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 term's first unit is a focus on writing a newspaper report.
We shall focus on the features of journalistic writing and how to structure a newspaper report. initially we shall use a well-known story (Littel Red Riding Hood) to learn techniques, and then we shall apply these when we finally write a report on the death of Anne Boleyn.
Spellings Week beginning
9.11.2026
HONEY BEES
folk
yolk
brooch
pharaoh
though
although
dough
potatoes
tomatoes
volcanoes
notice
suppose
groan
grown
sew
approach
propose
BUMBLE BEES
notice
ghost
stone
suppose
grown
groan
toes
potatoes
though
although
WORKER BEES
notice
ghost
stone
suppose
grown
toes
potatoes
Maths:
3 week unit: Fractions (A)
Our unit on fractions will cover unit and non-unit fractions, converting mixed numbers to improper fractions (and the reverse), comparing and ordering fractions before we start adding and subtracting fractions.
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 2
Tuesday: SWIMMING
Wednesday: Gymnastics
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:
16.11.2026
HONEY BEES
plough
our
bough
hour
drought
aloud
allowed
flour
flower
prowl
howl
house
towel
coward
announce
encounter
BUMBLE BEES
howl
prowl
count
towel
sound
about
house
tower
flower
flour
plough
drought
WORKER BEES
howl
prowl
count
sound
about
flour
tower
flower
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.