Elder

Year 5

Miss Owen & Mrs Quarterman

Mrs Highgate

Welcome to our Elder Class webpage where you can find information about our classroom routines, current learning and some recommended websites and information to help! If you have any questions, please contact me via the school email address: admin@thepinesschool.org.uk

Hello, my name is Miss Owen and I am delighted to be teaching Elder class this year. When I am not teaching, I enjoy playing football, watching lots of different sports, reading and spending time with my family. I cannot wait to see what exciting things the year has in store for Elder class and to be working with parents/carers throughout their child's journey in Year 5!

Creature Clay Models in English

Meet the Teacher

Meet the teacher - Elder.pptx

Classroom routines:

Our main classroom door for the start and end of the school day is at the bottom of the top playground slope.

Classroom doors open at 8:40am and the school day ends at 3:10pm.

Our regular PE lessons will be on a Wednesday afternoon and Friday afternoon. Children should come to school wearing their PE kit on both of those day and have their jewellery either removed, taped or covered for those sessions.

Current Learning:

Our topic in Year 5 this term is 'Our World and Beyond'. As part of this, we will be considering the following question: What is our place in the world and how can we protect it? We will be learning about the Earth's movements in relation to the sun, as well as the moon's movement in relation to the Earth, before moving on to learn about the other planets in our solar system. We will then move on to focus on the environment and how we can look after it. In English, we will be writing persuasive letters, linked to the book ‘Misadventures of Frederick’. Our class novel for this term is 'Cosmic' by Frank Cottrell Boyce. In Maths lessons, we will be learning about shape and measure before moving on to our statistics unit. In Science, we will be learning about animal classification, with a focus on the work of Carl Linnaeus. Our art unit will allow us to deepen our understanding of working with clay, where we will be creating clay tiles with an environmental-themed design. We will also be studying the work of Peter Thorpe and using our knowledge of sketching and painting techniques to create space pictures in a similar style. PSHE lessons will focus on keeping healthy and how our bodies change as we get older. In our music, we will be looking at music from south and west Africa, before moving on to using tuned, and un-tuned percussion instruments to create a soundscape for a short space-themed animation.

At the moment, we are particularly focusing on this learning:

Persuasive Writing - We will be writing persuasive letters to Mrs Davies to change some things within our school, using the book 'The Misadventures of Frederick' to support. Our aim will be to persuade Mrs Davies to trial some of these suggestions to support a positive, inclusive learning space for all pupils.

We will develop our understanding of the following things: