Welcome to Bellatrix!

Teacher: Mr Curtis

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Phillips

Email: Bellatrix@southbankprimary.co.uk

Contact number: 01642 453451

Please be aware staff may contact outside of teaching hours.

Welcome to Bellatrix class page where we will share all our wonderful learning and achievements with you. Throughout Year 5, we will cover a wide range of exciting topics. In the autumn term, we will explore space and look at features of The River Tees. In spring, we will delve into the past and research all about the Anlgo-Saxons and make sculptures inspired different artists. Finally in the summer term, we will compare our local region with a region in America and research the ancient Maya civilisation. 

Our Learning

Below is a snapshot of some of the learning Bellatrix have completed during year 5.

Autumn Learning 

Autumn Learning

English - This term, we will begin by focusing on presentation and our handwriting. We will also be working on our place value of punctuation and grammar and will look out different nouns, verbs and subjects to help us build our sentence structure. 

Throughout the year we will continue to use  Reading plus to develop and support our reading and fluency skills. We will also be encouraging our children to 'read for pleasure' to support this we will have a weekly session in the school library for children to explore a variety of different texts and choose a book to take home to share, remember to bring your book back to school to change each week.

Maths - This term, we will be exploring place value within 1,000,000, securing our addition and subtraction skills, multiplying and dividing by 10,100 and 1,000 and fractions.

Throughout the year, children will use Times Table Rockstar's to continue to develop their times table knowledge. Children would greatly benefit if they continue to practice their times tables at home. Please speak to Mr Curtis if you require a log in card for your child to access Times Table Rockstar's at home.

Science - This term, children will learn about Earth and Space and how the Earth fits into our solar system. We will also be looking at how living things reproduce. 

PE - This term, we will developing our communication and tactic skills and learning the rules of tag rugby. 

History - This term, our topic focus is on geography and science. 

Geography - We will be exploring features of our local river, The River Tees.

Music - In music, we will continue to practice our ukulele skills and focus on one song: Livin' on a prayer performed by Bon Jovi.

DT - 

Art -  In art, we will look at how realistic do portraits have to be and identify our own style of drawing.

French - We will continue to develop our French skills as we understand how to say different body parts and create our own monster mash-up and be able to describe it.  

Computing - We will continue to use purple mash to support our learning, focusing this term on 3-D modelling, word processing and external devices.

PSHE - During PSHE the children will look at how they can be themselves in the world and also celebrating our differences.  

RE -  In RE, we will look at why is Muhammad important to Muslims? What is the Qur’an and why is it important to Muslims? 

Christmas - Why is the birth of Jesus important to Christians? 

We Are A Rights Respecting School

We are currently on our journey towards achieving the Gold Rights Respecting Award. We explore our rights across all areas of our learning. This term we will focus on Article 28 - Access to Education. All children have the right to an education. 

Important Information & Reminders

• PE will take place on a Monday. Children are now provided with their own PE kit but can children please ensure they attend school in appropriate footwear on PE days. 
• Children must wear their school uniform everyday and have a suitable coat for outdoor play. Please ensure you write your child's name inside their uniform, including coats and jumpers. 
• Our weekly library slot is Tuesdays, were children will get the chance to change their reading book. Please can children remember to bring their books back to school and bring a book bag.

Key dates

• This Boy Can Festival 13th November

• This Girl Can Festival 14th November

• Children in Need 15th November

• PD days 22nd and 25th November

• Sportshall Athletics 28th November

• Reindeer Run 2nd December

• Dodgeball Festival 4th December

• KS2 Christmas Lunch 4th December