St Joseph's Catholic
Year 5
Welcome to the Year 5 class page. 
The class teacher is Mr Conlon. 
Mrs Munro will be teaching the class on Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings.
The class is joined by Mrs Petela & Miss Hawkins for some lessons.
PE is on Monday and Thursday afternoons.
Homework
Homework will be sent home weekly on a Friday and must be returned by the following Friday. Children will be given Literacy, Maths and spelling homework each week. Occasionally additional homework will be given for science or topic work.
Alongside the set homework:
Please ensure that your child has a suitable reading book (there are plenty in school!) and reads on a daily basis (preferably to an adult).
By Year Five we would expect most children to be confident in both multiplication and division facts up to 12 x12.
We also have websites to aid children’s learning, including our own learning links found on the school website.
Writing
This video outlines the writing expectations for Year 5.
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Our Learning
Term 1
Monopoly
Year 5 enjoyed a game of Monopoly. As well as being great fun, the game provided lots of opportunities to improve our maths such as money and calculation skills. We also learnt the meaning of the vocabulary in the game such as auction, rent and tax.
Bible referencing
In RE, Year 5 have been working on Bible referencing.
Peace day - refugees
For Peace Day, Year 5 have been studying refugees. We built refugee tents to highlight the number of refugees fleeing war and persecution. Refugees are forced to leave their homes behind and travel to a new country, often to set up home at a refugee camp with tents.
Looking at wars since World War 2
For international Peace Day, Year 5 have been looking at the location of wars since WW2. We quickly realised there were so many wars it would take too long to locate them all.