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 27th April 2026 Week A Monday: Spelling test. Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: PE for both classes Friday: Mark CGPs and set new workout Looking further ahead:
Reminders: Please check with your child if they are in need of any stationery in their school pencil case. They can buy new pencils (15p), handwriting pens (50p), biros (20p) and glue sticks (£1) from Mrs English or the stationery shop in the morning. |
Homework |
Monday: New spellings + 5 sentences. Two questions to be answered in reading journals. Due 05.05.26 Tuesday- Flower photo safari. Due 05.05.26 Friday: CGP Summer Workout 3. Due 08.05.26 |
Reading for Pleasure |
Sir David Attenborough by Lizzie Huxley-Jones |
RE |
To The Ends of the Earth To understand and explain the Sacrament of Confirmation To identify and describe the symbols of confirmation and how they represent the Holy Spirit. |
English |
Writing To identify features of a debate To begin identifying features of a debate followed with writing a debate using persuasive vocabulary. Master Readers: The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave 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: lilt, whinnying, churned, dissolved, sodden, appetite |
SPAG |
Spelling: To spell words that are homophones Grammar To apply the PEEL technique to back up each point made in the debate:
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Maths |
AREA AND PERIMETER To measure the perimeter of rectangles, rectilinear shapes and polygons.
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Science |
LIFE CYCLES To describe the life processes of some animals. |
DT |
LUNAR ROVERS To customise our space rovers to improve their performance =. |
Computing |
ONLINE SAFETY What information about us is OK to share online? |
Geography |
COASTS To understand how the process of coastal erosion creates cliffs, headlands and bays. |
French |
To say which foods I like and don’t like |
Music |
With our known sea shanty we will use cups as percussion to keep a steady beat with different movements. |
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 |
Seaside Safety To identify how to stay safe and keep others safe at the beach |
