Welcome to Year 5

Our PE Days are:

• Wednesdays (Outdoor)
• Thursdays (Outdoor)

On these days, your child may come to school in their PE kit: plain white  T shirt, black shorts or joggers and plain black trainers. A plain black hooded jacket may also be worn.

Jewellery is not permitted for safety.

Keep active: try a 5 minute workout with Joe Wicks.

Week beginning 30.07.25

English

We will then be starting to write a narrative based on the Nowhere Emporium.

Maths

This week, we will be adding and subtracting decimals.

Geography

This week in Geography, we will be looking at tourism in the USA.

RE

This week in RE, we will be learning about Christian forgiveness and reconciliation.

DT

We will learning about cooking and creating our own recipes. This week we will be learning about the ingredients in a spaghetti bolognese.

Week beginning 23.06.25

English

We will be writing our unaided write, which is a non-chronological report based on polar bears . We will then be starting to write a narrative based on the Nowhere Emporium.

Maths

This week, we will be adding and subtracting decimals.

Geography

This week in Geography, we will be looking at tourism in the USA.

RE

This week in RE, we will be learning about Confession.

DT

We will learning about cooking and creating our own recipes. This week we will be learning about the ingredients in a spaghetti bolognese.

Week beginning 16.06.25

English

We will be writing our unaided write, which is a non-chronological report based on polar bears .

Maths

This week, we will be completing assessments.

Geography

This week in Geography, we will be looking at tourism in the USA.

RE

This week in RE, we will be learning about Christian forgiveness and reconciliation.

DT

We will begin our unit on cooking and creating our own recipes. This week we will be learning about the ingredients in a spaghetti bolognese.

In Year 5, Children will be given Maths, Reading comprehension, Spelling and TT Rockstars homework.

Children will be set the homework on a Friday which must be returned by Wednesday the following week. If children do not complete the homework, then they will be supported by an adult with this at breaktime.

Alongside the maths and reading comprehension homework, children will also be expected to access TT Rockstars 3x a week for a minimum of 10 mins.

Children who are on the reading scheme are also required to read to an adult 5x a week with an adult signature acknowledging this in the reading record.

Children who are free readers are required to read 3x a week with an adult signature acknowledging this in the reading record.

Weekly Homework:

To be handed in by Wednesday 2nd July.

Comprehension- Pages 26 and 27

Maths- Page 82 and 83

To be handed in by Wednesday 25th June.

Comprehension- Pages 26 and 27

Maths- Page 74 and 75

Spellings: Orange words 9

To be handed in by Wednesday 18th June.

Comprehension- Pages 24 and 25

Maths- Page 76 and 77

Spellings: Orange words 8

Spelling lists consist of Read Write Inc spellings and Orange words.

Read Write Inc spellings follow a scheme, looking at spelling rules, patterns, prefixes, suffixes etc, and we aim to complete 1 unit every fortnight. Every 2 weeks, the children will receive a new spelling list with their Read Write Inc spellings.

Orange words are the words from the National Curriculum Y5/6 spelling list. On the weeks in between, we will send out a list of Orange words for the children to practise. They will practise their spellings during registration slots as well as a few short focused lessons throughout the week. There will be a spelling test every week alternating between Read Write Inc and Orange word spellings.

Here are this half term’s spelling lists:

We will soon be recruiting our School Council members. Check back here for an update soon.

• 5AW:
• 5KT/VSS:
• 5ZK:

This is a very prestigious award presented every 2 weeks to a child in each class who has impressed their teachers with their academic work, effort, engagement or demonstrated one or more of our core values.

W/b 26.02.25, our certificates have been awarded to:

• 5AW: Selena
• 5KT/VSS: Ella-R0se
• 5ZK: Alfie
  

Well done. We are incredibly proud of you.

This is also a very prestigious award presented every 2 weeks to a child in each class who ALWAYS does the right thing and makes the right choices relating to for example: behaviour, manners, showing kindness and compassion, working hard, trying their best and even ensuring they always arrive on time ready to learn. Children chosen for this award are role models in our school and an example to all.

W/b 12.03.25, our certificates have been awarded to:

• 5AW: Amina
• 5KT/VSS: DJ
• 5ZK: Daisy
  

Well done. Wear your Always badge with pride.

We use Times Table Rock Stars  to support their rapid recall of these. All children have a login and are encouraged to use it as often as they can.

Here is the link to the website:

https://ttrockstars.com/

We love reading in Year 5.

Every child has a reading book and a book they have chosen from our fabulous library every Friday afternoon.

We have a ‘Drop it and read’ session every week where all the children (and teachers) stop working and read a book for 10 minutes.

In addition, each child has a login to Reading Plus set at their own level which targets individual reading need to maximise progress.

https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login