Year 5

Pupils in Year 5 are offered a range of experiences, opportunities and activities throughout the year to encourage them to transition to Aston Fields Middle School and feel very much a part of their new school from the very first day. They work closely with their form teachers and experience a range of curriculum subjects within their forms and different teaching groups, allowing them to form new friendships and develop new skills.

As part of their English curriculum, the Year 5 pupils have learnt about William Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’. The pupils developed their own poems based on witches' spells, which they drafted, edited and performed in their English lessons. Each form then chose two groups to perform in front of all the Year 5 pupils, with the top 3 groups receiving a special reward for not only their performance, but also for writing an excellent poem with their group. This year’s winners were a group of four girls from 5HL. Please watch their performance video and be prepared to be spooked! We would like to congratulate all the pupils for their amazing poems and terrifying performances, particularly all the groups chosen to perform in front of the year. 

Extra-curricular activities and clubs

There are a wide range of clubs and activities, run before and after school. These offer all pupils in the school a range of experiences; help them to develop new friendships and work together with other pupils. Pupils in Year 5 are offered additional activities during lunchtime they can choose to join in with. These include a Maths and English Computer Club which allows pupils to access a range of websites in school to practise key skills, such as spelling and times tables, in a fun and engaging way. There is also a Homework Club where pupils can complete any of their weekly tasks, supported by staff and Wellbeing Mentors.

Many pupils also develop their musical skills, by taking instrumental lessons or joining the orchestra or one of the choirs that are available. 

Each year, Year 5 pupils are given the opportunity to join differnt clubs; this year Mr Pavlovs (Head of Computing) hosted a lunchtime Minecraft club. Pupils are also invited to different sports clubs which have previously included inter-house dodegball and table tennis. 

Homework

Pupils will normally receive Maths and English homework each week.  In English, pupils are given a homework folder and receive either a grammar and punctuation task, or a comprehension task which consolidates prior learning.  In addition, pupils will complete activities set on Spelling Shed and Lexia to recall and build upon their knowledge and understanding within SPaG and comprehension.  Pupils will record their log-in details, to access these websites, in their homework diaries.

In addition, pupils should be reading their Renaissance books every night for at least 20 minutes. To support reading skills, pupils will find it helpful if parents/carers could ask a range of retrieval and inference questions based on their current Renaissance book.

In Maths, pupils are given a homework folder and receive a task each week, which either consolidates prior learning or prepares them for the next topic. Pupils are also encouraged to practise times tables to 12 x 12 on a regular basis. Teachers may set online homework using websites such as Times Table Rockstars, Sumdog and MyMaths. Pupils will record their log-in details, to access these websites, in their homework diaries.   

In addition to Maths and English, Year 5 pupils may receive homework in Science and History/Geography. This could be a stand-alone task or part of an ongoing project.

There is a weekly Homework Club where pupils are able to complete both written and online homework with the support from a member of staff and older pupils.

Drop Down Days

We regularly explore what it means to be us, how we are all individuals and the different characteristics, values and skills we all demonstrate and develop. We have special days during the year when we celebrate who we are and discover more about teamwork, values and character through a range of different activities led by staff and visitors to the school.

These days include Drop Down Days which focus on different themes and consist of informative and engaging sessions; Modern Britain Day during which all pupils learn about what it means to be British and British values through sessions led by different teachers to each house. To emphasie inclusivity and good character, we hold an 'All Different, All Equal Day' during which pupils learn about the ways of life, cultures and beliefs of different places around the World.