Year 5
Week beginning 8th December 2025
Our project for this half-term is 'Young Enterprise'.
Year 5 has had another wonderfully busy and festive week, full of creativity, teamwork and brilliant learning. We have written some absolutely fantastic descriptive pieces, using expanded noun phrases and vivid sensory details to bring a range of Christmas-themed treats to life.
The children have also completed their budgets for their sweet treats project, carefully calculating costs and making sensible decisions about spending — a great blend of maths and real-world problem-solving!
Excitement is building as we begin our Christmas rehearsals. The class has thrown themselves into practising with enthusiasm, energy and lots of smiles. Their hard work is already shining through.
Important dates and messages:
The children will be designing and creating baked goods to sell at the Winter Wonderland on 12th December. We would love to see as many faces there to support their sales. We would like to ask if there are any children that would like to stay for part or all of the evening to help at the stall to let us know. If they would like to help for a little bit while you are browsing the wonderland, that is also absolutely fine.
Key Dates
The calendar section on the website should give you major events throughout the academic year, but here are some reminders below:
- Friday 12th December - PSA Winter Wonderland – 3:20pm - 5:30pm in school
- Tuesday 16th December - Year 5 and 6 Carols by Candlelight - 6pm in church
- Friday 19th December - Break up at 1:20pm for Christmas Holidays
- Thursday 11th June 2026 - School’s 170th Birthday
- Friday 19th June 2026 - Sports Day at King’s Park Stadium
- Saturday 27th June - St. James’ Summer Fayre
Worship theme:
Reflection
“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” Colossians 3:2
Curriculum
English:
This week, the children will use their descriptive skills to plan and write their own TV adverts, focusing on persuasive language and key advertising features.
Maths:
We will learn how to compare numbers and apply this understanding to solve a range of reasoning and problem-solving tasks.
Science:
The children will explore how heating can cause permanent changes, investigating whether new substances are formed and recording their findings.
DT / Computing:
This week, the children will continue designing their Christmas decoration boxes, refining ideas and beginning to visualise their designs in 3D.
RE:
We will revisit the concept of a Messiah and explore why Jesus is considered one within Christianity.
PSHE:
The children will continue the “Difference” unit, discussing equality and exploring ways to pursue justice.
French:
This week, we will learn to describe clothes in full sentences and practise vocabulary linked to les vêtements.
Destination Reader:
We will continue reading The Chronicles of Narnia (chapters 15–17), focusing on making inferences and questioning characters’ motives.
Other news:
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PPA Days - PPA Days will be every other Tuesday, and children should come in wearing PE kits.
- PE every Thursday - Children should wear their PE kits every Tuesday.
Homework:
- Please find links to the relevant information below for the Project Overview and Homework.
- MyMaths - We will set up MyMaths tasks termly, based on the learning we will be doing this term. Please let us know if you are finding them too easy or tricky, and remember that below, there are many resources you can use to extend your learning from home. Various MyMaths activities have been set for this term. This is to allow children who like to do more to be able to. However, children do not have to complete all the MyMaths activities. One per week is our minimum recommendation.
- Reading books - we would like to remind everyone to have a reading book in school - this can be a school or home book. We want all children to be able to share recommendations and reviews of what we have read recently. We display books we've read in the classroom to get children talking about the stories they love and inspire others to try new titles.
- Reading records - All children should now have a grey reading record in which they can record how often they are reading. They will receive one raffle ticket if they read three times a week and two if they read more than five. At the end of each term, we will draw a raffle to win a trip to Costa. You have to be in it to win it! Activities in the reading records can be completed at home for fun!
Reading:
We are reading 'The Chronicles of Narnia' by C.S Lewis and using the following Designation Reader sentence stems to start our answers this term. We focus on different skills in each lesson: inferring, predicting, asking questions, evaluating, clarifying, summarising, and making connections.
Spellings:
Our spellings for this term are below. However, we are moving away from weekly tests, using more discreet learning techniques, and applying our spelling words across our curriculum.
Best wishes,
Year 5 Team
Miss Martin and Miss Perry
Learning as a family in Jesus, through Love, Hope, and Forgiveness.
Matthew 19:26: “With God all things are possible.”