Welcome to Year 5 2026-27 

Our Teacher in Year 5 is Mrs Cook

and our Teaching Assistant is Mrs Westmore.
 

Key Information

PE - Tuesday and Friday

Spellings – These will be sent home on a Thursday for a spelling check the following Thursday. All children have a spelling homework task each week. This should be handed in on a Wednesday. Please note there is a tear off slip attached to the spelling homework sheet – this can be removed and kept at home. There will be a new Homework Club at lunchtime on a Wednesday if children would prefer to complete homework in school.

New for Autumn 2026 - Maths homework! Year 5 will now be having a weekly Maths task for completion at home. These will recap skills and help to embed learning. The task will be due in on a Thursday (the same day as Spelling tasks) 

Reading Book/Records – Please ensure that these are signed weekly by parents and in school everyday. Children should complete three comments per week in their reading record. Reading books will be changed on Mondays.

Times Tables - Please ensure that these continue to be rehearsed regularly.

Autumn Term 2026!

Welcome to the new school year and to Year 5!   We have so much to look forward to! In History, we will be learning all about Ancient Egypt – from the Pharaohs to the pyramids and lots more. Our learning will culminate in our legendary Year 5 Egyptian dress-up day! In English, we will be reading 'Secrets of a Sun King' by Emma Carroll. We will be reading the novel over 6 weeks and enjoying its Egyptian theme. The novel always proves to be a firm favourite with many Year 5's.  Later in the term, we will read 'The boy at the back of the class' by Onjali Rauf. This book discusses many themes including friendship, acceptance and teamwork. In Science, we will be learning all about forces and mechanisms. This unit brings together Science and Design Technology as we design and build our own moving toys.  In Maths, we shall be recapping place value work. We will also work on addition and subtraction of larger numbers. Time, perimeter, factors and fractions and multiplication will challenge us to think hard and solve problems. We are very fortunate this term to have more French to learn! We begin with our unit about the days of the week/dates/months of the year. We then move onto discussing the weather (which is actually quite a British thing to discuss!).  As you can see, there is more than plenty to keep us all busy, and we have exciting days such as Harvest and the dash towards Christmas to look forward to as well! 

Meet The Teacher Presentation

Spellings

Each week all children have a spelling homework task to complete. This should be handed in on a Wednesday. *Please note that some children have highlighted focus words and are not required to learn all words given on the sheet.*

Each week there is a spelling rule or pattern which is our class focus.  

Useful Links!

Year 5 Equipment List

Resources List

• a pencil case that will fit in your tray easily
• a few writing pencils 
• coloured pencils 
• a pencil sharpener
• a rubber (which doesn't smudge)
• a ruler (in cm and mm)
• a couple of purple pens
• a few highlighters
• a whiteboard pen (a small whiteboard pen eraser would also be really useful)
• a glue stick
• a dictionary (preferably Oxford addition)
• a notebook (no smaller than A5 preferably with lines)