In preparation for Year 5 2024-25

Reading

• Read often, a range of texts and use reading journal questions to discuss with your child.

Spelling

• Spell all of the words from the Year 3&4 list and begin to get familiar with the Year 5&6 list SpellingWordList_Y5-6.pdf (oxfordowl.co.uk)
• Practise writing stories, poems, news reports, keep a diary etc. Practise beautiful handwriting- https://www.broadheath.coventry.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BH-Handwriting-Jan-2022.pdf
• CONTRIBUTE to the blog to practise this skill.

• Count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1,000,000
• Read, write, order and compare numbers up to and beyond 1,000 and determine the value of each digit
• Round any number up to 10,000 to the nearest 10, 100 and  1,000.
• Add and subtract whole numbers up to 4 digits, including using column methods
• Read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12 and 24-hour clocks.
• Know all times table facts, including inverse division facts, up to 12×12.  https://ttrockstars.com/
  https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
• Review year 4 fractions learning.

• Make informed choices to maintain your health and well-being.
• Go on family walks, runs, bike rides, frog-hopping practises etc.
• Know how to make healthy choices around food and begin to learn how to prepare food.

• Sculpt something. Use playdoh, modelling clay, dough, plasticene, junk, even cake!
• Make music. Use GarageBand or similar apps, instruments you have at home, or make your own instruments!
• Put on a homemade stage production, following a script of your own creation or find another, with family or friends to practise your speaking and performing skills.

Group work

• Look for opportunities to practise group work at home, such as baking a cake together, playing team games, or collaborating with siblings or friends on making a LEGO model etc, family card and board games, jigsaw puzzles.

Independence

• Have some household jobs.
• Show responsibility in managing daily tasks and learning, individually and in a team.

Communication skills

• Encourage your child’s communication skills by making plenty of time to talk as a family, such as over the dinner table.