Year 5 2024 - 2025

Ms Hudson, Mrs Brown, Mrs Brant, Mrs Fitzsimons, Mrs Eckersley, Miss Jones and Mrs Maiden 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 Brant, Mrs Fitzsimons, Mrs Eckersley, Ms Jones and Mrs Maiden

This term's learning: 

Our value for this half term is: Compassion

In geography this term we will be learning about Brazil and South America, the culture of the county and the surrounding landscapes. 

In English we will be revisiting 'FArTHER' and writing a letter and in maths, continuing multiplicatrion and division before moving on to fractions. Mrs Brown will cover area and perimeter then move on to negative numbers.

Our RE learning will be focusing on Huinduism, where we will focus on the daily life of a Hindu and the importance of the River Ganges. Tackling The Blues sessions will continue to cover a number of PSHE topics.

In Art, our topic is 'People in Action' and we will be looking at how different artists represent movement and having a go ourselves.

Our Science learning is 'Living things and their habitats'. We will look at reproduction in plants, insects and mammals.

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.

Swimming will continue on a Thursday and children should wear their normal uniform on these days.

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. 

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. 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).

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. d. 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 Miss Halsall.

Class Novel : Ada's violin by Susan Hood as well as looking at a selection of poems from 'My Heart is a Poem'.