Welcome to Year 5 Japan!

Class Teacher: Miss Faulkner-Fox

Key information

Please see below Japan's weekly timetable for Autumn 1. This may be subject to change however, PE days will stay the same. PE days will be on Wednesdays and Fridays. On these days, children we need to be in their correct PE kit. Everyday, the children need to bring in their water bottles, planners and reading books. Please check your pupil planner every day for key messages. This also needs to be signed at home every week.

Homework

Homework will be set on a Monday and will be due the following Monday. This will consist of TimesTables RockStars, Spelling Shed (weekly spellings), reading at home and a retrieval task based on the children's previous learning. Homework club, at school during lunchtimes, will be running alternating Wednesdays and Fridays. Homework will be discussed on Mondays and children will write this in their pupil planners. Links to TTRS and spelling shed can be found  on the front page of the schools website and the log ins for these are in children's planners at the front.

Reading

Japan's chosen class reading book is 'The Iron Man' and this will be read at the end of each day as a class. The children have their own reading books which they can read as part of their homework. Reading at home could also include: magazines, TV subtitles, instructions etc. Please remember to sign your child's planner when they have read at home as they will then be entered into a half termly reading raffle - the prize includes a book and rubber!

Our Autumn 1 projects

History - Dynamic dynasties

This project teaches children about the history of ancient China, focusing primarily on the Shang Dynasty, and explores the lasting legacy of the first five Chinese dynasties, some of which can still be seen in the world today.

Science - Earth and space

This project teaches children about our Solar System and its spherical celestial bodies. They describe the movements of the Earth and the other planets relative to the Sun, the Moon relative to Earth, and the Earth's rotation to explain day and night.

Art - tints, tones and shades

This project teaches children about colour theory by studying the colour wheel and exploring mixing tints, shades and tones. They learn about significant landscape artworks and features of landscapes before using this knowledge to create landscape paintings.

Art - Taotie

This project teaches children about the significance and art of the taotie motif, including ancient and contemporary casting methods.

DT - Moving mechanisms

This project teaches children about pneumatic systems. They experiment with pneumatics before designing, making and evaluating a pneumatic machine that performs a useful function.

Geography - investigating our world

This essential skills and knowledge project teaches children about locating map features using a range of methods. They learn about the Prime Meridian, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and worldwide time zones and study interconnected climate zones, vegetation belts and biomes. Children learn about human geography and capital cities worldwide before looking at the UK motorway network and settlements. They carry out an enquiry to identify local settlement types.

For the whole Year 5 curriculum overview, open the document below.