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 creative writing unit is called A Wife for Henry. We shall be exploring persuasive techniques while speech writing to present a new wife for Henry VIII.
Spellings Week beginning
28.9.2026
HONEY BEES
receive
proceed
precede
appreciate
frequently
deceive
magazine
steel
convenience
ceiling
ravine
committee
familiar
conceive
marine
immediately
perceive
limousine
protein
achieve
BUMBLE BEES
breathe
peace
thief
field
believe
machine
marine
brief
magazine
proceed
WORKER BEES
tree
week
seen
meat
these
complete
extreme
Maths:
3 week unit: Multiplication
Our unit on multiplication will cover multiples, factors, factor pairs, common multiples, square and cubed numbers.
Confidence with times tables will be essential for this unit.
Please continue to access TTRS at home. Multiplication skills underpin all areas of mathematics.
Other information:
HOMEWORK BOOK:
The date of each THURSDAY will be on the top of the first of the pages that need completing.
Bring your book back on MONDAY
Homework club: MONDAY LUNCHTIME
Homework:
Each week, the date of the Thursday it comes home will be on the first of the pages that need completing.
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:
5.10.26
HONEY BEES
grammar
particular
peculiar
popular
regular
journey
adjourn
courteous
stirred
occurred
recurred
blurred
deterred
referred
transferred
preferred
centre
metre
calendar
altar
BUMBLE BEES
popular
regular
person
journey
stirred
world
blurred
centre
metre
peculiar
WORKER BEES
girl
hurt
person
work
world
first
church
summer
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.