ or ‘false’. They represent this understanding in algorithms, and then by constructing programs using the Scratch programming environment. They learn how to write programs that ask questions and use selection to control the outcomes based on the answers given. They use this knowledge to design a quiz in response to a given task and implement it as a program.
MFL
Healthy eating
Foods
The verb ‘to be’
Clothing, colours and fashion shows
Carnival clowns and clothes
How you can support us.
Reading -
Reading with your child is the most important thing you can do to support their learning at home.
Please try and read every night and log this in the yellow reading record. Three reads are needed from the teacher directed book-banded reading book. We suggest that in UKS2, children should be reading approximately 10 pages per night to increase reading stamina. Two reads should be from the online reading platforms.
Your child's Reading Plus and Eggs passwords are in their reading diary. If you have any trouble signing in online, please ask one of us.
We are all taking part in the Round the World Reading Challenge which allows your child to 'travel' to new world destinations each time they read at home at 5 times a week for ten weeks. Don't forget, Reading Plus/Eggs will count as a read and make sure you record these! Let's get reading!
Maths - please help your child learn Times Tables. TTRockstars is a brilliant app to help with this. Additionally, children need to complete online maths learning using Doodle maths and Numbots for at least 10 minutes each day.
Please feel free to contact and talk to us in regards to any of your children’s needs.
Key Information
Homework
Please ensure that you bring your child's school reading book bag back into school daily as this will be used to bring home important letters and it will keep our reading books safe.
Your child should bring in a water bottle that is sent home to be thoroughly cleaned each evening.
Spellings
Spellings are very important in UKS2. A spelling list will be sent home each week. This will be words that have the spelling patterns we are learning, plus a short list of statutory words. We suggest the children write out the spellings in a list, in sentences, in rainbow colours and in pictures. These different methods, support the child to remember the patterns and spellings. We also suggest pointing out the spelling patterns in daily reading.
Staff
Teacher - Mrs Gregory
TA - Miss Hughes & Mrs Minshull
Outdoor Learning
Children will be completing outdoor learning activities planned and lead by our Forest School leader Mrs Minshull.
Please refer to the school prospectus for more details : School prospectus
Home-Learning Project
Homework projects will be shared each term by the class teachers. These opportunities are for you to share in your child’s learning about the world around them through history, geography, science and the arts. Please support your children in completing these projects.