St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
With Christ as our guide and example we celebrate the uniqueness of the individual.
Together we will try to:
Learn from Jesus,
Love like Jesus,
Live like Jesus
Year 5 - Silver Birch
Hello and Welcome to Silver Birch Class.
Miss Rendall is our teacher
Welcome to Year 5. As we move into Upper Key Stage 2 the children develop greater independence and responsibility for their learning.
Although not every day is the same, it usually follows this pattern.
| 8:40am - 9:10am | Early Work and Registers |
| 9:10am - 10:30am | Maths or RE and Gospel Worship |
| 10:30am - 10:45am | Morning Break |
| 10:45am - 12:15pm | English |
| 12:15pm - 1:05pm | Lunchtime |
| 1:05pm - 2:05pm | Afternoon Session 1 Foundation Subjects - Geography / History / Science and RE |
| 2:05pm - 3:05pm | Afternoon Session 2 Foundation Subjects - Art / DT / PSHE |
| 3:10pm - 3:20pm | Home Time / Children Read and Finish off Work |
Outdoor PE is on a Wednesday. Homework is handed out and collected in on Fridays.
Our Curriculum
Foundation subjects:
Rivers, mountains and earthquakes, energy Changing Power of the Monarchy
Early Civilisations (Indus, Sumer, Egyptians) with a greater study on Ancient Egyptians
Art and DT – Painting and mixed media, op up books, bridges
Science
Earth and Space
Materials
Life and living Processes
Forces
Animals including humans
RE
Creation
Catholic social teaching
Advent
Christmas
Revelations
Lent
Holy Week
Easter
Pentecost
Sacraments
Other religions
Things That Can Help Your Learning
Regular practice of timetables will help build fluency - TT Rock Stars
Homework and extra practice of maths can be found at MyMaths
Practice of spelling, grammar and punctuation is always helpful to improve writing skills. This can be done at SPAG
RE
Our learning in RE follows the God Matter's programme provided by the Diocese of Portsmouth. Together, we learn about the Catholic faith and other world faiths through topics such as catholic Social Teaching, Advent, Lent, and Revelation.
Trips
We are busy planning trips to enhance the Year 5 curriculum. As part of our science topic on Space we will be visiting Winchester Science Museum in the autumn term.
