Welcome to Year 5!
What are we learning in Autumn 1?
In our first half term, our Geographical enquiry question is:
'What makes the counties of the UK unique?' In our Geography lessons, we will discover different counties, their history and landmarks. We will explore the landscape, weather and soil health and how it relates to farming across different counties.
In English, we will complete a Place Value of Punctuation and Grammar unit concentrating on different nouns, verbs and clauses to create accurate sentence structure.For our class text, we will be reading, ‘Coraline' by Neil Gaiman.
In Maths, we will learn about the Place Value of numbers up to 100,000, which includes rounding, ordering, comparing and representing numbers in different ways.
In Science, we will explore, ‘Properties and Changes in Materials’ by answering the enquiry question, 'Can all materials change state?'.
In Art, we are delving into 'Monochromatic drawings’' where we focus on a variety of different drawing styles and artists and begin to develop our own artistic style.
In Music, we will explore music through colour, inspired by the Holi festival of colour.
In PSHE/RHE, we will answer the question, 'How can we manage and adapt to the changes in our friendships?'
In RE, we will begin the unit called, ‘Why are some places and journeys special?' . . It includes pilgrimages and spiritual journeys as well as metaphorical journeys through faith.
In PE, we will focus on fundamental skills including speed, quickness and agility to prepare us for our PE units throughout the year.
In French, we will learn adjectives for describing our ‘French Monster Pets’ . We will focus on gender agreement as well as the use of the correct articles and pronouns.
In Computing, we will learn how to stay safe online.
Meet the staff...
Miss Mitchell (Class Teacher)
Mrs Adams (Support Assistant)
Miss Morrison (Support Assistant)
Ferney Lee Road, Todmorden,
Lancs, OL14 5NR
01706 254848
admin@ferneylee.calderdale.sch.uk