Year 5 2025 - 2026

Ms Hudson, Mrs Brown, Mrs Heaven, Mrs Sleeman, Mrs Maiden, Mrs Fitzsimons and Mrs Eckersley would like to wish you a warm welcome to Year 5! 

Keep checking our page to see all the wonderful things we are doing in school; including photos, news and more! 

Class Teachers: Ms Hudson and Mrs Brown

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Heaven, Mrs Sleeman, Mrs Maiden, Mrs Fitzsimons and Mrs Eckersley

This half term's learning: 

Our value for this half term is: Respect

In history this term we will be learning about Victorian Southport and the features that are on display in our local area, Crossens and the wider town of Southport.

In English we are building upon our grammar skills and learning about all the features we will be using in our writing. In maths, we are studying place value. Mrs Brown will be focusing on 'shape' before moving onto 'position and direction'.

Our Science learning is 'Earth and Space' and we hope the children will bombard us with as many questions as klast years class. It's such an interesting topic!

Our RE learning is all about Islam, birth and death rites and the rules that Muslims follow in their lives. Our P.S.H.E. curriculum all about families and relationships, will be delivered by Mrs Heaven on a Tuesday.

In art, we will be exploring and creating cityscapes using a variety of media and techniques.

P.E is on Tuesdays with Emma Caunce - please come to school in your PE kit! Please see the uniform list for the appropriate kit that will be needed. Trainers are allowed to be worn. Don't forget to remove/cover any jewellery (including watches -and earrings) and make sure your hair is tied up if it is long. Just a reminder that children who are unable to remove earrings must provide their own tape.

Homework : Reading, Spellings and Timestables 

Reading - children should read at least 3 times per week - this is the minimum expectation! Reading records will be checked on a Friday and will need to be signed by an adult. There will be an opportunity for children who haven't met this expectation to read on a Friday afternoon.

Spellings - ~Year 5 have weekly spelling lists that are sent home at the start of each half term and spelling tests will be on a Friday. We practise these spellings daily in class too.  Please also practice Common Exception Words – see files below for the list! (Your child will be told which list they should be working on but if you have any queries, please contact us on dojo or in person for clarification). Similarly, in year 5, these spellings are practised on a daily basis.

TimesTables - It is really important for Year 5 to continue to practise their times tables as they should be working towards knowing up to 12 x 12. They can access Times Tables Rockstars at home as well as at school. Children can access TT Rockstars from home on an IPAD, tablet or PC. All they need is their login details which will be stuck inside their reading records. If they don't have them, please see Ms Hudson or Mrs Brown.

Class Novel : Space Ace by Tony Ross and Eric Brown