Year 5 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Year 5

This year marks the progression from the lower to the upper stages of the KS2 curriculum. As we now begin the final phases of the primary curriculum, we encourage an increased level of independence and responsibility from our pupils whilst maintaining a nurturing and supportive environment.

With Miss Knott’s passions for English and History alongside Miss Fairclough’s love of Sports and Maths, Year Five has something to inspire everyone. Year Five is supported by the dedicated and patient Miss Dean. Find more information about the year below. If there is ever anything you need to ask, we are only a phone call or email away. 

 The Year Five Team 

Y5K – Miss Knott  (History Lead)

Y5F - Miss Fairclough

 Miss Dean  (Teaching Assistant)

A Typical Day in Year Five 

8:45 am - registration and morning maths 

9 am - Maths 

10 am - Playtime 

10:15 - Writing

11 am - Reading 

12 noon - Lunchtime 

12:55 - Handwriting 

1:05 pm - SPaG

1:15 pm – 3:00pm – Cornerstones (Topic) / Science

3:15 pm - Hometime 

Homework

All homework will be given out on a Friday and is due in on a Thursday.

English - Children are expected to read a minimum of five times per week. This should be indicated in their school diaries with a signature from parents/guardians. Reading diaries will be collected each week for monitoring.

Spelling tests will be conducted on every other Friday. We will be continuing with the 'Read, Write Inc' spelling scheme in school and will be looking at a new rule each fortnight and your child will be provided with a list of words for that unit. This will include 10 words which follow 'the rule', 3 year 5/6 statutory words and 2 year 3/4 statutory words.

Maths - Children will be given consolidatory maths homework once a week.

Topic - Once per half term, children will be given a creative task related to our termly topic. It is the expectation that your child completes at least 3 projects from the booklet and then returns them back to school by Monday 24th March (the final week before Easter break). A hard copy of the completed booklet can returned into school or alternatively can be completed in a digital format (i.e. PowerPoint) and emailed to our class email address. Please note, there is a copy available (along with other resources) to download from our website in case your child loses their sheet. 

Topic 

Here is a list of topics covered in Year Five by term. 

Term One: 'Off With Her Head'

Our autumn term topic 'Off with her Head!' focuses on the Tudor period of history. Throughout this project, we study a timeline of events, Tudor London, the Tudor monarchs and crime and punishment. During transition week, we also look at Tudor portraits with a particular focus on the artist Hans Holbein.  

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Term Two: ‘Groundbreaking Greeks’

Our spring topic ‘Groundbreaking Greeks' focuses on ancient Greece. During this topic, we look at a timeline of events, the role of men and women in society and significant Greeks such as Plato, Aristotle and Alexander the Great. We also look at ancient Greek belief by learning about all of the different Greek Gods and their impact on Greek society. 

Term Three: Sow, Grow and Farm.

Our summer topic ‘Sow, Grow and Farm focuses on the features and characteristics of land use in agricultural regions across the world, including a detailed exploration of significant environmental areas.

Swimming lessons

Swimming lessons have finished for this academic year.

PE

PE will take place on Tuesday and Friday mornings this year. Please ensure that your child brings their PE kit on Mondays and takes their kit home on Fridays in line with the rest of the school. It may be an idea to provide your child with warmer clothing such as jogging bottoms and jackets throughout the autumn/winter seasons.

Trips

Our first trip this year was to Pontefract Castle where we learned about one of it's most famous visitors - Catherine Howard. This linked nicely to our work on the Tudors as it is believed that her fall from King Henry VIII's graces began here. Our next trip will take place in school where Historical Interpretations are coming in to work with us on the Ancient Greeks. Our final trip of this year will be to The Great Yorkshire Show and linked to our topic on Sow, Grow and Farm.

Contacting Class Teachers

If you would like to contact class teachers please do so via the year 5 email.

Please note, we will regularly update the website with information, pictures and videos of all the things we do this year so please keep checking our page for updates!