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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 - 9:10amEarly Work and Registers
9:10am - 10:30amMaths or RE and Gospel Worship
10:30am - 10:45amMorning Break
10:45am - 12:15pmEnglish
12:15pm - 1:05pmLunchtime
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 - 3:20pmHome 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.

If you have any questions or there is anything urgent that you think we need to know, please contact the school Office either by phone 01252 542511 or email enquiries@st-patricks.hants.sch.uk

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