Year 5
Week beginning 10th November 2025
Our project for this half-term is 'Young Enterprise'.
We have had a brilliant first week back after half-term! The children have shown fantastic enthusiasm as we began our new ‘Young Enterprise’ project. They were introduced to the idea of entrepreneurship and explored what makes a successful businessperson. Throughout the week, the children took part in exciting market research activities, created and analysed surveys. In English, they learnt how to present their findings clearly, and in maths they continued to build on their problem-solving and reasoning skills. We were also impressed by their thoughtful contributions in PSHE, where we discussed safe touch and personal boundaries. It’s been a busy, engaging week full of creativity and collaboration, and we are looking forward to seeing how their business ideas develop over the coming weeks!
Important dates and messages:
The children will be designing and creating baked goods to sell at the Winter Wonderland on 12th December. We would love to see as many faces there to support their sales.
Key Dates
The calendar section on the website should give you major events throughout the academic year, but here are some reminders below:
- Saturday 8th November - School Open Morning 10am -12pm
- Tuesday 18th November - School Nurse Drop-in Session - from 8:45am in church annexe (book with office)
- Friday 21st November - PSA discos in the hall
- Monday 24th November - Open Afternoon and Book Look - 3:20pm - 4:20pm
- Wednesday 26th November - Online Parents’ Evening - 4pm - 7pm
- Thursday 27th November - Online Parents’ Evening - 3:30pm - 6pm
- Friday 5th December - PSA Quiz Night - 7pm - 10pm in the hall
- Friday 12th December - PSA Winter Wonderland – 3:20pm - 5:30pm in school
- Tuesday 16th December - Year 5 and 6 Carols by Candlelight - 6pm in church
- Friday 19th December - Break up at 1:20pm for Christmas Holidays
- Thursday 11th June 2026 - School’s 170th Birthday
- Friday 19th June 2026 - Sports Day at King’s Park Stadium
- Saturday 27th June - St. James’ Summer Fayre
Worship theme:
Sunday 9th November – Remembrance Sunday
Sacrifice - “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15:13
Curriculum.
English: In English next week we will be exploring the features of instructional writing and planning our own sets of instructions linked to our Young Enterprise project.
Maths: In Maths next week we will continue following the White Rose scheme, developing our reasoning and problem-solving skills.
Science: In Science next week we will be investigating how materials change when they are heated, mixed or cooled, and whether those changes are reversible.
DT / Computing: In DT and Computing next week we will begin designing our own sweet products using computer-aided design (CAD) to create 3D packaging models.
RE: In RE next week we will continue exploring the question, Was Jesus the Messiah?, considering different religious beliefs and viewpoints.
PSHE: In PSHE next week we will be learning about workplace stereotypes and thinking about how our interests and aspirations can shape our future careers.
French: In French next week we will be learning how to describe clothes using full sentences and practising vocabulary linked to les vêtements.
Destination Reader: In Destination Reader next week we will continue reading The Chronicles of Narnia and discussing how the author creates setting and atmosphere.
Other news:
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PPA Days - PPA Days will be every other Tuesday, and children should come in wearing PE kits.
- PE every Thursday - Children should wear their PE kits every Tuesday.
Homework:
- Please find links to the relevant information below for the Project Overview and Homework.
- MyMaths - We will set up MyMaths tasks termly, based on the learning we will be doing this term. Please let us know if you are finding them too easy or tricky, and remember that below, there are many resources you can use to extend your learning from home. Various MyMaths activities have been set for this term. This is to allow children who like to do more to be able to. However, children do not have to complete all the MyMaths activities. One per week is our minimum recommendation.
- Reading books - we would like to remind everyone to have a reading book in school - this can be a school or home book. We want all children to be able to share recommendations and reviews of what we have read recently. We display books we've read in the classroom to get children talking about the stories they love and inspire others to try new titles.
- Reading records - All children should now have a grey reading record in which they can record how often they are reading. They will receive one raffle ticket if they read three times a week and two if they read more than five. At the end of each term, we will draw a raffle to win a trip to Costa. You have to be in it to win it! Activities in the reading records can be completed at home for fun!
Reading:
We are reading 'The Chronicles of Narnia' by C.S Lewis and using the following Designation Reader sentence stems to start our answers this term. We focus on different skills in each lesson: inferring, predicting, asking questions, evaluating, clarifying, summarising, and making connections.
Spellings:
Our spellings for this term are below. However, we are moving away from weekly tests, using more discreet learning techniques, and applying our spelling words across our curriculum.
Best wishes,
Year 5 Team
Miss Martin and Miss Perry
Learning as a family in Jesus, through Love, Hope, and Forgiveness.
Matthew 19:26: “With God all things are possible.”