Year 5H 2025 - 2026

Happy New Year! Hope you all had a lovely break and are ready to start 2026!

We have some fantastic topics to learn about across lots of different subjects this term.

In English, we will begin the term by looking at horror stories and writing for this genre. We will then look at forming an argument for or against different topics. Finally, we will become detectives to solve the mystery of some very unusual events, writing our reports on our findings!

In Maths, alongside revisiting fractions from earlier this year, we will be looking at multiplication and division. We will also start our learning on decimals and percentages.

Our science unit will be animals including humans. We will look at human life cycles and how we develop over time, linking into next half term's unit of animal's life cycles.

For R.E, Year 5 will be exploring What Does it Mean to be a Muslim in Britain Today? We will be exploring The Five Pillars of Islam, how Muslims worship, how this changes their lives and features of mosques. We will be visiting a local mosque to see these features in action!

Our Geography our topic is ‘Where should we go on holiday?’ Looking into the Alpine region of Europe including tectonic plates and the formation of mountains! As well as tourism and how homes are suited for their location.

In Art, the children will be looking at containers as historical and practical items and how they have been used as an expression of art, eventually learning techniques and using examples for inspiration to create their own special container.

Homework

Homework will be given to the children on Friday and is expected back in to school on Monday.

Reading Books

Reading books are to be in school every day, please read with your children as often as possible it is vital to their success in their learning.

P.E.

May I remind you that, although Year 5 are scheduled to have P.E. on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday, kit should be in school at all times in case of any last-minute changes.

Thank you for your continued support, The Year 5 Team!