Year 5 2025 - 2026

Welcome to Year 5

 We are so excited to begin this year and are ready for lots of fun.

Have a read below to find out more about what we will be learning and discovering this term.

Religious Education

We begin this term by exploring what makes us unique and how we are made in the image and likeness of God through our unit on families. We will learn about the Jewish festival of Pesach. Later on, we will examine our life choices, and those of inspirational people as part of our work on Belonging. Then in preparation for Christmas, we will learn about the importance of Hope during Advent.

English

In Autumn we will be reading Cogheart by Peter Bunzel. Our English work will be based upon this exciting adventurous tale. Later in the autumn term, we will be exploring a version of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. We will continue to develop our understanding of spelling rules and build on our knowledge of how grammar can impact our sentence structure. Over the term, we will use a range of different texts to develop our reading skills and use as inspiration for our writing.

Maths

This term we will be exploring place value including decimal numbers, addition & subtraction of 4 and 5 digit numbers. We will continue to strengthen our multiplication and division knowledge. The children will investigate ethe properties of numbers including factors, prime numbers and composite numbers.  We will explore the perimeter of shapes and convert different measures. 

Science

In science we will be exploring the properties of a range of materials. We will investigate waterproofness, solubility, conductivity and effective thermal insulators in some exciting experiments. We’ll observe what happens when materials change – are they reversible?

Geography

During this term, we will be going out into our local environment to conduct some fieldwork. We will be creating our own maps and using appropriate ordinance survey symbols. We will also compare our local area with a contrasting rural area.

History

As part of our History work, we will be exploring Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots. We will learn about what happened to Britain when the Roman Empire left and how various peoples invaded and settled in our country.

You, Me, Everyone

We will be covering a variety of topics including making difficult decisions, accepting everybody and how to support our mental health and wellbeing.

P.E.

As part of our PE lessons this term, we will be developing our health-related fitness and learning different activities to strengthen our core. During the second half-term, we will be having swimming lessons; we will send out more information nearer the time.  

This term we will participate in a range of outdoor adventurous activities. Some if this will as part of our PE lessons in school, but the children also have the opportunity to go on a residential in November where they will have wider opportunities to develop these skills.

For the first half-term, your child needs to come to school in full P.E. kit on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Computing

We will be learning about computer systems and how to search the web effectively. 

Art

In Art we will be learning how to design clothes inspired by famous fashion designers. We will develop our drawing techniques to draw realistic body shapes and experiment with drawing different fabrics and textures. 

D.T.

In D.T. we will be designing, making and evaluating the making of our own torch. We will use a range of tools to create our torch and apply our understanding of electrical circuits to create a working torch.

Spanish

We will continue to develop our understanding Spanish phonetics and develop our pronunciation skills. We will build on our knowledge of numbers, days and months as we learn how to say the date in Spanish. We will extend our vocabulary as we explore the unit ‘At the Café.’

Music

We are very excited to be continuing our Djembe Drumming lessons this term. We are building on our skills from last year to create our own compositions.

Homework

• Children will bring a reading book home every Thursday and this needs to be returned by Tuesday of the following week.
• Children will take spellings home every Thursday and they need to return their spelling books back to with their reading books.
• The children worked extremely hard on their times-table facts last year. Please encourage them to continue using Times Tables Roack Stars regularly.
• Encourage the children to read for pleasure throughout the week. The children can bring ‘Reading for Pleasure Books’ home from school to enjoy at home.

Things to Remember

• Please ensure all items, but especially coats, jumpers and lunchboxes, are clearly labelled with your child’s name.
• Please can you ensure your child brings a waterproof coat each day to school - one can be left on their peg if you prefer.
• Children need to bring their water bottle in every day. These need to be clearly labelled with your child’s name.
• School is not currently selling any snacks at break time. Please consider sending your child in with a healthy snack.

We look forward to working with you all this term. Please contact any member of the Year 5 team if you require any further information. If you need to speak to us on the yard after school, we ask that you kindly wait until we have seen all the children safely to their parent or carer. After this, we will be more than happy to chat. Alternatively, you may wish to contact the school office via phone or email.

Thank you for your support.

The Year 5 Team