Year 5
Week beginning 17th November 2025
Our project for this half-term is 'Young Enterprise'.
What a fun-filled week Year 5 has had! We had a hilarious time evaluating the importance of clear instructions in a blind-drawing activity, which really helped the children understand the value of clear instructions. We introduced what baked goods the children will be making and selling to inform their own designs, which truly impressed all the adults. Our week was rounded off with an immersive and delicious taste testing lesson and all the children made us very proud with how respectfully they managed all the excitement. In science, we investigated whether gas has mass and the children were surprised by their findings in the experiments. We have also had discussions and about bullying as part of 'anti-bullying' week.
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:
- 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: Celebrating Difference
What is normal?
The Lord does not look at things man looks at. Man looks at outward appearance but the Lord looks at the heart' - I Samuel 16:7
Curriculum
English: Next week the children will be building on their learning of instruction writing, working towards planning their own instructional text.
Maths: Next week we will continue following the White Rose scheme, developing our reasoning and problem-solving skills.
Science: Next week we will continue to explore everyday materials, their properties, and which changes are irreversible.
DT / Computing: Next week we will research ingredient prices and budget for our Young Enterprise bake sale.
RE: Next week we will continue exploring why Jesus was known as ‘The Prince of Peace’.
PSHE: Next week we will be learning about workplace stereotypes and thinking about how our interests and aspirations can shape our future careers.
French: Next week we will be learning how to describe clothes using full sentences and practising vocabulary linked to les vêtements.
Destination Reader: Next week we will continue reading The Chronicles of Narnia and making inferences about character personalities.
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.”