Welcome to Year 5!  

We have two classes in Year 5:  

In 5B the children are taught by Miss Bath and in 5R the children are taught by Miss Greaves.  

We will be supported in our learning by our Learning Support Assistants who are: Mrs Scott and Miss N.

Spring Term 2026

INFORMATION ABOUT THE CURRICULUM IN YEAR 5 

MATHS: 

Our focus during the first half term is developing our understanding of multiplication and division. As well as this, we will also be developing and introducing new concepts within our 2nd fraction unit of the year.  

During the second half of the Spring term, the children will be learning about: decimals, percentages, perimeter, area and statistics.   

Twice a week we will complete a Terrific Times Tables quiz to help our quick recall of our times tables and children will also continue to use their Timetable Rockstar logins to practise their tables at home. Weekly ‘My Maths’ homework will also consolidate learning which has taken place in school. 

ENGLISH:

From January, we will be starting our Sci-Fi writing based upon the fictional text ‘Zathura’ by Chris Van Allsburg. During this unit children will focus on the features of story writing fundamental to entertaining the reader, with a particular interest in setting and character description.   

The second half of the spring term will focus on writing to entertain. The children will base their work on the tale of ‘Fox’ by Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks.  

Spelling patterns taught over the week will be incorporated into writing as will sentence structures which are provided as home learning tasks.  

READING:

During our Whole Class Reading sessions, we will be reading interesting extracts from challenging texts and applying our reading skills and strategies to infer, predict and retrieve information. 

At home, children should read for a minimum of 20 minutes at least 5 times a week.  

SCIENCE:  

During the Spring Term, we will learning all about the Earth and Space. We will be looking at the movements of planets and moons in our solar system. As well as this, we will be looking at how the moon changes over time and why we have day and night.  As part of this science topic, on Thursday 5th February we will be visiting the Science Museum in London.  

HISTORY : 

We will be continuing our History topic on the Ancient Greece. During this unit we will be looking at many aspects of what life was like during this time, comparing it to present day and looking to see the impact of Ancient Greece on our lives today.  

GEOGRAPHY: 

Mountains: in this unit we will study the features of a mountain, how they have been created and learn the key geographic vocabulary to describe these. We will locate mountains on world maps using an atlas. We will then move on to looking at the various forms, how they change over time and the ways in which they are used.  

MUSIC: 

Over the course of the term, we will explore a range of songs and music techniques, including Nasheed (Islamic song), Building a groove and Epoca. 

RE:

The children will be learning about key religious figures and leaders within Christianity, Islam and Humanism. 

PSHE: 

This term the focus for PSHE will be on ‘Relationships’ where children will be learning about feelings and emotions linked to compromise and working collaboratively. They will also be revisiting their work on what to do in emergency situations.    

ART: 

The children will be studying the work of Peter Thorpe and planning their own drawing compositions in his style. Children will be encouraged to use specific vocabulary relating to the subject when analysing and appreciating various pieces of art. 

PE:

5B – PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday.  

5R – PE days are Monday and Wednesday. 

Children should come into school on the PE days wearing their full kit and correct trainers.  All jewellery must be removed prior to the PE lesson. Children are responsible for removing their own earrings (preferably before school), if they are not able to do this, surgical tape must be provided, and the children will need to cover their own piercings. 

This term our PE units are: Badminton, Dance, Netball and swimming.  

Swimming will take place on a Wednesday afternoon, with 5R's last lesson being 7th January. 5B will start swimming the week commencing 12th January. All information has been sent home with the children.  

HOMEWORK: 

Homework will follow the whole school schedule which includes: My Maths, Spelling Shed (Edshed), Art of a Sentence, daily reading and multiplication practice.