Mercury Class Year Five
Welcome to Mercury Class Page.
Class Teacher: Mrs Yuill
Teaching Assistant: Ms Gibbs
Key Information:
PE - During SUMMER 1 TERM, IT WILL BE ON WEDNESDAYS with coach Malachi, children must arrive to school wearing their FULL KITS: plain black shorts/leggings/tracksuit bottoms and a plain white t-shirt. No jewellery, including watches, to be worn for health and safety reasons.
Home Learning:
In Year 5, your child is expected to read every day at home. If possible, read to an adult and talk about what has been read. Once they have finished a book, they would need to complete an entry in their personal reading album.
Weekly home learning set on Times Table Rock Stars and Spelling shed. These will be checked online every Friday and children will complete their spelling and multiplication tests.
Curriculum:
We will be teaching Spanish, PSHE and Computing weekly. The other subjects will be taught as a block. Please see timetable below.
Summer 1:
Summer 1 (Weekly Spanish, PSHE, Music and Computing)
| Week commencing 15.04.24
| Week commencing 22.04.24 | Week commencing 29.04..24 | Week commencing 06.05.24 | Week commencing 13.05.24 | Week commencing 20.05.24 | Week commencing
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Curriculum | Science Animals, including humans Development of humans to old age | Science Animals, including humans Development of humans to old age | Geography Rivers: fieldwork, rivers, mountains and hills
| DT Food: Healthy Eating RE Sikhism 4: Belonging to the Sikh Community
| DT Food: Healthy Eating RE Sikhism 4: Belonging to the Sikh Community | ART Painting - Create a colour palette. Use a range of brush techniques to create textures Artist: Jackson Pollock, Yves Klein, Frida Khalo Art Period: 20th Century |
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Spring 1 (Weekly Spanish, PSHE and Computing)
| Week commencing 08.01.24
| Week commencing 15.01.24 | Week commencing 22.01.24 | Week commencing 29.01.24 | Week commencing 29.01.24 | Week commencing 05.02.24 RESIDENTIAL | Week commencing
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Curriculum | Music Recorders | Science Forces | Science Forces
| Art Drawing: Begin to draw effects ie reflection, shadow and the direction of sunlight. Using charcoal Artists: Käthe Kollwitz, Robert Longo - Waves
| RE Hinduism 4: Pilgrimage |
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Spring 2 (Weekly Spanish, PSHE and Computing)
| Week commencing 19.02.24
| Week commencing 26.02.24 | Week commencing 04.03.24 | Week commencing 11.03.24 | Week commencing 18.03.24 | Week commencing 25.03.24 | Week commencing
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Curriculum | Science Properties and changes of materials | Science Properties and changes of materials | History Ancient Greece
| DT Materials (link to Science – changing state) Construction: bridges (link to history)
| RE Christianity 8: Jesus human and divine | Music Nasheed (Islamic song), drone, melody, harmony, chords (G and D), vocal decoration, microtones, progression snapshot 2. Beat, rhythm, basslines, riffs. Texture, articulation, rhythm, tango. |
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Autumn 1 (Weekly Spanish, PSHE and Computing)
| Week commencing 11.09.23 | Week commencing 18.09.23 | Week commencing 25.09.23 | Week commencing 02.10.23 | Week commencing 09.10.23 | Week commencing 16.10.23 | Half term |
Curriculum | RE Islam 3: Ramadan and Id ul Fitr | Science Living things and their habitats – life cycle of a mammal etc | Science Living things and their habitats – life cycle of a mammal etc | History Black History | Music Sea shanties, beat, rhythm, chords, bass, dot notation, progression snapshot 1. Gospel music, instruments, structure, texture, vocal decoration. Structure (verse/chorus), hook, lyric writing, melody. | Art Self Portraits |
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Autumn 2 (Weekly Spanish, PSHE and Computing)
| Week commencing 30.10.23 | Week commencing 06.11.23 | Week commencing 13.11.23 | Week commencing 20.11.23 | Week commencing 27.11.23 | Week commencing 04.11.23 | Week commencing 11.12.23 |
Curriculum | Geography Extreme Weather: volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, physical and human effects | Art Drawing: Begin to draw effects ie reflection, shadow and the direction of sunlight. Using charcoal Artists: Käthe Kollwitz, Robert Longo - Waves | Science Earth and space Describe the movement of the earth and other planets | Science Earth and space Describe the movement of the earth and other planets | RE Islam 4: Hajj and Id ul Adha | DT Mechanics: pop up books (link to Literacy or Topic, e.g. Space) | Music Sea shanties, beat, rhythm, chords, bass, dot notation, progression snapshot 1. Gospel music, instruments, structure, texture, vocal decoration. Structure (verse/chorus), hook, lyric writing, melody. |