In Writing, we will be exploring Radiant Child.

In our last term for the Summer, we will be reading the Radiant Child. Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is a 2016 picture book biography by Javaka Steptoe about Jean-Michel Basquiat. Using a style similar to Basquiat's, the book tells the story of his childhood and early career. Our end goal will be to write an information text about Jean-Michel Basquiat using:

Using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or an omitted relative pronoun.
Using adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility
Using a wider range of devices to build cohesion across paragraphs
Linking ideas using tense choices

In maths, Year 5 will begin by focusing on position and direction then revisiting decimals.

Children will explore position and direction through translation, lines of symmetry and reflection on the x and y-axis.

Children will begin by translating (moving) a single point, before translating full shapes. Children will realise that when a point is translated to the left or right, the y-coordinate remains the same and the x-coordinate changes, and when it is translated up or down, the x-coordinate remains the same and the y-coordinate changes.
Children will identify shapes on a grid that have a mirror line and move on to identifying shapes that have more than one line of symmetry.

Children will then move onto revisiting decimals and focusing on:

Recognise and write decimal equivalents of any number of tenths or hundredths.
Find the effect of dividing a one or two digit number by 10 or 100, identifying the value of the digits in the answer as ones, tenths and hundredths.
Solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals to two decimal places.

In RE, Year 5 will explore ‘Other Faiths’.

Other subjects

Science: Space Geography: Natural Resources PE: Tactics and Strategies – Hockey

Computing: Databases Spanish: Sports Music: Kisne banaaya Art: Frida Kahlo

In RE, we will think about what the Church teaches and what we believe ourselves. We’ll learn about Jewish and Muslim beliefs, and explore their special celebrations. We’ll also look at how these are similar to or different from Catholic celebrations. Along the way, we’ll compare different festivals from a variety of faiths.

Important class information

PE day is on a Monday.