Cam Woodfield Junior School

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Year 5

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Welcome to Year 5!

Our theme this term is...

Ancient Mayans

Our theme:

During the Spring Term, Year 5 will be travelling back to the Preclassic Era to learn about all things Mayans. We will be using history as our driver to help us delve deeper into why the Ancient Mayan Civilisation were considered an advanced society in relation to other Civilisations of their time. We will act as historians to find out interesting facts about Mayan Gods, farming, clothing, architecture and art, which we will use to help us design and make our own South American inspired food and clay sculpture masks!

Key texts:

In English, we will be using ‘Rain Player’ and 'Oh Maya Gods' to inspire our writing, where we will write our own biographies, myths, recounts and raps! During this term, we will also be securing our grammar skills with a focus on writing complex sentences and learning and applying spelling rules.

Key information:

Year 5 have two PE lessons each week (weather permitting), these will take place on Monday and Wednesday. Please ensure that your child's PE kit is named and in school at all times. We suggest the children bring in a sunhat for the warmer months.

Reading

Children are expected to be reading at home at least 3 times per week to support their learning. Please update Boomhub regularly as reading scores will be collated every Thursday. If your child has finished their reading book, they need to tell the class teacher who will allow them to go to the library to select a new one.

Times tables

Children are encouraged to continue using Times Table Rockstars to practice their times tables three times per week. In school, they will complete weekly times table tests and their daily 21 facts to support them with their times tables.

Purple Mash

Purple Mash is a great tool to support children with their learning. The children could complete their homework on this software, or just explore the site's resources for fun! If there happens to be a school closure, work will be set in this platform. There is no expectation for the children to use Purple Mash on a weekly basis.

If you are having trouble with any of the above apps, please let your child's class teacher know.