Welcome to Year 5
Information about our class
Our teacher is Miss Carter and Mrs Iddison teaches us on Wednesdays. Mrs Humphreys is our Teaching Assistant. Each week we celebrate all of our successes through our weekly Celebration Assembly time, Class Merits and House Points to ensure that all children in our class achieve their full potential.
Together we learn about God's love for us through our class, key stage and collective worships. Through listening to messages from the Gospels, we learn and grow in our Catholic faith. Each week a group of children have the opportunity to plan, prepare and lead our class worship. We also begin and end each day with prayers, as well as giving thanks to God before and after eating.
In Year 5, we continue to make learning fun, using as many different ways as possible, to include all children and find the most effective way for everyone to learn. A typical day in our class consists of Reading, English and Maths activities in the morning and a range of other subjects from the curriculum in the afternoon, which include RE, PE, Science and Humanities work. The Way, The Truth and The Life provides the focus for our RE learning, which is enhanced by creative whole school themed weeks.
In Year 5 we are encouraged to become more independent and take on a range of roles within school, such as being a Librarian, a Food Ambassador, a Digital Leader, a Sports Leader, or part of the Mini Vinnies. We really enjoy having new opportunities to make a difference to others within our school community. We are also lucky to have the opportunity to lead the school's Remembrance service each year.
As a school we value the importance of parents and guardians and the pivotal role they have in enhancing their child's learning. If you have any concerns or questions, please do not hesitate to make an appointment with your child's class teacher by contacting the office.
Our weekly activities:
- Homework will be sent out weekly on Friday to be returned the following Friday.
- Spellings that link to our class topics are sent out each half term. These can be practiced at home to help support learning in school. Weekly spelling lessons will cover spelling rules and patterns which the children are expected to apply in their written work across the curriculum.
- Please ensure you are bringing your reading books daily so we can read often and change books when needed.
- Times tables activities and games are provided on TT Rock Stars which need to be practiced weekly. There will be regular competitions against other years and classmates.
Newsletters
Hello Year 5 and welcome back to the start of a new school year. Please read the newsletter below for more information about the units of work we will be covering this term:
Parents Curriculum Meeting 2024
Class Long Term Plan
Please read below to find out further details about the units of work, texts and key vocabulary which will be taught in year 5.
Leaflet from parent curriculum meeting
Supporting your learning in Year 5
Please explore and use the wide range of resources, games and websites to support your weekly homework activities.
Remember to stay safe online and to STOP, BLOCK and TELL if you see something that makes you feel uncomfortable!
Spellings
Below are the statutory spelling lists for Years 3 to 6
Here are the Y3/4 statutory spellings.
Here are the Year 5/6 statutory spellings
The spelling menu website has lots of creative and practise ways to learn your spellings:
Grammar and Punctuation
For help with any grammar and punctuation learning, the BBC Bitesize websites have some really helpful video clips and resources to support your understanding:
Reading
It is very important to read regularly to help develop your vocabulary and general knowledge. Understanding the text you are reading is a crucial skill to develop, the resources below will help you to develop your understanding of your favourite books to read and focus on what you are reading:
These resources will help you generate your own questions:
Maths
Time tables skills are crucial to feeling confident in your Maths learning. Below are some games to play to further develop your times table knowledge after all your hard work in Year 4.
- 3x table
- 4x table
- 5x table
- 6x table
- 7x table
- 8x table
- 9x table
- 10x table
- 11x table
- 12x table
- Mixture of times tables
The link below allows you to test the speed and accuracy of your timetables:
You can practise your multiplication and division using the booklet below:
Print the multiplication square to help you to learn your times tables:
Additional sites
Science:
Geography:
PE:
General knowledge/a range of subject areas:
