Year 5 2025 - 2026

I hope that you have all had a fantastic summer break! I am really looking forward to sharing your child's learning journey this year and getting to know everyone well.

Mrs Crompton will teach Year 5 on  a Thursday when I will have my PPA time (planning, preparation and assessment time).

Teaching Assistants: Miss Hunt and Mrs Garrigan will support our learning in class.

I am very much looking forward to a happy and productive year together!      

Our Christian Value:

Compassion

Our class read:

English:

We will be writting a narrative based on the Ancient Greek myth Theseus and the Minotaur and a set of instructions based on Pandora's Box.

Maths:

Roman numerals

Place value of numbers up to 1,000,000

Rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10 000

Mental + - methods

Written + - methods

Multi-step problems involving + -

Finding multiples and factors

Subjects and topics:

History - Ancient Greece          Art - Clay vases          PE - Sports coach (Football)          RE - Why do some people believe God exsists?

Science - Forces          Computing - Quizzing          French - Pleased to meet you          Heartsmart - Get Heartsmart!

Indoor PE kit will be needed on a Tuesday and a Friday.

Homework will be set weekly, consisting of English and maths tasks, consolidating the children's work in class that week. Homework will be set on Fridays and handed in on Wednesdays.

Spellings will be set on a Friday to be tested on the following Friday.

Please have your reading folder in school every day. It is important that you read at home at least three times per week and have your reading record signed. It is very important that children are reading at home in order to progress.

Useful Websites

• BBC Bitesize - A primary school resource for children studying Key Stage 2 Maths, English and Science, featuring game activities and tests.

• Thinkuknow - If you are 7, 8, 9 or 10, I bet you probably like to use the computer for fun. Take a look at this website to help you go on the internet in a safe way and know who to talk to if you are worried.

• Topmarks Daily Ten- short maths activities that the children in Year 5 should be familiar with.

• Times Table Rock Stars- this fantastic app aims to help the children become more fluent with recalling their multiplication facts.