Year 5
Welcome to Year 5
This page contains useful information about starting in Year 5, including the curriculum focus for each term highlighted as 'golden nuggets'.
Staff | Contact details |
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Mrs Claire Willerton (Year Group Lead) | cwillerton@riverscofe.co.uk |
Mrs Denise Hoare | dhoare@riverscofe.co.uk |
Miss Elizabeth Addis | eaddis@riverscofe.co.uk |
Routines/equipment
- PE lessons take place on
5CW 5EA 5DH |
Monday (outdoor) |
5CW 5EA |
Wednesday (indoor) |
5DH |
Friday (indoor) |
- Devices need to be charged daily at home.
- Spelling test every Friday.
- Pencil case which includes: pencil, black handwriting pen, rubber, sharpener, red pen and highlighter
- Named water bottle
Break/Lunchtimes
Morning break 11-11:15
Lunchtime 1-1:45
Trips and special events
Children in Year 5 enjoy a variety of trips as well as workshops where visitors come to the school.
Trips this year include:
The Black Country Museum
The Hive library
Workshops and transition events:
First Aid- practical workshop
The Ancient Greeks- with Mr Cadle
Kepax bridge workshop
STEM based workshop with RGS
Diglis fish pass discussion and workshop
PSCO visit- democracy and responsibilities
Sporting events with local high schools include:
Cross country
Handball
Football
Indoor Athletics
Indoor rowing
Netball
Cricket
DanceFest
Reading
In Year 5, your child will participate in Reading for Pleasure at least three times a week. We also timetable specific reading comprehension sessions where we focus on key skills such as: vocabulary, inference, prediction, retrieval, summarising.
We recommend that children in Year 5 read at home daily for at least 15 minutes.
Clubs
Football
Netball
Drama
Upcycling
Young Voices
Art
Sketching
Band Practice
Practical ways to support your child’s learning
As well as supporting your child with their daily reading, we encourage parents to support their child at home by:
- Supporting your child with their weekly homework
- Encouraging writing through journals, creative stories, or letters
- Playing word games like Scrabble or Boggle to expand vocabulary
- Using real-life maths, like measuring ingredients while cooking or calculating shopping costs
- Practising spellings, times tables and mental maths with fun apps or flashcards
- Playing maths-based board games like Monopoly or Sudoku
Homework
Homework is given out on a Friday and should be handed in by the following Wednesday. Homework will consist of Maths work and a more general piece of work based on their current unit of work.
At the beginning of each half-term, differentiated spellings will be handed out. They will be tested weekly on Fridays.
PE
Our allocated days for PE this year are:
5CW 5EA 5DH |
Monday (outdoor) |
5CW 5EA |
Wednesday (indoor) |
5DH |
Friday (indoor) |
Please ensure that your child arrives at school in the correct PE kit on these days.
Swimming will take place every Monday in the autumn term.
Surgeries
All Year 5 class teachers have their surgery on Thursdays at 3:15-4:15pm
Curriculum overview
Autumn |
Spring |
Summer |
English: Wizard, the ugly and the book of shame- text study Junk- Contemporary poetry The Highwayman- Classical Poetry |
English: Why the Whales Came- text study Writing to persuade & inform |
English: Street Child-text study The Lady of Shallot- Classical poetry |
Maths: Number Addition & Subtraction Multiplication & Division Fractions |
Maths: Multiplication & Division Fractions Decimals and Percentages Perimeter & Area Statistics |
Maths: Shape Position & Direction Decimals Negative numbers Converting units Measurement & Volume |
Foundation: Science- Forces
Geography- North America
Computing: Audio engineers Real or fake?
History: The Ancient Greeks
Art: Caricatures Still Life Wax Resist
Music: Vocal Harvest repertoire Vocal Christmas repertoire
DT: CAM toys
PE: Swimming & Invasion games
French: Describe town Weather
PSHE: First Aid Finance
RE: What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain?
Incarnation |
Foundation: Science- Earth & Space
Geography-Energy & Climate change
Computing: Selection in quizzes Computer influencers
History:
Art: Sketching & Painting techniques Clay sculpture
Music: Pulse, beat, rhythm
DT:Bridges
PE: Gymnastics Dance Striking & Fielding
French: Describe rooms in the house Mealtimes Food
PSHE: Communities & Responsibilities Democracy
RE: Judaism What does it mean if God is holy & loving? |
Foundation: Science- Properties of changing materials Living things & their environment.
Geography-Flooding
Computing: Crab Maze Visual storytelling
History: The Industrial Revolution
Art: Botanical art
Music: Turntablism
DT: Biscuits
PE:Athletics OAA
French: Preparing for a trip to Paris
PSHE: Puberty
RE: What does Jesus do?
Why do some people believe in god and some do not? |
Specialist lessons
- Handball
- Keep Fit
- Orienteering
- DanceFest
- First Aid
- Managing your Money
Enrichment
Year 3 and 5 Summer Show ‘Little people, BIG voices!”