Brookburn Primary School

Staff

Mrs Deer	Assistant Headteacher – Upper Key Stage 2 Teacher – Class 5ED
Miss Taylor	Teacher – Class 5AT
Dr Elderfield	Key Stage 2 Teaching Assistant Lead
Mr Marsh	Teaching Assistant
Mrs Pereira	Teaching Assistant
Mr Zakaria-Welburn	Teaching Assistant
Miss Rozario	Learning Mentor

History – Discovery and Legacy

This half term in history, we will be learning about the Ancient Maya civilisation and will be comparing this to the Anglo Saxons. We will begin our learning by looking at the chronology and location of both the Mayan and Anglo-Saxon civilisations. This will provide us with the opportunity to retrieve our knowledge of the Anglo Saxons from our learning in the autumn term. Throughout the unit we will be looking closely at the similarities and differences between the two civilisations. We will be comparing: the food and farming; the buildings; the people and societal hierarchy; and language and number from both the Maya and Anglo-Saxon civilisations. We will finish our history topic by learning when and why both civilisations ended.

English

In English, our first writing unit will be based around the legend Rain Player. We will use the text to complete short written pieces such as a recruitment poster, a diary entry and a descriptive piece of dialogue. The children will then develop a toolkit and use the plan, write and edit sequence to write their own legend narrative. In our second writing unit, we will write a dual narrative based on a hunter and the hunted.

Maths

To begin our maths learning this half term, we will return to our learning on fractions. We will learn about percent and convert between fractions, decimals and percentages. We will also consolidate our learning on converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions and finding fractions of numbers. We will then focus on measures, measuring and calculating the perimeter of rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres. We will also use all four operations to solve problems involving measure (for example, length, mass, volume and money). We will also return to angles and children will learn to identify, draw and measure angles.

Science – Animals including Humans and Living Things

This half term, the children will learn about life cycles. They will be able to describe the similarities and differences of the life cycle of a mammal and study how different mammals are adapted to their environments. We will also look at the life cycle of a human and discuss the growth and development of humans, understanding the relative length of each stage. The children will research and compare the life cycle of different amphibians and present this information to their peers. They will also learn about the life cycle of insects and birds.

Other Curriculum Areas

RE – Our big question is: ‘If God is everywhere, why go to a place of worship?’

We will learn about and compare different places of worship (churches, mandirs and synagogues). We will also discuss why they are important to believers and other ways people worship their god.

Art– Making Monotypes – we will look at the artwork of Kevork Mourad and practise making marks. They will build up to making their own visual poetry book using monotype.

Music – Fresh Prince of Belair – Children will learn to rap the song and play the glockenspiel to the music.

PE – Tennis (focusing on hitting the ball to move the opponent) and Danish Longball (with a focus on strategic thinking)

PSHCE – Living in the wider world – through our PSHE learning this half term we will learn about the rule of law, fair trade, enterprise and understanding what racism is and how we can live in a respectful society

Computing – Selection in Physical Computing – programming Crumble Controllers

French – Les Planètes – In this unit children will learn how to name the planets in our solar system and describe them using a variety of adjectives. They will also ask and answer questions in the role of an astronaut!

Behaviour and Attitudes

In Year 5 and 6, children are being taught empowering learning skills to help them be an ‘effective participator’ and a ‘reflective learner’. These skills allow children to get the most from their lessons and learning, while also helping them regulate, applying the strategies they have been taught. This half term we are focusing on:

Understanding that attitude and behaviour can affect learning, and showing that they are prepared to adjust.
Taking account of others’ viewpoints when considering successes and next steps.
Being an effective role model and acting as a buddy for younger pupils. Children will have the opportunity to do this through reading buddies and ‘Brookies’.

UN Convention of the Rights of the Child

Each week we have a focus ‘Article of the Week’. We focus on this in a weekly assembly and in follow up classroom activities. We are taking part in Outright 24-25 – ‘Change making’.

In response to collecting the views of the children, our Rights Respecting council have a lot planned over the Spring term including:

· Our councillors have led a school assembly about kindness and conflict resolution.

· Eco re-fill shop project – this has started and will be a monthly event

· Great British Spring Clean

· Contact local MP – our children think there should be more bins/dog waste bins in Chorlton

· Set up a school book swap

We are also planning for our Rights Respecting Councillors to present to our Academy Council. They will tell them about what it means to be a Rights Respecting school and their role as councillors.

Dates for your Diary

World Book Day: 6^th March (dress up as a book character or wear pyjamas/ something comfy for reading)

6th March- Design a rosette, sash or banner to promote gender equality (linked to International Women’s Day)

International Women’s Day: 8^th March

Online and Digital Safety workshop for parents: 17^th March

Pupil progress meetings: 18^th and 20^th March

Comic Relief: 21^st March

PTA Welly Walk: 28^th March

Term ends: 4^th April at 2pm

Summer Term begins: Tuesday 22nd April

Brookburn
Primary
School

Year 5