Mercury Class Year Five
Welcome to Mercury Class Page.
Class Teacher: Mrs Yuill
Teaching Assistant: Ms Parker
Key Information:
PE - During the Spring Term, IT WILL BE ON THURSDAYS. 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 fluency tests.
Curriculum:
We will be teaching Spanish, PSHE and Computing weekly. The other subjects will be taught as a block. Please see timetable below.
Spring 2
Spring 2 (Weekly Art, Spanish, PSHE) | Week commencing 24.02.25
| Week commencing 03.03.25 | Week commencing 10.03.25 | Week commencing 17.03.25 | Week commencing 24.03.25 | Week commencing 31.03.25 | Week commencing (Easter) |
Curriculum | Science Properties and changes of materials | Science Properties and changes of materials | History Anglo Saxons
| History Anglo Saxons | DT Materials (link to Science – changing state) Construction: bridges (link to history) | RE Christianity 8: Jesus human and divine Music Recorders |
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Spring 1
Spring 1 (Weekly Art, Spanish, PSHE and Computing)
| Week commencing 06.01.25 (06.01.25 Inset day) | Week commencing 13.01.25 | Week commencing 20.01.25 | Week commencing 27.01.25 | Week commencing 03.02.25 (Residential) | Week commencing 10.02.25
| Half term 17.02.25 |
Curriculum | History Vikings | History Vikings | Science Forces | Science Forces
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| RE Hinduism 4: Pilgrimage Music Recorders
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Autumn 2 Term:
Autumn 2 (Weekly Spanish, PSHE and Computing)
| Week commencing 04.11.24 | Week commencing 11.11.24 | Week commencing (assessment week) 18.11.24 | Week commencing 25.11.24 (Friday 29th INSET) | Week commencing 02.12.24 | Week commencing 09.12.24 | Week commencing 16.12.24 |
Curriculum | 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 | Geography Scandinavia – a comparative study, settlements land use, economic activity and natural resources | Geography Scandinavia – a comparative study, settlements land use, economic activity and natural resources | Geography Scandinavia – a comparative study, settlements land use, economic activity and natural resources | DT Mechanics: pop up books (link to English and Science, e.g. Space) | Music Sing up RE Islam 4: Hajj and Id ul Adha |
Autumn 1 Term:
Autumn 1 (Weekly Spanish, PSHE and Computing)
| Week commencing 09.09.24 | Week commencing 16.09.24 | Week commencing 23.09.24 | Week commencing 30.09.24 | Week commencing 07.10.24 | Week commencing 14.10.24 | Week commencing 21.10.24 |
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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 | Science Living things and their habitats – life cycle of a mammal etc | Music Recorders | History Black History | Art Self Portraits |
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