This year, children typically focus on developing greater independence and responsibility, preparing for their final year of primary education and looking ahead to transition to secondary school.
We look forward to watching you make progress in Year 5, both academically and personally.
Curriculum areas include English, mathematics, science, French, history, geography, music, art, design and technology, computing, religious education and physical education including swimming. We know you will enjoy our exciting curriculum experiences – trips to Mars, exploring rivers and finding out who was great, bold and brave throughout history.
Here's a more detailed look at what Year 5 learning involves:
Reading:
Year 5 students are expected to be fluent readers, enjoying a wide range of texts and demonstrating comprehension skills such as identifying themes, making inferences, and summarizing main ideas.
Writing:
Children will continue to learn to write at length and across different text types, using model texts to guide their own writing.
Mathematics:
Year 5 students will continue to build on their understanding of mathematical concepts, including problem-solving involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
By the end of Year 5, you will be ready to start Year 6 and begin your final chapter, here with us, at The Willows
Year 5 are taught in Cypress by Miss Fowler and in Redwood by Miss Slatter.
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| Miss J. Slatter - Redwood Class |
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Class Novel
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Cosmic
Space Boy
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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Who Let The Gods Out
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Wonder
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Literacy Texts
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Curiosity - the story of a Mars Rover
Cosmic
War of the Worlds
Range of
topic based
NF books
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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (+ graphic novel version)
Greek Myths - The Minotaur and The Wooden Horse
Range of topic based NF books
Arthur & The Golden Rope
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The Highwayman
The Matchbox Diary
The Dam
Range of non-fiction texts
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School drop off and pick up
Entrance: Nightingales gate
Drop off: 8:35am
Pick up: 3:10pm
Nightingales gate will open at 8.30, 11.35 (Saplings only), 12.10 (Saplings only) and 3.05. Staff will open classroom doors to receive children at 8.35am and let them out at 3.10pm
Children will be expected to walk through the gates on their own and make their way to their classroom in the terrapin block.
Parents of Y5/6 children are asked to drop off their children so that they can walk to the terrapins on their own.
If parents need to give a message to teachers/staff, this can be done on the Nightingales gate, where staff will be present. Children will be released through the Nightingales gate at the end of the day at 3.10pm. If parents want their child to walk home alone, please ensure that the permission form has been completed, signed and returned to school.
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