5 Sycamore
Welcome to 5 Sycamore
Welcome to 5 Sycamore's home page.
In Year 5, we incorporate Orchard's values into everything we do.
Staff
This year the staff in 5 Sycamore will be:
Mrs Cowperthwaite, Miss Padgett and Miss Minghella. We also have Mrs Hakier, a student teacher, training with us.
Our Weekly Timetable
Important Information
PE
5 Sycamore have PE on a Thursday and Friday. On a Thursday we have indoor PE and on a Friday we have outdoor PE.
On P.E. days we will need to come to school in our P.E. kits and we stay in them for the day. Please make sure all items are clearly labelled with the children's names on.
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We follow a weekly timetable where we also complete picture news and online safety toolboxes.
New spelling rules are focused on every week, completing a range of activities on a daily basis to help with our learning of new spellings.
In 5 Sycamore, we LOVE to read! We need to take our library books home with us to read, in which we swap on a 2 weekly basis where we visit the library and choose our own choice of book. We will read everyday for at least half an hour in school and should try to read to ourselves; adults or to our siblings at least three times a week at home.
Curriculum
This year we will be learning ...
English
We read lots of fantastic texts in Year 5 such as; Wonder, Fagin's Girl and What Mr Darwin Saw. We use these texts to help us produce our own pieces of creative writing and improve our reading, spelling, punctuation and grammar. We will read multiple texts throughout each term which are closely linked to the topics we are studying in History, Geography and Science.
In 5 Sycamore we take home library books that can be changed bi-weekly and any reading at home can be logged on Boom reader (see link below)
Maths
We study many different aspects of Mathematics over the course of the year. These include the use of the four operations, arithmetic, shape, perimeter, area and statistics. We focus on a different unit each half-term and continue to learn new knowledge and apply our prior knowledge to help us improve our mathematical fluency and understanding.
Humanities and Science
In Year 5 we study some fascinating History topics! These include the Victorians, the Tudors and the history of Space Travel and Technology.
In Geography we study the cause of Volcanoes and Earthquakes and assess the impact of natural disasters. We complete an in-depth study of Yorkshire, linking this to our Victorian history topic and our learning about the village of Saltaire.
In Science we cover a range of topics including; animals and humans, living things and their habitats, forces, materials and Earth and Space.
Design technology and Art
We will work on many different skills in our DT and Art lessons such as sketching, painting, shading, photography, designing and evaluating.
Religious Education
In RE, we will look at themes such as 'Forgiveness' and try to answer key questions such as 'What values do we live by?'
We will focus on a number of different religions including; Christianity, Humanism, Judaism, Muslim and Sikhism.
PSHE - My Happy Mind
Our PSHE lessons involves using a scheme called My Happy Mind.
My Happy Mind teaches children about looking after their mental health and wellbeing by teaching them through 5 key areas:
- Meet Your Brain
- Celebrate
- Appreciate
- Relate
- Engage
Music
We will have weekly music lessons working to improve our singing, music reading and the playing of different instruments.
