Year 5 - Rowan Tree Class
Year 5 Teaching Team
Class Teacher: Miss Tanya Jaryczewski (Monday & Tuesday)
Class Teacher: Mrs Abby Featonby (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday)
Teaching Partner: Miss Kat Hek
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Pupil Council Representatives & Leaders
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School Council Riley C & Olivia H |
Eco Council Chaya D & Matthew H |
Sports Leaders Isaac C & Jack L |
Digital Leaders Noah T & George O |
Curriculum Information
What are Year 5 learning about this year?
Autumn Term (I & II)
To Infinity And Beyond!
Children will explore and be inspired by the solar system in our topic ‘To Infinity and beyond’. Through a variety of learning activities, children will develop their knowledge of the moon, the Earth, and other planets, connect the links between them and secure their understanding of the impact this has on today’s world and our way of living. Science and scientific knowledge acquired will be creatively linked with art and design technology as children discover how space has inspired so many and continues to inspire as humans seek to voyage into our solar system and beyond. Building on prior learning and skills, children will revise the history of space travel and study the lives of significant individuals, therefore continuing to subtly develop skills in chronology and enquiry through their focussed learning.
Home Learning Activities - Autumn (I)
Home Learning Activities - Autumn (II)
Parent Letters & Information
Spring Term (I)
Traders & Raiders
Join us as we travel back in time to learn about the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings in our topic ‘Traders, Raiders and Settlers’. During his exciting period of British history, the children will step into the shoes of experts to find out about the first Anglo-Saxon and Viking traders, raiders and settlers and explore what life was like for them, before examining and interpreting artefacts and sources from the time to learn about their culture and the impact that this diverse society has had on Britain today. Children will develop skills that will enable them to enquire and dig deeper into directed aspects as well areas of individual interest. Children will also have the opportunity to apply their knowledge of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings creatively through art & design.
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Summer Term (I)
Mysterious Maya
While developing an understanding of the Mayan Civilisation, children will be encouraged to make links and identify contrasts with other civilisations and societies from various periods of time from around the world, specifically British society. In the role of historians, children will study, enquire and investigate the impact this exciting civilisation has had on the modern world. Children will be exposed to significant aspects of Mayan culture including literature, tradition, art, music, religion and festivals through a range of creative and themed learning opportunities to extend their knowledge of the Maya, while also recalling, building on and developing prior learning and skills across the wider curriculum.
Parent Letters & Information
Spring Term (II)
Traders & Raiders
Once the life and culture of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking traders, raiders and settlers has been established, children will begin to develop their knowledge and understanding of how their settlements have changed and developed over time. What did settlements of the past look like? What might settlements of the future look like? Discover with us as we draw on prior knowledge to understand what settlers needed in order to survive, how this informed the development and evolution of a settlement and how land surrounding the settlement was, is and might be used. We will once again step into the shoes of the experts to interrogate the environmental impact that has arisen from settlement development and change in land-use over time, using our local area as a case study to learn from and debate.
Parent Letters & Information
Summer Term (II)
Rainforests Rule!
Throughout the term, children will develop their knowledge and understanding of physical and human geography through the study of the rainforest, particularly the Amazon rainforest. Children will use maps, atlases and digital mapping to explore the geography of this region of our planet and learn how location can be described using lines of latitude and longitude and the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Children will discover how this exciting biome contrasts and compares with others. As ecologists, the children will investigate the cause and impact of deforestation and consider how human activity has impacted Brazil and its environment. Additionally, children will study the human geography of Brazil, including its towns and cities to contrast them to towns and cities of the United Kingdom and other areas of the world.
Parent Letters & Information
Rowan Class are currently reading...
April and her scientist father travel to Bear Island for his research. Although the bears are believed to have left the island years ago, April discovers that there is one left and befriends him.
So far this year, Rowan Class have read...
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Autumn Term 2021
The Autumn Term in Year 5 was truly incredible, with all children making a great start to the challenges they were faced with. All children has enjoyed the learning, experiences and opportunities they were exposed to and each child has achieved a new goal, skill or target. The term began with an out-of-this-world experience as Simon from Space Odyssey visited us and immersed the children in space and science inside the mobile planetarium. The term continued with the children discovering the wonders of our solar system and how modern technology is allowing us to learn more than ever before about the planets and stars. As part of the learning surrounding space travel and exploration, children investigated travel to and on Mars by researching Mars Rovers before going on to design and build their own. This was underpinned by their computing learning that introduced children to communication through binary coding and then further supported with a Lego Robotics workshop that focussed on command and control of an electronic device. Although science and technology heavy in its focus, the topic still provided opportunities for artistic skills to be developed through the study of Peter Thorpe's abstract 'Rocket Painting' series and the post-modernist styles of Van Gogh's 'Starry Night'. The Autumn Term has been well and truly jam-packed with learning to stimulate and inspire the minds of all children! Take a look through the photos to see the marvellous experiences on offer for yourself!
Spring Term 2022
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Summer Term 2022
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