Year 5 Kestrels and Hawks

Year 5 Remote Learning

Below is your timetable for your live online lessons via Teams Week 2 11th-15th January

Hello Year 5.

Below is a copy of the letter which explains how to log into your Music activities on Yumu.  I have sent out your log in details through Marvellous Me.  Please log in and complete the activities. Mrs Jones.

Year 5 have taken part in a range of activities throughout the month of October to celebrate Black History Month

During a History lesson, we looked at black influential musicians and their achievements. The children then compared and contrasted the musicians and all they have achieved during their career.

During indoor PE, the children were taught a dance by Ashley Banjo, the founder of the Diversity dance troop, and then choreographed their own.

During English lessons, the children learnt all about Benjamin Zephaniah, a British black poet from Birmingham. The children watched videos and then analysed his poetry. They created their own version of his poem

'The British ( serves 60 million) and performed it to each other. 

Click on the links below to watch some of Benjamin Zephaniah's poetry performed 

During indoor PE sessions, Kestrels have been choreographing their own dance routines inspired by the Diversity dance group. The children watched an online tutorial video presented by Ashley Banjo ( The founder of Diversity) and then used similar movements to create their own routine.

Take a look at the videos below

Our fabulous teaching team 

Mrs Turner Kestrels teacher                   Mr Lawrence Kestrels teacher            Mrs De Maurier Hawks teacher

Mrs Jones Year 5 intervention teacher      Mrs Barnes support staff                  Mrs Mitchell support staff

A Force to be Reckoned With

Can you feel the force?

Year 5's first context for learning journey will be

'A force to be reckoned with' 

This half term we will learning all about the Ancient Egyptians and experimenting with different types of forces in Science. In Art, we will be sketching and re-creating Ancient Egyptian landscapes and using a range of materials to create Canopic Jars.

Take a look at the document below for additional information about what else we will be learning about this half term

 PE

Please come to school already dressed in your PE kit on the days you have PE.

Hawks: Thursday= Outdoor PE        Friday= Indoor PE

Kestrels: Tuesday= Indoor PE    Thursday= Outdoor PE  

Homework- Friday

Spellings

Every Friday you will take home a list of spellings to learn for a spelling test on the following Tuesday 

Reading

You are expected to read every day at home for 15 minutes. Your adult then needs to date, sign and write a quick comment in your reading record book to show you have read to them. This will be checked by your teacher every Friday.

E.g. 4.9.20. Mrs Turner. Mo read fluently and stopped at every full stop before continuing to read.  

RM Easimaths

You are expected to spend at least 20 minutes a week completing Maths questions and problems on RM Easimaths. You will use your log in you have always used and were sent again in March during lockdown. 

The longer time you spend on RM Easimaths the greater chance your class will have of winning a prize at the end of the half term!

Reading support for parents/carers

Attached are the Reading Domain Questions to support you when asking your child questions whilst listening to them read every day. This will also be sent home with your child next week. 

Please scroll down the document to

KS2 reading domain questions 

Websites that can be used daily

Below is a list of useful links for apps/programs that children can access at home. These can be used alongside any daily learning that is given to the children. All children have been given/posted a pack with all the log ins that they will need.