Year 5

Welcome to Year 5 

Spring Term 2025

What a great year we have had in Year 5 so far! I am really proud of the progress the children have made and we are really looking forward to this Summer Term. 

English

In our English lessons we will be getting the chance to explore persuasive and explanation texts. We will think carefully about the differences between them as well as understanding their wider purpose and audience. We will learn about both their structures and their language features. We will spend some time beginning to understand the purpose of persuasion within the media and its relevance in society. 

Maths

In Maths we will continue on our track of understanding various methods and applications of concepts. We will start by focusing on strategies for finding percentages by converting numbers into decimals and fractions before moving on to explore more challenging worded problems and how to approach these. We will get the opportunity to think about written methods and how to use these for all four of the mathematical operations.

Science

We will be exploring the exciting topic of unbalanced forces and living things. This will be an opportunity for us to understand just how gravity impacts us as well as going in to depth about the forces that impact our everyday lives. We will be undertaking experiments and learning the effects of variables on experiments.  Our final area we will explore will be the effects of air resistance and water resistance, before moving to living things in the second half term.

Curriculum

We will also continue to explore a range of other curriculum areas. 

In History, we will be moving on from Ancient Greeks to look at Invaders and Settlers. We will spend time thinking about how their lives were different to ours but also how their society has impacted the way in which our own society is run today.

In Geography, we will be moving on from our learning about the Alps and beginning to think about our oceans and why it really is that they matter so much. We will be learning about fieldwork with an exciting trip to the beach.

In Art, we will look in to some contemporary art and how this portrays all of the wonderful learning we cover about space.

In DT, we will use our understanding of electrical circuits to create our very own 'doodlers'.

Have a lovely Easter break!