Welcome to Puffins 5 

Teacher: Miss Barker

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Townend

We hope you all had a lovely Easter break and are ready for all the exciting things we have planned for the last term in Year 5!

In Reading, our class novel is The Last Wild. We will also be reading some fascinating non-fiction texts linked to Science and Geography as well as some thought-provoking poetry.

In English, we will be using the story The Invention of Hugo Cabret to a set of instructions on how to build an automaton, similar to the one in the story.

In History, we will be investigating Crime and Punishment through the ages. We will be learning all about what crime and punishment was like in Roman times, the Anglo-Saxon period, Tudor times and the Victorian period. We will also be learning about modern-day crime and punishments.

In Science, we will be investigating materials and their properties, specifically mixtures and reactions. We will be carrying out a number of scientific experiments to investigate solubility, reversible and irreversible changes and separating mixtures and solutions.

This half-term we will be continuing our swimming lessons every Thursday. Please ensure your child has their swimming kit that day.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to come and speak to a member of our team. 

For more information about our learning this half-term, please see the overview below.