Badger Class

Class teacher’s welcome

Welcome to the Badger class page. We are very excited to share with you events that happen throughout the school year. In Badger, the children are provided with the skills and knowledge required to become aspirational, curious and enthusiastic lifelong learners.

Mrs Quinlan has given the children the children a tremendous start to the year. We are now looking forward to pushing on fully so that the children are ready and excited for their next step into Year 6!

This page has now been updated for Summer 1. Please see the new Knowledge organisers, overview of this term’s learning, home learning project suggestions, weekly spelling patterns and new images of our written methods in maths.

Mr Pickering

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Curriculum news

At a glance – Summer 1

  • Maths – Working with Decimals; Geometry – Angles and Shapes
  • English – Narrative Poetry (Falling Out of the Sky – Poems about Myths and Monsters); Greek Myths (Greeking Out – Epic Retellings of Classic Greek Myths)
  • Science – Living Things and their Habitats (Life Processes)
  • RE – Hinduism (What do Hindu people believe about God)
  • History– Ancient Greece
  • PSHE – Being My Best
  • Art – Sculpture (Greek Vases; Artist Focus – Sam Shendi)
  • Music – BBC Ten Pieces (In the Hall of the Mountain King)
  • French – Where I am going; Days of the week; Time around the world
  • Computing – Programming (Micro:bits)

Home Learning

All children are encouraged to complete a home learning project to build on their class learning.

Ideas for this half term….

  • History – Learn the Greek alphabet! Create an alphabet chart featuring the letter symbols.
  • History/Art – Paint a picture of a Greek god/goddess or a mythological monster.
  • History/English – Find out about everyday sayings that are based on Ancient Greek Mythology – what does it mean to “open Pandora’s box”, to “be caught between a rock and a hard place” or to “have an Achilles heel”?
  • History/English – Write a news report of the ’12 Labours of Hercules’.
  • PE – Compete in your own Ancient Olympics! Take photos and write a report for each event.
  • Science – What plant and animal species are currently living in your garden? How does this change over the year? Create a scientific poster board to display the information.

These projects are designed to run alongside the learning for the half-term and should be handed in on or before Monday 19th May 2025.

Spelling

At All Saints’ Primary School, we follow the Read, Write Inc. spelling scheme in Key Stage 2. Please find the plan for the teaching of the remaining Year 5 units below; plus a link to a record of those taught already this year. You may find it helpful to practise words from the focus pattern each week.

Week Focus Example Words
Easter Holidays
21st April Orange Words (Y5/6 National Curriculum Word List) convenience, muscle, disastrous, neighbour, interfere
28th April Y5 Unit 11 – Words ending in shus spelt -tious cautious, infectious, scrumptious, ambitious, nutritious, superstitious
5th May Orange Words (Y5/6 National Curriculum Word List) average, desperate, temperature, vegetable, frequently, equipment
12th May Y5 Unit 12 – Words ending in shul spelt -cial or -tial official, special, social, artificial, financial, essential, partial, confidential, initial
19th May Orange Words (Y5/6 National Curriculum Word List) bruise, nuisance, recognise, criticise
Half-term
2nd June onwards Recap and Consolidation All units from Year 5

Archive: Previous Year 5 patterns and example words

In addition, children in Y5 and Y6 are beginning to learn a specific word list (as set out in the National Curriculum, English Appendix 1) that can be found in the centre of the school reading record or accessed here.

Dates for the diary

PE days – Monday (Mrs Cumberland), Thursday (Mr Megson)

Summer 1

Yorkshire Sculpture Park Visit – Wednesday 23rd April

Parents’ Evening Appointments – Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th April

British Sign Language Workshop – Monday 12th May

Summer 2

Class Collective Worship (date tbc)

Y5/6 Sports Day – 17th June (pm)

Links to support learning

Reading

Please encourage your child to read daily for a minimum of 20 minutes. At least 3 reading sessions per week should be recorded in the school Reading Record. Children should all have a school reading book (that can be changed regularly) but should be encouraged to read other material as well.

Read more about English in Y5 in the National Curriculum Programmes of Study

Maths

Times Table Rock Stars (please ask if you need a reminder of your child’s login details) – all children are expected to be fluent in their tables up to 12 x 12 so regular practice is very helpful!

Written methods for addition, subtraction, short multiplication, long multiplication and short division are taught as in the pictures below.

Read more about maths in Y5 in the National Curriculum Programmes of Study

Other useful links

Wildlife Trust – facts about the European Badger!

Badger Trust – support our class ‘mascot’!

50 Books to read in Year 5