Year 5

Welcome to Year 5

Hello and welcome to Year 5’s Year band page. We are an enthusiastic and curious class, eager to explore the world around us! Year 5 has had an amazing start to life in Upper KS2, embracing every new challenge with confidence. We’ve been practicing our growth mind-set, and our daily 5-minute mindfulness session helps us stay calm and connected as a team. The children use these moments to push themselves to reach their full potential!

Our classrooms are always buzzing with activity, creating a dynamic and engaging learning space – just the way we like it! Everyone in Year 5 is kind and supportive, celebrating each other’s successes and helping out when needed. We love making our learning come to life by drawing on our own experiences to deepen our understanding. Together, we are ready to tackle our second to last year in KS2 and achieve great things! We believe in ourselves and are determined to make Year 5 a year of fantastic growth and success.

Key Learning

We love to get carried away with our reading in Year 5. At every opportunity, you’ll catch us enjoying reading whether it be during our reading practise time, reading quietly snuggled in the book corner, within our lessons or in the library. This year, we will be reading the following texts throughout the year:

• The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
• Kensukes Kingdom
• Holes

Over the course of this year, we will dive into many exciting and engaging activities to deepen our understanding across the curriculum. In Maths, we’ll build on our prior learning, focusing on key areas such as addition and subtraction, shape and statistics. In Geography, we’ll begin by honing our map skills. Our History lessons will take us on a journey through time, exploring fascinating periods like coal mining, the Tudors and the plague. In Science, we’ll start by exploring Living Things and Their Habitats, then Earth and Space, then Properties of changes of materials, after that, Animals including humans and finishing with Forces. Alongside these subjects, we will expand our knowledge of religions, explore artistic techniques, develop computing and musical skills and engage in discussions around personal, social, health and well-being.

Enrichment Opportunities

•  Fire Station visit
• Alpha Day to Shrewsbury School
• Jodrell Bank
• Ancient High House

Important Information

• Reading books will be changed once they have been read and checked by Mrs Maskery. Please encourage your child to read regularly at home and bring their reading book and reading record to school each day.
• During Year 5, children will be taking part in swimming lessons as part of the PE curriculum. Further information, including dates, timings and any requirements, will be shared with parents and carers closer to the start of the lessons.

How Parents Can Help at Home

• Reading – it is the expectation that children read at least 4 times a week. This now needs to be logon on your child’s Boom Reader account. This will be checked every Friday morning. For those children who read 5 times or more a week they will achieve the book worm, and they will be entered into a prize draw to win a visit to the vending machine!
• Practise times tables and number facts to help build confidence and speed in maths.
• Encourage independence by helping your child organise their belongings and take responsibility for daily tasks.
• Support spelling and handwriting practice by reviewing weekly spellings and providing opportunities for writing at home.
• Talk about learning every day, asking your child what they have learned at school and encouraging curiosity about the world around them.