Spring 5
What another incredible term it has been in Year 5! Here are some of our favourite highlights…
Last half term has been bursting with creativity, excitement, and hands‑on learning. We celebrated World Book Day in style, with children dressing up as their favourite book characters and showcasing their costumes in a fun-filled fashion show in the hall. The storytelling continued as pupils designed and decorated their own wooden spoon puppets, adding a personal touch to their imaginative creations. A special highlight was our author visit, where the children had the unique opportunity to help develop a brand‑new character for his upcoming book—an inspiring experience for all our young writers.
During Safety Week, we welcomed visitors from the local fire station and the Rivers and Canal Trust. These engaging sessions helped children learn how to stay safe in their community, both in emergencies and around water. It has been a vibrant and memorable term, full of meaningful experiences that enriched our learning in every way
P.E Days = Monday and Friday Forest School will be every Wednesday
Homework Expectations
We’re excited to share how you can support your child’s learning at home each week. These activities are designed to be simple, enjoyable, and effective in helping your child grow in confidence and ability.
Emile App – Maths & Spellings
Each week, your child will receive home learning tasks through the Emile app, focusing on key maths skills and spelling practice. Your child has their own login and can access the activities from home. It’s a fun and interactive way to reinforce what they’ve learned in class!
Reading – 10 Minutes a Day
Reading together for just 10 minutes a day can make a big difference. It helps build a love for stories, strengthens vocabulary, and improves comprehension. Whether it’s a bedtime story or a quick read after dinner, every minute counts!
Spellings
New spellings will be sent home every Monday, with a short test on Friday. Practising these regularly helps your child become a more confident writer.
Talk Homework – Building Sticky Knowledge
Each week, your child will bring home 3–4 key facts they’ve learned in class. These are part of our “Sticky Knowledge” approach. Talking about these facts with you helps your child remember them and improves their speaking and listening skills.
Thank you for your continued support. Together, we can make learning meaningful and enjoyable for your child!
Your Child's RAISE Assembly
14.4.26 = no Raise assembly due to special Sikh assembly
21.4.26.= Aiza H
28.4.26= Armaan
5.5.26.= Ayaan I
12.5.26= Ayaan S
19.5.26= Bobby
Our Curriculum this half term
As Writers , we’ll become master storytellers—creating suspense-filled adventures that keep readers guessing and gasping at every twist! We’ll also dive into the world of mountain ogres, writing fascinating information texts about these mysterious, wild creatures hidden high in the peaks.
As Mathmeticians, we’ll dive into the world of decimals—reading, writing and comparing numbers, before discovering just how powerful percentages can be! We’ll also become shape detectives as we explore angles and hunt for regular and irregular polygons
As Readers, we’ll be developing key reading skills such as retrieval, vocabulary building, and inference. We’ll explore a wide range of fiction and non-fiction texts, helping us to become thoughtful, confident, and curious readers.
Our class novel this term is The Windrush Child by Benjamin Zephaniah. It is a story about Leonard , who moves from sunny Jamaica to 1950s Britain, as he faces racism, bullying, and the challenge of settling into a new life. As he grows up, he becomes strong and resilient, but later faces unfair problems with his citizenship.
We’re also thrilled to launch our Reading for Pleasure initiative! Each child will be encouraged to read all the books in the Year 5 Reading Spine by the end of the academic year. These carefully chosen books are designed to inspire a lifelong love of reading and spark meaningful conversations at home and in school.
As Scientists, we’re turning into force explorers! We will investigate the big question, “Are all forces balanced?” through hands‑on experiments that reveal how pushes, pulls, and gravity affect the way objects move.
In P.E , this term is all about teamwork, tactics, and fun! We will learn how to play creative games that get us thinking and moving, and we will build striking and fielding skills as we enjoy fast-paced rounders sessions.
In PSHRE, We’ll explore how being active can boost our mood and how school life can affect the way we feel. We will also learn what healthy sleep routines look like and why good rest helps our bodies and minds stay strong.
In D.T., we’ll step into the kitchen as creative chefs, experimenting with ingredients and flavours to decide exactly what should go into our perfect stew. We will design, adapt, and taste-test our very own recipe creations..
As Deep Thinkers in RE, we’ll explore Christianity by discovering the important role the church plays in the lives of Christians. We will learn why churches matter and how they bring people together as a community.
In Computing, we’ll become digital designers as we learn how to create vector graphics—using shapes, lines, and layers to build crisp, colourful images.
As Historians, we’ll journey back in time to learn what life was like for enslaved Africans and discover the powerful story of how and why slavery was eventually abolished. We will build empathy, understanding, and historical curiosity.
