Year 5

Week beginning 15th September 2025

Our project for this half-term is 'Ancient Greece'.

We’ve had a fantastic first week back at school, full of energy, smiles, and a real sense of excitement for the year ahead. The children have settled quickly into their routines, shown great enthusiasm for their learning, and enjoyed reconnecting with their friends. From engaging lessons to fun team-building activities, it has been wonderful to see everyone working together with such positivity. We are so proud of how well the pupils have started the new term and look forward to all the brilliant learning and experiences to come.

Important dates and messages:

Worship theme:

The Armour of God – Ephesians 6 v 10

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armour of God

Curriculum.

In maths we will be continuing our work on place value, building confidence in reading, writing and comparing numbers.
In English we will be exploring sea poetry, using rich vocabulary and imagery to describe the ocean.
In spelling we will be practising our No Nonsense Spellings to strengthen our accuracy and confidence.
In history we will be learning about the different events at the Ancient Greek Olympics, such as wrestling, long jump and chariot racing.
In RE we will be deepening our understanding of the Five Pillars of Islam.
In computing we will be learning how data can be searched and sorted in different ways.
In DT we will be discovering how mechanisms work by exploring levers, pulleys and gears.
In science we will be investigating mixtures and finding out which materials dissolve in water.
In art we will be experimenting with texture and pattern to inspire our Greek pillar designs.
In PSHE we will be learning how to assess whether online content is fact, opinion, or biased.
In French we will be practising how to order food and drink in a French tea room role-play.
In geography we will be locating Greece on a map and learning about its capital city, Athens.

Other news:

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 'Who Let The Gods Out' by Maz Evans 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.”