Year 5
Welcome to Year 5
We are excited to welcome you to Year 5 and look forward to getting to know our families.
Staff
Class Teacher: Miss C Crook
Useful Information
PE
PE sessions this term will take place on Tuesdays and will consist of swimming lessons.
Children should come to school wearing their normal school uniform and bring a separate swimming bag containing:
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Swimming costume/trunks
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Towel
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Hairbrush
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Goggles and swimming hat (optional)
Please ensure your child brings a coat, as we will be walking to Brownhills Ormiston Academy for the lessons.
Class Dojo
Please make sure you are linked with our Class Dojo page. We use this platform to communicate current learning, share photographs and update you with any important notices.
Learning
Long Term Plan
year5 brownhillswestmastercurriculum2025.pdf
Termly Overview
year 5 yearly overview ltp 2025 2026.pdf
Reading
Children are allocated books suitable to their ability on Oxford Ready Buddy (their login is in their Reading Record). Children also have a ‘Reading for Pleasure’ book which they choose themselves from the class library. This is to share at home and it is expected that good care is taken of the book. Lost or damaged books will incur a like-for-like replacement cost.
All of our children are expected to read at home at least four times per week with an adult recording their reading in the child’s Reading Record book. Reading Records will be checked every Friday by staff in your child’s class. Children who have met the expectation of reading at least four times per week will be rewarded with 5 DoJo points.
Reading is the most powerful gift we can give a child: it puts stardust in their imaginations
We will be sharing some great class texts this year including:
How to Train Your Dragon - Cressida Cowell
How to Train Your Dragon: How to be a Pirate - Cressida Cowell
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Speak Dragonese - Cressida Cowell
The Underpants of Chaos - Sam Copeland and Jenny Pearson
Little Badman and the Radioactive Samosa - Henry White and Humza Arshad
Spelling
- Children should practise and learn their spellings which are set each week. School have provided exercise books to keep at home to help with this.
Maths
- Using the Times Tables Rock Stars app, children should complete sessions set weekly by their teacher (50 minutes a week).
Useful Websites
You will find the following websites useful in supporting your child's learning at home.
Follow this link to access the Oxford Reading Buddy website where you can use your own personal login to read lots of extra books! Why not try one of the reading quizzes afterwards?
Maths Follow this link for a range of Maths games for mental calculations, ordering numbers and times tables.
Follow this link and use your login details to access the times table rockstar competitions.