Year-5-Class-Page (ID 1035)

• What to Expect
  What to Expect

  Caring, friendly staff who work hard for and with you...

  • Outdoor Learning
  • Natural Art
  • PE: Monday and Friday (Nightingales), Monday and Wednesday (Finches)
  • Volunteering Roles
  • Reading for Pleasure
  • Working in Pairs and Groups, Discussions, Presentations, Role Play, Drama
  • Timetabled Library Sessions
  • Workshops and Visits
  • Bridge Making and Sewing in Design and Technology
  • Singing and Composing
  • Workshops and Visits

  Are you ready for a great year?!

• What We Expect From You
  What We Expect From You

  • Read your book every evening
  • Complete your spelling activities during the week – Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check
  • Log on to TT Rockstars – a minimum of 20 minute a week
  • A positive “can do” attitude – Learn from mistakes
  • To become more independent
  • Display excellent behaviour
  • To take responsibly for your belongings – including planner, homework and reading book
  • Demonstrate our school values and three R’s
  • Ask us if you need help!

• Attendance and Punctuality
  Attendance and Punctuality

  We expect you to GET TO SCHOOL ON TIME
  

  We use registration to practice spelling and give out notices
  

  Latecomers can feel unsettled and distrupt the learning of others
  

  We START lessons at 9.00am
  

  Attendance is VITAL for progress and wellbeing

• Uniform and PE
  Uniform and PE

  School uniform helps us to feel like we are all part of the same team.

  It is important that we all wear the correct uniform, please refer to School Uniform (Parents & Carers menu tab)

  PE Days 2025 2026

  • 5:1 Finch - Monday and Wednesday
  • 5:2 Nightingale - Monday and Friday

• Our Classrooms
  Our Classrooms

  5:1 - Finch
  We have a warm and welcoming classroom

  5:2 - Nightingale
  We have a large, light classroom with working walls that are full of help for you in your lessons

• Reading
  Reading

  We love reading in Year 5, and as well as Guided Reading in our English lessons (stories, poems, play scripts, instructions, articles, explanations and reports), we read in other curriculum subjects, we have half an hour timetabled in the Library each week and we set aside time each day to just read for pleasure, (class and independently)!

  

• Knowledge Organisers
  Knowledge Organisers

  We use Knowledge Organisers in our lessons. They include what we will learn, what the key facts are that will become “sticky knowledge”, where to get help, key vocabulary, recommended reading linked to the topic and the skills you will develop.

• Topics
  Topics

  2024 2025

  • Autumn 1 - Pretty Gritty
  • Autumn 2 - Anglo Saxons
  • Spring 1- Vicious Vikings
  • Spring 2 - North America
  • Summer 1- Mayan Civilisation
  • Summer 2 - South America

  2025 2026

  • Autumn 1 - Geography – What is life like in the Alps?
  • Autumn 2 - History - Anglo Saxons
  • Spring 1- History - Vikings
  • Spring 2 - Geography – Why do oceans matter?
  • Summer 1- History - Mayan Civilisation
  • Summer 2 - Geography – Would you like to live in the desert?

• Useful Links
  Useful Links

  English - Maths - History - Science - Geography - Religious Education

  BBC Bitesize

  BBC Bitesize Parents’ Toolkit

  Healthy Lifestyles

  Change for Life

  Cosmic Yoga

  Go Noodle

  Joe Wicks 5 Minute Workouts

  Get Kids Cooking!

  Safety and Advice

  Childline

  Think You Know

  BBC Own it

  Google-Be Internet Legend

  Parent Zone

  NSPCC

  Brake

  Kidscape

  Bullying Alliance

  Time Out - "Find Your Thing"SLIDESHOW_{2026}

• Emotional Wellbeing Services in Calderdale
  Emotional Wellbeing Services in Calderdale

  Click on the image to visit the website directly

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Time Out "Find Your Thing"

  Open Minds Calderdale

  Kooth - Anonymous Counselling for 10 - 25 Year Olds

  Invictus Wellebing - The BREW Project

  Calderdale Young Carers Service

  Open Minds (CAMHS)