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Year 5

Week beginning 9th November 2026

We have had a fantastic start to the new term in Year 5! The children have settled back into school brilliantly and have shown such enthusiasm and excitement towards their learning. It has been wonderful to see everyone embracing new challenges and getting stuck into their lessons.

This week, we have enjoyed learning all about the properties of materials. The children have had great fun using simple electrical circuits to investigate which materials are conductors and which are insulators. They have been making predictions, testing different materials and developing their scientific understanding through some hands-on investigations.

In English, we have been getting to know our new Destination Reader book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The children have loved exploring the story so far, learning all about descriptive writing and using their imaginations to bring settings and characters to life. We have particularly enjoyed discovering where the mysterious wardrobe leads and are looking forward to finding out what happens next!

It has been a fantastic week and a brilliant start to the new term. Well done, Year 5, for all your hard work and enthusiasm!

We look forward to seeing lots of you at our Open Morning on Saturday 7th November. Have a lovely weekend!

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Important Reminders

● PE day: Wednesday – please make sure your child has their PE kit in school. On Wednesday 16th September, children should come to school wearing their PE kit for National Fitness Week.

● Reading: Please bring your child’s reading book and reading record to school every day.

● Library: Our library day is also Wednesday, so please remember to bring library books back to school on this day.

● Our next dress up day is Astronaut Day in early January, when children will be invited to dress up as astronauts.

Important dates and messages:

Key Dates:

The calendar section on the website lists all major events throughout the academic year, but here are some reminders:

Saturday 7th November – School Open Morning 10am – 12pm
Wednesday 11th November – Year 6 leading worship – Parents invited 9am
Tuesday 17th November – Parent's Evening in hall 3.20pm - 6.50pm
Wednesday 18th November – Parent's Evening in hall 3.20pm - 5.50pm
Tuesday 24th November – Bournemouth School’s Carol Concert – Bournemouth Pavilion
Tuesday 15th December – Year 5 and 6 Carols by Candlelight – church 6pm
Friday 18th December – Break up at 1.20pm for Christmas holidays
Friday 18th June 2027 – Sports Day at King’s Park Stadium

Worship theme: -

Sacrifice

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

John 15:13

Curriculum

Next week, the children will continue to enjoy a range of exciting learning experiences across the curriculum.

English: We will be continuing our work on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, exploring portal settings and creating our own exciting pieces of descriptive writing inspired by the story. We will also be writing in the style of L. Frank Baum.

Maths: We will continue to develop our mathematical understanding of prime numbers, square numbers and cube numbers, alongside practising our times tables.

Science: We will be learning that all matter, including gases, has mass.

Computing: We will be continuing our CAD unit, exploring different viewpoints and how we can use these when designing in 3D.

Design and Technology: We will be looking at budgeting as we begin to plan the sweet treats we will make and sell at our Christmas Fayre.

French: We will continue our learning about Les vêtements (clothes), developing our vocabulary and practising using French words and phrases.

PE: We will continue to develop our physical skills through Parkour.

PSHE: We will be learning about safe touch, physical contact and feeling safe, including understanding personal boundaries.

Online Safety: We will be exploring online relationships and how to stay safe when communicating online.

Our spellings this term are:

Homework:

  • Please find links to the relevant information below for the Project Overview and Homework. (This will be below once organised on our first PPA day and printed and sent home as a hard copy)
  • 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 will be set for this term on Wednesday 17th September. 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. Two 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:

This term, we are reading Who Let the Gods Out. We will be using Designated Reader sentence stems to support our written answers. Each lesson focuses on a different reading skill, including inferring, predicting, questioning, evaluating, clarifying, summarising and making connections.

         

Best wishes,

Year 5 Team

Miss Martin, Mrs Jacobs and Mrs Ford

Learning as a family in Jesus, through Love, Hope and Forgiveness.

Matthew 19 v 14. Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.

Optional Revision Materials

📚 READING

🌐 Main websites

📖 Extra useful sites

  • Topmarks
    ➤ Reading games and comprehension activities
  • PrimaryTools
    ➤ Free reading SATs-style papers and practice

✏️ WRITING

🌐 Main websites

  • BBC Bitesize
    ➤ Writing guides (grammar, sentence structure, genres)

✍️ Extra useful sites

  • Literacy Shed
    ➤ Visual prompts and story starters
  • Pobble 365
    ➤ Daily picture prompts for creative writing
  • Hamilton Trust
    ➤ Free writing units and activities

🔢 MATHS

🌐 Main websites

➕ Extra useful sites

  • White Rose Maths
    ➤ Home learning videos and worksheets
  • Topmarks
    ➤ Maths games (Hit the Button, etc.)
  • Times Tables Rock Stars
    ➤ Great for fluency

📝 SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar)

🌐 Main websites

  • BBC Bitesize
    ➤ Grammar, punctuation & spelling lessons + quizzes

🔤 Extra useful sites

  • Spelling Frame
    ➤ Year 5/6 spelling lists and tests
  • Rollama
    ➤ Fun SPaG games
  • ICT Games
    ➤ Simple spelling and grammar games

⭐ ALL-IN-ONE REVISION

  • BBC Bitesize
    ➤ Covers reading, writing, maths & SPaG in one place (free and curriculum-matched)
  1. Young Enterprise Homework Sheet
    pdf
  2. Young Enterprise Parent Overview
    pdf
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