Welcome to Year 5!

We would like to warmly welcome your child into Year 5. We are very excited to support them as they continue to grow in confidence, independence and knowledge at Red Hill Primary School and look forward to another fantastic year of learning and achievement!

At Red Hill, we have three Year 5 classes:

5A Miss Alpha

5P Miss Dolbear

5GC Mrs Gallagher and Mrs Choudhury

Miss Gilbert runs targeted interventions across the year group, whilst Mrs Hosseini works with individual children and small groups. 

Our Class Pioneers

Our Class Pioneers are inspirational people who have made a difference through their ideas, creativity, curiosity and determination. They remind us that being a pioneer means having the courage to think differently, follow your passions and make your own mark on the world.

5A- Serena Williams

5D- Rosalind Franklin

5GC- Benjamin Zephaniah

 

Please see our Year 5 curriculum slides by clicking on this link 

English

In reading, we will be building on our comprehension skills, including inference and retrieval.

Our writing topics this year are:

Autumn term:

• Formal Letters of application
• Dialogue in Narrative
• Poems Which Explore
• Balanced Argument
• Third Person Stories Set in Another Culture
• Poems That Use Word Play

Spring term:

• Biography
• Third Person Stories Set in Another Culture
• Play scripts – Shakespeare Retelling
• Formal Letters of Application

Summer term:

• Biography
• Dialogue in Narrative: First Person Myths and Legends
• Play scripts
• Poems That Use Word Play
• Balanced Argument
• Poems Which Explore

Our maths topics this year are:

Autumn term:

• Place Value
• Addition and subtraction
• Multiplication and division

Spring term:

• Multiplication and division
• Fractions
• Decimals and percentages
• Perimeter and area
• Statistics

Summer term:

• Shape
• Position and direction
• Decimals
• Negative numbers
• Converting units
• Volume

Supporting your child with their learning at home

Children will bring homework home every Friday in their homework books, and should hand them back into school every Wednesday.

Weekly homework includes:

• Maths – A short maths challenge linking to the week’s learning. Children should also log into TTRS (https://ttrockstars.com) and practise their multiplication recall.
• Spellings – Children will have 10 spellings sent home linking to a spelling pattern being taught in class. These will be tested in the spelling session on a Wednesday morning.
• Reading – Reading should be completed a minimum of 3x a week, but ideally for 10 minutes each evening. This can be completed with an adult, or children can choose to read independently. All reading sessions need to be recorded in their reading records, which should be brought into school daily.

Please click here for a recommended reading list for Year 5.

PE

5A- Tuesday and Thursday

5GC- Wednesday and Thursday

5D– Tuesday and Thursday

PE kits (as outlined in the uniform letter):

• Plain t-shirt in house colour (red, blue, green, yellow) P.E. t-shirt with the embroidered badge can still be worn
• Navy shorts/skort, tracksuit bottoms or leggings/cycling shorts
• Trainers or plimsolls
• Plain Navy sweatshirt or hoodie (iron on badge can be applied but not necessary.)

No football kits to worn to school. If children have a club after school, they need to bring this into school in a bag to change into before or after the club.