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Year 5

Week beginning 16th November 2026

A highlight of this week was our Design and Technology lesson. The children are busy preparing to make some delicious treats for our Christmas Fair on 4th December. This week's lesson focused on budgeting with the children working brilliantly in their groups to research ingredient prices, compare different options and find the best value for money. Each group was given a budget of just £5 to spend on buying their ingredients, so they had to think carefully about what they needed and how to make their money stretch. 

A little reminder that we would love to see more homework coming into school – we love celebrating their hard work!

We are looking forward to seeing you at Parent's Evening on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss how your child is settling into Year 5 and celebrate their achievements so far. 

Here is a video all about Year 5...

 

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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:

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

Friday 4th December- Christmas Fair
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: -

Let the little children come to me...

 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3: 5+6

“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed: I will strengthen you, I will help you.” Isaiah 41:10

Curriculum

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

English: We will be planning, writing and editing our own fantasy stories. These will then be shared with our Reception Buddies. 

Maths: We will continue to develop our mathematical understanding of equivalent fractions. 

Science: We will be learning that sometimes mixed substances react to make a new substance and that these changes are usually irreversible. 

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

Design and Technology: Taste tasting!

RE- Incarnation 

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.

Music: We will start to learn our Christmas songs for our Candlelight Service. 

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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