Year 5
Welcome to Year 5 2026-27
Welcome to Year 5.
We work with you and your parents to have a fabulous Year 5!
Mrs Holmes, Mrs Norbury, and Mr Curtis 
Important Messages
Most messages will be communicated straight from the office via the app so please make sure your contact details are up to date. Thank you.
PE Days
Autumn Term
5HN - PE days will be Wednesday and Friday - Please come to school in your PE kit on these days.
5C - PE days will be Monday and Thursday - Please come to school in your kit on these days.
Our Learning
Autumn: Anglo Ancestors
Spring: The final frontier
Summer: A road trip to America
Homework
English and Maths are set each week and the children have a week to complete the activity. Lists of spellings will be sent out at the start of every half term for the children to practice at home using methods of their choice. In year 5 we are moving towards the children being more independent with completing and handing in their homework but they may still need support. Parents and carers, the children should be able to do their homework independently but we advise that you support your child with their homework and encourage their best effort. Work set is usually consolidation and application. Ongoing home work should be reading, spelling and times tables for a short period each day. If you have any questions or issues you would like to raise with us, please feel free to approach us in the playground after school or send an email via the office and we shall get back to you as quickly as possible 
Monday - Maths will be given out to be handed back in the following Monday.
We use a BLUE homework folder for Maths.
Friday - On Friday bring in the Red English Homework folder, which will contain completed English Homework and have evidence that the weekly spellings have been practised.
Spelling booklets will be given out at the start of each half term and need to be kept in the RED English Homework folders. They contain lists of spellings we are working on in school each week. These should be practised at home for 10 minutes. There will also be a weekly English homework, which is always set and handed in on a Friday. You have a week to complete it and seek help if you are unsure of anything. Spend 20 minutes on your English Homework.
Please read at home regularly and practice your number facts and multiplication and division facts.
Autumn Term Overview:
English - Narrative writing, imagery, figurative language, Queen of the Falls,
Class Novel - Street Child and Freedom for Bron
Whole Class Reading - Street Child and Freedom for Bron, Curriculum related texts and Reading skills focused questioning and writing
Maths - Place Value, Addition and subtraction, Multiplication and division and Fractions
History - Anglo Saxons and Vikings. Why was there a struggle between the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings?
Geography - The UK
Religion, beliefs and values - Why do some people believe God exists?
Then What would Jesus do? Can we live by the values of Jesus in the 21st Century?
What is it like to be Muslim in Britain today?
French - Numbers and Time Then France and French around the world
PSHE - Keeping and staying safe, Feelings and emotions, A world without judgement,
Computing - Stop Motion Animation
Science - Materials and their properties
Art - Illuminated letters and Anglo Saxon Shields
DT - Bread Making
PE - Dance, Gymnastics, Basketball and
Reading
Reading is a valuable skill that all children should have the opportunity to develop. We would like to work together with you to develop your child's reading. You can support this by reading with your children at home. Books can be changed once the children have finished them and they are returned to school. We encourage the children to read a wide range of texts and different genres. Whole class reading takes place each week with the class teacher. Children can read in pairs, sharing the same text, discussing it along the way. We want the children to love reading.
