Year 5

Welcome to Year 5!

‘Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart.’
Colossians 3:23-24

Meet the Staff

Year 5B Teacher: Miss Brooks
Year 5H Teacher: Miss Hoolighan
Teaching Assistants: Miss Derbyshire and Miss Powell

What You Need to Know

Homework will be given on Fridays to reflect the week’s learning. Homework will often cover Numeracy, Literacy, and a list of spellings in preparation for the Grand Spell each Friday.

The current school wide expectation is that children are expected to read for 5 minutes and practise their times tables every night. 

Please send your child in their PE kit for PE lessons. PE kit is a plain white t-shirt with dark trainers or pumps, and blue or black shorts. Plain black or blue tracksuit bottoms may be worn in the winter.

5B - Monday & Friday

5H - Monday & Friday

Please also provide your child with a hooded coat so they can stay warm during playtime.

In the summer months, caps can be worn when outside.

To find out more about the Year 5 curriculum, subjects, and spellings, please download the links below.

Please have a read of the document below and pick up some tips about how you can help your child with their reading.

Reading advice for parents.

What we are learning in Autumn 1:

Maths- This term children will learn; 
 

• Read and write numbers up to 1,000,000 
• Understand the value of each digit
• Use a place value chart 
• Partition, compare and order numbers 
• Count forwards and backwards in powers of 10
• Round numbers
• Understand negative numbers 
• Add and subtract large numbers mentally
• Add and subtract multiples of 10
• Add and subtract numbers with more that 4 digits with column method
• Solve word problems using efficient methods 

• English-This term, pupils will develop their oracy and writing skills through the use of the book "When ice cream had a meltdown." 

• Write accurate sentences with the correct punctuation
• Understand the purpose of an adjective and choose an appropriate one for the sentence type.
• Explore features of persuasive adverts, using persuasive language and engaging vocabulary.
• Design and create their own ice cream, thinking about flavours, appearance, texture and special features.
• Write a persuasive advert to convince others to buy their ice cream.
• Develop characters by writing in role as their ice cream.
• Explore and write dialogue, using speech marks accurately.
• Use reporting clauses to introduce and develop speech.
• Develop vocabulary, sentence structure and descriptive language to make writing accurate, engaging and imaginative.
• Ensure dialogue is purposeful and adds to characterisation.
• Apply accurate punctuation including speech marks, question marks and exclamation marks.
• Use a variety of sentence types and structures.
• Check spelling and grammar to improve clarity and accuracy.

Science- This term, pupils will:

• Explore the concept of forces and understand how they affect the movement of objects.
• Investigate gravity and understand that it pulls objects towards the Earth.
• Explore air resistance and how it affects falling objects.
• Investigate water resistance and how it affects objects moving through water.
• Explore friction and understand how it can slow down or stop moving objects.
• Investigate how levers, pulleys and gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect.
• Carry out practical investigations to explore the effects of different forces.
• Make predictions, record results and use observations to draw conclusions.
• Develop understanding of fair testing by identifying and controlling variables.
• Use scientific vocabulary to describe and explain how forces affect objects.
• Apply knowledge of forces to real-life situations and everyday objects.
• Develop skills in working scientifically, including measuring, recording, comparing and evaluating results.

• Religion- This term pupils will explore their relationship with God, what it means to create a covenant and how this can help them to be a better Christian. 

• Explore the belief that God is the Creator and that all of creation comes from God.
• Explore the Creation accounts in Genesis and consider what they teach Christians about God and the world.
• Develop an understanding of stewardship and the responsibility Christians have to care for God's creation.
• Explore the meaning of covenant and how God calls people into a relationship with Him.
• Learn about Abraham and God's covenant with him and his descendants.
• Explore Moses and the Exodus, considering how God continues to guide and call His people.
• Explore key Old Testament Scripture and how these stories contribute to the overall story of salvation.
• Consider how God's promises and covenants demonstrate His faithfulness and love.
• Reflect on how Christians can respond to God's call through their choices, actions and relationships with others.
• Make links between Scripture, Catholic beliefs and the lives of Christians today.
• Develop skills in understanding, discerning and responding to religious texts, beliefs and ideas.
• Reflect on how the learning can influence pupils' own lives and encourage them to care for creation and live out their faith.

This unit encourages pupils to think about their role in the world, developing a sense of purpose, compassion and responsibility through faith and action.