Class Teacher: Mr Cook

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Phillips

Teaching Support: Mrs Manns

Class Governor: Mr R. Arthur

PTFA Link: Mrs Collins and Mrs Heaton 

Welcome to Year 5

Welcome to Year Five. We hope you had a lovely half term break and we look forward to continuing your learning journey during your last year at Harvington First School.

Key information:

Your message book and reading book, PE kits and a water bottle need to be in school everyday.

Homework will be set on a Friday and needs to be in on the following Thursday at 9am.

Your spellings will be sent home at the start of each half term.

Our theme question is 'What evidence is there that the Tudors existed?'

We will be learning about Tudor life between 1485 and 1603. The Tudors are most famous for Henry VIII's creation of the Church of England. This was called the Protestant Reformation and changed England from a Catholic country to a Protestant one.

Key Vocabulary:

exploration

continent

execution

 monarchy

reformation

protestant

catholic

dissolution

armada

 Sir Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake was an English explorer and privateer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580.To find out about the explorer click on his picture.

Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. To find out more about Sir Walter Raleigh click on his picture.

These are some of the Tudor Warships:

 The Monarchy during Tudor England

Henry VII

1458-1509

Henry VIII

1509-1547

Edward VI

1547-1553

Jane Grey

1553

Mary I

1553-1558

Elizabeth I

1558-1603

Click on the Tudor rose to find out more.

In Science we will be learning about Making connections and revisiting the following areas:

Earth and space

Life cycles and reproduction

Properties and changes

Unbalanced forces

Mixtures and separation

Key Vocabulary

orbit

hemisphere

mammal

amphibian

separation

magnetism

friction

balanced

unbalanced

load

water resistance

Remember to spend time on Times Table Rock Stars each day!

If you need any extra help with your times tables then use MyMaths and Purple Mash to help you.

Click on the images below to support your learning at home using My Maths.

Our class author is Michael Morpurgo.

Click on the picture of him to see his website.

Have you read any of his books?

Which book is your favourite?