Welcome to Year 5. Our class teacher is Sally Skinner who is assisted by Ashleigh Crowley.
Useful documents for Year 5
Year 5 Long Term Overview 2025-26
Literacy
Our class text for literacy will be Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford. This book is about a young boy, who on his 12th birthday receives a letter from his dead dad. This leads to an adventure to try and save his dad’s life. We will be looking at different genres of writing including non-chronological reports, a persuasion and a balanced argument.
Children will bring home their reading books and planners in their book bag every night. These should be returned to school each day as we use them in class throughout the week.
Maths
In school, we will be following the White Rose resources for Maths. This half term we will be focusing on place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division as well as an introduction to fractions. Quick recall of times tables is an important skill and children have access to Times Tables Rockstars to practiSe at home. The leader board is posted on Facebook each week and children can earn money for their class bank if they get in the top 5.
Science
Our science topic will be Living Things and their Habitats, where we will look at parts of a flower and how flowers reproduce. Our other topic is Earth and Space where we look at Earth and the other planets in the solar system and how orbits happen both around the sun and around Earth’s own axis.
Foundation subjects
History
In history, this half term, we will be looking at World War One in the local area, looking at a family from the local area and how their lives changed in 1914.
French
In French, lessons we will be learning about hobbies and opinions- learning the names of different hobbies we enjoy and discussing things that we like and don’t like.
Every child- in Year 5- has a Duolingo account so they can practise at home either on the Duolingo app or on the Duolingo for school’s website. Let me know via Tapestry if your child has forgotten their login details and I can send them again.
DT
The children will be looking at designing and making our own pop-up books using mechanisms for the pop up.
PSHE
Our topics in PSHE will be looking at Me and My Relationships, examining real life and online relationships and how we deal with feelings around these. We will also be looking at Rights and Respect, where we will be looking at rights and needs and how these affect us. We will also look at money management and how to be more mindful of our money.
P.E.
P.E. is twice a week in Year 5 on a Tuesday and Friday. Children will need a P.E. kit for PE in school containing a t-shirt in their team colours, black shorts and shoes suitable for running and moving around. We will be trying to get outside for being as much as we can if the weather isn’t too bad. As the weather can be unpredictable in Consett, children may wish to add old, warm clothes such as tracksuit bottoms and a sweatshirt to their P.E. kit. P.E. shoes will need to be suitable for outdoor use too.
Computing
In computing, we will look at Computers and Networks. This will involve looking at how a computer works and how online platforms, such as OneDrive, work and allow people to collaborate on their work.
We will also be looking at Creating Media, where we will be planning and recording our own videos to share with the rest of the class.
R.E.
Our R.E. topics this term Why is Moses So Important to Jewish People and Why Do Jewish People go to the Synagogue?
Music
This term, our music topic is based around learning to sing Livin’ On A Prayer by Bon Jovi. We will also be learning an instrument as part of our Classroom Jazz topic.
How you can help your child:
We believe that any work you do at home with your child should be simple and purposeful. We would ask you to support you child in the following:
Reading- Reading regularly at home with your child and recording this in their reading record. You can help your child to understand what they have read by asking how and why questions about certain passages of text.
Number skills- Times tables are vital for upper key stage 2 so regularly practicing these via Times Table Rock Stars is important to consolidate skills. Any problems logging on, let us know and we can provide your child’s details.
Spellings- Spellings are sent home weekly via Tapestry on a Monday. These should be practiced at home ready for a test on a Friday.
