Welcome to Year 5!
Our Summer term topic information.
We hope you had a wonderful break and are ready for a new term at Grove Vale!
Our Summer term is full of exciting topics that we can’t wait to share with the children! They include:
Science
In the first half term we will be learning about Changes and Reproduction.
We will be:
- Recognising the stages of growth and development
- Understanding the stages in the gestation period of humans and comparing them to other animals
- Recognising the stages of development during childhood and the needs of children at those stages
- Understanding the changes inside and outside of the body during puberty,
- Understanding how the body changes during adulthood and old age.
In the second half of the term, we will be undertaking our Science Adventures.
We will be using the book Until I Met Dudley to test and explore how a number of things work, using our scientific skills, including:
- Observing – how toasters work
- Pattern seeking – how a fridge works
- Identifying, classifying and grouping – types of energy
- Comparative and fair testing – how a vacuum works
- Research – conducting own research into how a concept works
Geography
In the first half term we will be exploring the Water World.
We will be:
- Exploring water on our plant, identifying different bodies or water and their differences
- Understanding the water cycle and the processes within it
- Exploring why we need water and how we use it
- Comparing the different in water availability and using in the UK and Kenya
- Exploring how water can be used for power to contribute to a sustainable future
Year 5 will also be taking a walk to the River Tame at Sandwell Valley Country Park to further investigate and explore a local body of water.
Children can learn more about bodies of water using Oddizzi.com.
History
In the second half of the Summer term, we will be looking at the Ancient Greeks.
  
We will be:
- Finding out who the ancient Greeks were and place their civilization in time,
- Understanding the different types of Government in ancient Greece,
- Comparing and contrasting two city-states, Athens and Sparta,
- Finding out about daily life in ancient Greece,
- Understanding about religion in ancient Greece, and
- Finding out about Greek scholars and philosophers.
Year 5 will also have a day with Timezone where they will experience an interactive day looking at the city-states Spartan and Athens, playing games and preparing for battle.
In ART we will be looking at the life and work of Frida Khalo.
  
In DT we will be building bridges
  
Homework:
Reading diaries – signed 3x per week by an adult
Our Weekly Timetable
The timetable below shows when children will need to bring in specific items during the week.
Reading diaries should be brought to school every day.
Wednesday - Wear PE kits.
Thursday - Deadline for completing homework on maths.co.uk.
Friday - Feel Good Friday clothes. Swimming kits should be bought in.
Login to your Purple Mash account by clicking here.
Use your Purple Mash log in to find more about topics that we are learning about in school. Continue to practise your Computing skills, present your homework, write a story, or try any of the amazing applications you have access to in school. Share what you have done with Miss Cotterill and Miss Tudor - we love to see the work and learning you do at home!
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We have loved to hear you using Purple Mash at home, especially to further develop your coding skills! Continue you share your own independent work with us and show us at school! We have particularly enjoyed looking at your game development!
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