This week's Learning in Year 5 at a glance
Year 5
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Learning Link:Water, Water Everywhere!Open Sesame!In this final term of Year 5 we will continue to focus on our geography learning all about coastlines – what forces create and change them and what we do as humans to exploit, enjoy and protect them. We conclude this topic with our residential to Studland Bay near Swanage, where we will be putting our fieldwork skills into practice. In the second half of this term, we travel to the Middle East and journey through the Arabian Nights, finding out about the History of the Early Islamic Empire and its legacy on our own time. |
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St Kea: Mr Kitcatt St. Philippa: Miss Pedlingham |
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Curriculum Newsletters for Autumn, Spring and Summer can be accessed here as they become available |
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Year Group reminders |
Week Commencing: Monday 13th July 2026 Week A Monday: Spelling test. SPACE DAY- children can come in non-school uniform Tuesday: Wednesday: Family picnic Thursday: PE for all of Year 5. Friday: End of term – 2pm pick-up Looking further ahead:
Reminders: Please can children bring in a large bag for them to take their school books home. |
Homework |
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Reading for Pleasure |
Arabian Nights |
RE |
Encounter Judaism To use specialist vocabulary to describe some Jewish beliefs expressed in the Shema prayer. |
English |
Writing To rediscover and apply grammar skills To recall grammar skills from Year 5 and include these in their writing when publishing pieces to their top copy books. Master Readers: Holes by Louis Sachar Monday: Whole class reading of text Tuesday: Book Club Wednesday: Modelled comprehension Thursday: Independent comprehension and review Friday: Edit and review and read Focus vocabulary this week: grotesque, ointments, remedy, mob, drawl, waded |
SPAG |
Spelling: No spellings Grammar To rediscover year 5 grammar skills
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Maths |
CONVERTING UNITS OF MEASURE Kilograms and Kilometres
Millimetres and Millilitres
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Science |
LIFE CYCLES To compare the gestation periods of mammals |
Art |
COASTAL ART To create a sculpture in the style of Barbara Hepworth |
Computing |
SELECTION IN QUIZZES To relate that a conditional statement connects a condition to an outcome. |
Geography |
THE ISLAMIC GOLDEN AGE What was the legacy of the Islamic Golden Age? |
French |
To re-write a short story in French (The Enormous Turnip) changing the characters |
Music |
Children will practice their work from last week and perform it to their class. Children will appraise each others’ work using musical vocabulary. |
PE |
Athletics Children will choose running pace and jump techniques with controlled take-off. They will need to understand how stamina and power help people to perform with effective warm-ups. Rounders To develop bowling accuracy and fielding under pressure. Identify when to use tactics and manage a match independently. To understand baseline rules and call a no ball confidently. OAA (Outdoor Adventurous Activities and team building) Children will continue building on skills from previous years including map reading and orientating themselves. Use a key to identify features of a map and use them to navigate. They will learn how to communicate and develop effective strategies as a team. |
Learning for Life |
Kind Comments To write kind and thoughtful comments that make others feel valued and respected. |
