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 8th June 2026 Week B Monday: Spelling test. Tuesday: Sports day – pm. Please see the email for further details. Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Mark CGPs. Talent show 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 15.06.26 Friday: CGP Summer Workout 8. Due 19.6.26 |
Reading for Pleasure |
Arabian Nights |
RE |
Dialogue and Encounter How to read the Bible To understand that the whole Bible is important for Christians not just the New Testament. |
English |
Writing To plan and write a story from a different characters’ perspective To use inference skills to identify a characters’ feelings and motives and apply these to a story based on one of the stories in Arabian Nights.
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: scarcity, suds, prospect, despicable, defective, empty as a flowerpot |
SPAG |
Spelling: To spell hyphenated words Grammar To apply figurative language:
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Maths |
GRAPHS AND TABLES To read and interpret timetables
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Science |
LIFE CYCLES To find similarities between life cycles of different species. |
DT |
COASTAL ART To sketch and paint a coastal scene in the style of Ravilious. |
Computing |
SELECTION IN QUIZZES To explain how selection is used in computer programs. |
Geography |
COASTS How has human geography shaped out coastline? |
French |
We are writing our Dear Zoo Story. |
Music |
We will rediscover stick notation through clapping rhythms and reminding ourselves of note values. We will use this knowledge to compose using rhythm notation and use it with body percussion. |
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 |
None due to sports day |
