Welcome to Oak's Page
Year 5 consists of 3 classes: 5AM (Mr Maniar's Class), 5KT/VSS (Mrs Teladia and Mrs Spon-Smith's Class) and 5ZK (Miss Khan's Class). On our class page you will find information about our fabulous learning taking place in the term ahead as well as weekly updates. There are links to websites and platforms to support your children with their learning at home as well as a gallery of photographs to showcase our curriculum in action. If you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to contact one of the Year 5 team.
Learning Together, Growing Together
Our core values of Endurance, Justice, Friendship, Compassion and Peace underpin all that we do.
Spring Term Timetables
Our PE Days are:
- Mondays (Indoor)
- Wednesdays (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.
Year 5 Curriculum
This Week's Learning
W/C 20.04.26
English
This week, we will continue planning our unaided non-chronological report on polar bears. We will then independently write our reports and spend time editing and improving our work.
Maths
This week, we will be focusing on ordering and comparing decimals and rounding decimals.
Reading Comprehension
This week, we will be reading a narrative text based on Macbeth. We will answer a range of questions, including vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval, and summarising.
History
This week, we will begin our new unit on Crime and Punishment by creating a timeline of key events.
Geography
This week, we will start our unit on Fieldwork. We will learn different methods of measuring the weather, explore the equipment used, and understand the purpose of each tool.
Design and Technology (DT)
This week, we will continue our sewing unit. We will cut out our designs on card and use these templates to help us cut shapes from felt for our toys.
Religious Education (RE)
This week, we will continue our unit on pilgrimages by learning about the Western Wall and its significance to Jewish people.
Science
This week, we will continue our unit on living things, focusing on reproduction in animals and how different animals give birth to live young.
W/C 14.02.26
English
This week we will be planning and writing our unaided chronological report based on Polar Bears. Children will create a success criteria and write their own version following a similar structure to what we did in our sentence stacking lessons.
Maths
This week we will be looking at equivalent fractions and decimals and thousandths as decimals.
Reading Comprehension
This week, we will be reading a narrative called ‘Macbeth’. We will answer Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Summarising questions about the text.
Foundation Subjects
Religious Education (RE)
This week, the children will be learning about Pilgrimages. We will begin by comparing a pilgrimage and a holiday.
DT
This week we will begin our unit on Sewing in which we will create a stuffed toy. The children will create a design for their stuffed toy.
Geography
In Geography this half-term we will begin our unit on Fieldwork. We will learn about how to interpret the weather forecast and understand how we can use the forecast to plan our day.
Science
This week, we will be learning about Living things. We will be learning about life cycles of different animals and understanding the meaning of Metamorphosis.
W/C 23.02.26
English
This week we will be planning and writing our unaided narrative based on One Small Step. Children will think of ideas for their own story, create a success criteria and write their own version following a similar structure to what we did in our sentence stacking lessons.
Maths
This week we will be multiplying unit and non-unit fractions, and mixed numbers by an integer.
Reading Comprehension
We will be doing Fixing Fluency this week. We will practise improving our smoothness, phrasing, pace, expression and volume while reading The Raven, based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe.
Foundation Subjects
Religious Education (RE)
This half term, the children will be learning about what Christians believe about the old and new covenants. We will discuss how and why Abraham, Moses and King David are important to people of Christian and Jewish faiths.
Art
Our Art topic this half-term is Mixed Media and Painting Portraits. We will create interesting portrait drawings using words, experimenting with materials and techniques, and constructing self-portraits that represent aspects of ourselves.
Geography
In Geography this half-term we will be continuing with our learning on North America exploring the different time zones around the world.
Science
This half term, we will be learning about forces. We will learn about the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction. We will also be learning about how levers and pulleys work.
Computing
In Computing this half term, we will be programming using Scratch. We will be planning, programming and evaluating a soundtrack.
Homework
In Year 5, Children will be given Reading, Spelling and TT Rockstars homework. Children will be set spellings on Friday ready to be tested the following Friday.
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.
Famous For a Fortnight
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.
13.02.26
All of year 5.
16.01.26
5AM – Nyla-Rae
5KT/VSS – Matilda
5ZK – Aman
Times Tables
Children take part in weekly times tables tests to help track their progress and identify any areas where they may need extra support. After each test, Ping messages are sent to parents and carers to share results and updates.
It’s really important that children practise regularly at home each week, as this helps to build confidence, improve accuracy and prepare them for future learning. Consistent practice makes a big difference to their progress and understanding.
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:
Reading
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.
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Dr Suess.