Year 5
Year 5 Curriculum Projects
Our curriculum is 'Under Construction' as we make some tweaks ahead of the Primary Curriculum review due in Spring 2027. Please check back soon to see the updated Long Term Plan for 2026-2027.
Year 5 Key Information
PE lessons for Term 3 are timetabled for Tuesday and Wednesday every week.
Homework for this week:
Your homework book will have the date of the Friday it is sent home, on the page in the top right corner.
- MATHS - Practise your TT RockStars
- ENGLISH - practise your spellings on Spelling Shed
- READING - Please continue to complete 20 minutes of reading every day and make a note in your reading record.
English
3 week unit
This first unit has a focus on punctuation and grammar. We will have discreet lessons on the requirements for Year 5.
Spellings Week beginning
7.8.2026
Honey Bees
are
our
half
calf
calm
palm
qualm
behalf
embalm
draught
draft
aunt
laugh
barred
charred
scarred
clerk
sergeant
Berkshire
Bumble Bees
father
past
draft
grasp
chance
glance
staff
are
our
half
calf
calm
palm
Worker Bees
car
far
arm
park
garden
past
last
Maths:
3 week unit: Place Value
Our first unit of Place value will reinforce prior learning and then extend their knowledge of place value with numbers upto 1,000,000. They will learn about Powers of 10 and how to use a Gattegno chart. They will learn how to partition numbers and use a numberline, and compare & order numbers up to 1,000,000.
Please continue to access TTRS at home. Multiplication skills underpin all areas of mathematics.
Other information:
HOMEWORK:
Fri 3.7.26
This date will be on the top of the page in the Homework book.
Bring your book back on MONDAY
Homework club: MONDAY LUNCHTIME
Homework:
The new homework books will be sent home on Friday 4th September. You will find that date written on the section to complete.
Everyone must complete the first two pages with the third 'Think It Out' page being optional.
Homework must be returned to school on Monday. Incomplete homework will mean your child attends a lunchtime club in order to complete it.
PE Term 1
Tuesday: tennis (outdoors)
Wednesday: tag rugby (outdoors)
Remember named PE kits.
Please can everyone bring a water bottle to school every day.
Don't forget to bring reading books and reading records, please.
Spellings week beginning:
14.09.2026
Honey Bees
buffet
vein
beige
reign
gauge
steak
surveillance
reindeer
ballet
tourniquet
rein
chalet
heinous
ricochet
beret
available
anticipate
communication
retained
Bumble Bees
break
great
straight
eight
reign
rein
beige
they
survey
steak
railway
Worker Bees
day
rain
made
pay
way
paid
safe
say
plane
railway
they
KENT TEST APPLICATION
Thank you to those of you who attended the Kent Test Meeting today. We hope you found the session useful. A copy of the presentation is given below. The Key Dates are included in the presentation.
Just a quick reminder that the PESE (Primary Education, Secondary Education) Transfer Meeting - how to apply for a place in Year 7, will take place on Wednesday 3rd June from 3.30pm. A copy of the presentation from this meeting will be uploaded on the same day.
PESE (Applying for a place in Year 7 for September 2027).
Thank you to those of you who attended the PESE Meeting today. We hope you found the session useful. A copy of the presentation is given below. The Key Dates are included in the presentation. If you have any questions please do not heistate to contact the school office in the usual way.