Year 5 2025 - 2026
Miss Sharratt
Mrs Carroll-Hall
Welcome to Year Five
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Our topic this half term is:
Sow, Grow & Farm
This topic teaches children about the features and characteristics of land use in agricultural regions across the world. It covers themes such as: land use in the UK, allotments, farming in the UK, maps, grid references, climate zones across the world, the physical features of North and South America and food transportation. Within the topic, Y5 will carry out some cross-curricular writing including: A Farmer's Diary and a balanced argument about eating seasonal produce. Furthermore, it links with Y5 Science topics looking at plant and animal lifecycles.
Useful Links:
Topmarks - Free Games and activities 7-11 Years
Oxford Owl - Free Ebook library - select any of the books in the appropriate age category.
SPAG.com - A spelling, punctuation and grammar testing website which allows children to practice using focused test papers.
PE DAY
Y5 PE day - Friday
Homework
Homework will be set on Purple Mash (Fridays)
Homework will consist of:
- Learning spellings for a test on Fridays.
- Purple Mash - Maths, English grammar or topic-related task.
- Times tables practice on TT rockstars at least 10 minutes a day.
- Reading a book from home or from school 5 times per week.
Please see the Homework Expectations KS2 document for more information.