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Welcome to the Year 5 class page

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Welcome back. We hope you had a relaxing Easter and are feeling fresh and ready for a super Summer 1.

The teaching team for Year 5

Miss Walker is our full time class teacher.

Mrs Meek teaches us on a Thursday afternoon.

Mr Sandford and Mr Seaton support us every morning and Mr Seaton is also with us for some afternoon sessions.

PE days

This half term our PE day will be Monday (indoors) and Friday (outdoors).

Please make sure your child comes to school in their PE kit on this day. When it is outdoors, please ensure clothing is suitable for the colder weather conditions. If they have long hair please ensure that it is tied back and that earrings are taken out or covered on this day.
Water bottles - Please ensure that your child brings a water bottle everyday for use in the classroom, containing water only.

Homework Expectations

CPG Weekly Workouts

In Year 5, we use the CGP "10 Minute Weekly Workout" English and Arithmetic Maths books for our homework each week. Please ensure that children have a go at all the activities in the 10-minute test and feel free to guide them, should they need some help. PLEASE CAN YOU GO THROUGH THESE WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND MARK THEM - ANSWERS ARE IN THE BACK. We will clarify any queries that the children may have ON A FRIDAY so children MUST bring them into school on a Friday morning (this will be monitored).

TTRS

This will be used as part of the homework and we expect children to be accessing this regularly to ensure they are confident and fluent with all their multiplication and division facts. Please log in and complete your weekly assigned session in your 'garage' before playing in the other areas like soundcheck, studio, gig. A minimum of 15 minutes per week.

Spellings

Spellings form part of our homework and should be practised regularly over the week. A list of the spelling patterns for this term can be found in the English section and lists and dates of the spelling tests can be found in the homework section.

The children will have weekly spellings tests ON A MONDAY based on spelling patterns and a list of statutory Y5/Y6 words called 'Challenge words'.

Reading

Reading forms part of our weekly homework and the children should continue to read regularly at home. Reading books can be changed on any day of the week. Please continue to record the reading on Boom Reader. You may also want to encourage your child to start to record some of their own reading on Boom Reader too.

Full details of each week's homework can be found by clicking through to the homework section below.

British Values

There are four different British Values that we will be learning about over the year.

The focus for Summer 1 is Mutual Respect and Tolerance.

Upcoming Events

Monday 1st June - DSide workshop
Wednesday 3rd June - NSPCC workshop
w/b 8th June - World Art Week
Wednesday 10th June - Sports Day Morning
Wednesday 17th June - Class photos
Friday 26th June - Nell Bank School trip - Yr 5
w/b 6th July - Transition week
Wednesday 8th July - Yr 5 Parent workshop - Ukulele performance & family games

Year 5 Curriculum

Topic

This half term our focus will be around geography and the children will focusing on the following question,

What is a river and how is human activity affecting them?

We will learn all about the following:

KQ1: What is the water cycle?

KQ2: What is a river?

KQ3: Where are the world's major rivers?

KQ4: Why are rivers important?

KQ5: Which areas of Collingham are at risk of flooding and what has been done to reduce this?

English

In English this half term, we will we completing our diaries based on Oranges in No Man's Land and we will also be looking at creating narratives, that use dialogue to move the action on, based around the text Alma & the Dollmaker.

Spelling

Summer 2

Wk 1: Challenge Words

Wk 2: Hyphenated words

Wk 3: Challenge Words

Wk 4: Revision

Wk 5: Revision

Wk 6: Revision

Maths

Decimals

Add & Subtract decimals within 1
Complements to 1
Crossing the whole
Add and subtract decimals with the same/different number of decimal places
Add and subtract wholes and decimals
Decimal sequences
Multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000

Negative Numbers

Recognising negative numbers
Adding and subtracting negative numbers

Converting Units

- Kilometres and metres
- Kilograms and kilometres
- Millimetres and millilitres
- Metric units
- Imperial units
- Converting units of time
- Timetables

Science

This half term, Year 5 will be learning about Physics: Forces

Our Enquiry Question for this unit is the following: Are there different types of forces?

KQ1: What are the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction on objects?

KQ2: What is gravity?

KQ3: What is friction?

KQ4: What is air resistance?

KQ5: What is water resistance?

KQ6: What are gears, levers and pulleys?

Computing

This half term, we will be exploring Mars Rover 2: Skills Showcase

Pupils will be able to:

Create a pixel picture, explaining that a pixel is the smallest element of a digital image and that binary is used to code and transfer this data.
Save a JPEG as a bitmap and recognise the difference in file size as well as explaining how pixels are used to transfer image data.
Explain the ‘fetch, decode, execute’ cycle in relation to real-world situations.
Create a profile with a safe and suitable username and password and begin to use 3D design tools.

RE

This half term, our focus question continues to bel be 'How and why does a Jewish person follow God?"

To answer the question, we will consider the following key questions:

How are the stories of Exodus and Passover, and the laws that were given, still followed by the Jewish community today?
Can you explain the similarities and differences between a local Orthodox and local Progressive synagogue?
Why are Jewish schools important in relation to the rituals and traditions of the Jewish community?
What are the similarities and differences between Orthodox and Progressive Judaism?
How do rituals and traditions in Jewish schools compare to those in our school?

Vocabulary

Jewish, Judaism, Jew, Shema, Orthodox, progressive, reform, prayer, belief, Malkeinu, Torah, Sefer Torah, scroll, Tanakh, scribe, Exodus, Passover, kosher, mitzvot, Shabbat, synagogue, ritual, tradition

PE

For Spr 2 - PE will take place on Mondays (indoor) and Fridays (outdoor)

On a Monday we we be following REAL PE Target games

On a Friday, we will be following REAL PE Striking and fielding

Reminder: Children should wear appropriate PE kit for the colder weather.

PSHE/ British Values

The PSHE that we will be covering this half-term will follow the unit:

Mental Health and Wellbeing - Dealing with feelings

Music

This half term children will continue learning to play the Ukulele with Mrs Hunter on a Wednesday afternoon. Our parent event performance will be on Wednesday 8th July at 2pm.

Art/ DT

In DT this half term, we will be looking at the following:

Mechanical Systems: Gears and Pulleys

Children will be exploring the following:

Give examples of machines that use gears and/or pulleys.
Describe how gears and pulleys work and their purpose.
Design and make a gear and pulley system.
Write a problem statement.
Write questions for market research, provide feedback and research market competitors.
Write and use a design brief to guide design.
Evaluate a product against a set of design criteria, provide useful feedback and incorporate changes.
Draw and annotate an eco-gadget bike design.

YEAR 5 HOMEWORK

Summer 2 Spellings

Wk 4: Challenge Words

To be tested on Monday 29th June 2026

Group 1

*afterwards *amateur *deceive *knight *referring

*changeable *ancient *doubt *sincere *immediate

Group 2

*afterwards *ancient *doubt *knight *sincere

Summer 2 - CGP

Date	Workout Number	To be in school & marked
Wk 1 Monday 1st June	Summer 5	Friday 5th June
Wk 2 Monday 8th June	Summer 6	Friday 12th June
Wk 3 Monday 15th June	Summer 7	Friday 19th June
Wk 4 Monday 122nd June	Summer 8	Friday 26th June
Wk 5 Monday 29th June	Summer 9	Friday 3rd July
Wk 6 Monday 6th July	Summer 10	Friday 10th July
Wk 7 Monday 13th July	Summer 11	Friday 17th July