Welcome to Planets Class!
You will find lots of useful information on our class page. Please keep checking for the latest events and photos. Remember to check our Hellingly School Facebook page for updates.
Meet the Team
Mrs Norton and Mrs Betts teach Planets Class.
Mrs Brown is the TA in Planets Class.
Enquiry
We are very excited to be starting Year 5 with our Enquiry topic all about the Ancient Greeks and the legacy they left behind.
We will be focusing our enquiry on history: learning about chronology, democracy and the Battle of Marathon. In art, we will be using our knowledge to create a range of fashion designs mixing Ancient Greek fashion with modern day style.
We want to give the children some time to explore an aspect of Ancient Greece that particularly interests them, and there will be opportunities to research this during our computing lessons.
PE
We will be focusing on volleyball on a Tuesday and netball on a Thursday.
PE will be taught on a Tuesday and Thursday. Please make sure you come to school wearing your correct clothing and shoes.
Newsletter
Knowledge organisers
Spellings
Your children will be tested every Monday on their spellings, these will be found in their small, green spelling books. .
Maths 🧮
Maths home learning – please log into TT Rockstars. This should be for 5-10minutes daily. Please let Mrs Norton or Mrs Betts know if you need your childs details sent home again. If they access TT Rockstars online team points will be added.
Reading 📖 📖
Please read 5 times weekly. You will find on our class page some suggested year 5 reads and books linked to our enquiry learning.
Core Text
Our core text for this term is Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.
Percy Jackson is having a bad week. His life has gone from totally normal to monsters-from-Greek-mythology-randomly-appearing kind of strange. Worse still, the king of the gods thinks Percy has stolen his all-powerful lightening bolt – and it seems making Zeus angry is a very bad idea.
Year 5 recommended reads 📚 📚
Need some inspiration for your next reading book? How about trying some of these year 5 recommended reads. Remember if there is a particular book series/author please let us know and we can try to add it to our school library.
https://www.thereaderteacher.com/year5
📚 📚 History Enquiry suggested reads
Term 1: Best Children’s Books – Ancient Greece (booksfortopics.com)
Term 2: KS2https://www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/topics/history/the-maya/
Term 3: Kenyan Children’s Books – Our Ancestories
Year 5 reads
Other resources
English resources
