Year 5
Year 5
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Welcome to Year 5! This year, we endeavor to help students develop a growing sense of responsibility and independence, enabling them to become more confident and motivated learners. Learning is made fun and challenging through engaging activities within a caring and stimulating environment. Each child is supported as they discover and develop their unique talents, as they continue on their journey as life-long learners.
Meet the Team
Meet the Team
Teachers
Teachers
Routines
Routines
Reading Journals
Reading Journals
Read at least 5 times a week: 20-30 minutes a day.
Children write a comment for each entry, parents sign for the week and journals are returned once a week for teachers to check and sign on designated days.
Children should try and complete a Reading Eggs task too as part of their weekly routine.
PE Kit
PE Kit
Wear your PE kit to school on designated PHE Days.
5SRU:/5LDA: Tuesdays & Thursdays
5PHO/5KRE/SGR: Mondays & Thursdays.
iPad
iPad
IPads will be kept and stored in school this year.
Term 2b 2025/26 Curriculum Overview
Term 2b 2025/26 Curriculum Overview
How can I support at home?
How can I support at home?
The most important things you can do are encourage regular reading, practise times tables and spellings, and talk with your child about what they are learning. Short, consistent practice and showing interest in their schoolwork helps build confidence, independence, and a positive attitude to learning.
Here are links to key apps and websites. Your child will have logins in their Google Drive folder and in the back of their Reading Journals.
Reading
Reading
This is a fantastic way to support your child’s reading at home. It helps boost comprehension skills through fun quizzes and activities, while also building vocabulary and spelling.
With a wide library of age-appropriate books, it encourages independent reading and develops critical thinking.
The program adapts to your child’s level, tracks their progress, and motivates them with rewards and certificates - making reading both enjoyable and rewarding.
Epic Books gives children access to thousands of engaging, age-appropriate titles. It encourages a love of reading with a mix of fiction, non-fiction, and audiobooks to suit every interest.
Collections have been tailored and shared to match our Explore units, making it a fantastic tool for building non-fiction reading skills.
Children can read independently while progress is tracked, making reading both enjoyable and meaningful.
The First News app brings real-world learning into the classroom and home.
It gives children access to current news stories written in a child-friendly way, helping them stay informed about the world around them.
Articles link well to our Explore units and support non-fiction reading, while also developing critical thinking and discussion skills.
The Sora app gives children access to a wide range of eBooks and audiobooks from our school library and beyond.
It encourages independent reading by offering engaging titles across all interests and reading levels.
Sora is especially useful for building reading stamina, developing vocabulary, and supporting both fiction and non-fiction reading at home or on the go.
EdShed makes spelling practice fun and engaging. Children learn spelling rules and patterns through interactive games that adapt to their level.
The Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 statutory words are set for the year, and weekly spelling rules are explicitly taught in class to support learning.
EdShed helps build confidence, accuracy, and fluency, while motivating your child with points, levels and challenges.
Mangahigh makes maths practice interactive and motivating.
Children develop fluency and problem-solving skills through fun, game-based challenges that adapt to their ability level.
Tasks are set by the teacher to match the current maths unit, so practice directly supports what is being taught in class.
Rewards and progress tracking encourage children to aim high and build confidence in maths.
MyiMaths provides interactive lessons, activities, and tasks to support maths learning.
It allows children to revisit concepts at their own pace, with clear explanations and practice tasks that build fluency.
Booster tasks are also useful to recap and consolidate learning.
Times Tables Rock Stars helps children master their multiplication and division facts.
Through fun, fast-paced games, children build speed and accuracy while competing against themselves, classmates or players worldwide.
Regular practice supports confidence and fluency, which are essential for success across all areas of maths.
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