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Year 5

Week beginning 1st June 2026

Our project for this half-term is Bournemouth to Brazil

Year 5 have had another fantastic week to end the half term, showing great enthusiasm, creativity and maturity in all areas of their learning.

One of the highlights of the week was welcoming parents in to share and celebrate all of the children’s hard work from this half term. The children were incredibly proud to showcase their learning and spoke confidently about the progress they have made across the curriculum. It was lovely to see their excitement and pride shining through.

In English, the children completed their own newspaper reports based on the mysterious artefact discovery. They worked hard to include all the features of a newspaper article and produced some imaginative and engaging pieces of writing. We have been very impressed with the creativity and effort shown throughout this topic.

Thank you for all of your continued support this half-term. We hope you all have a wonderful and restful half-term break and we will see you on Tuesday 2nd June.

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:

  • Monday 1st June - Staff INSET day
  • Tuesday 2nd June - Children return for term 6
  • 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
  • Wednesday 22nd July - Break up for summer holidays @ 1:20pm

Worship theme: 

Trinity Sunday 31st May

John 14:26

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

Curriculum

Looking ahead to our first week back, Year 5 have another exciting week of learning planned across the curriculum.

In English, the children will begin exploring Kensuke’s Kingdom and completing a range of reading and writing activities linked to the text. They will also be developing their comprehension skills through prediction and unseen text work during guided reading sessions.

In Maths, the children will continue their work on statistics and then will move to working on angles.

In Art and Computing, the children will begin researching the artist Monet, using laptops and tablets to support their learning and gather information ready for future artwork.

In Geography, the children will begin a new topic comparing Brazil and Dorset. They will explore where Rio de Janeiro and Brazil are located, use maps and grid references, and begin identifying similarities and differences between the two locations.

In PSHE, they will focus on mental wellbeing and discussing positive strategies to support emotional health.

We are looking forward to another fantastic week filled with curiosity, creativity and hard work in Year 5!

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 will be 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. 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 Boy in the Tower. 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 and Miss Perry

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

Matthew 19:26: “With God all things are possible.”

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. Parent overview - Stone Age to Iron Age 2026
    pdf
  2. Topic homework- Stone age to Iron Age 2026
    pdf
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