Welcome to our Year 5 Class Page

We have a very exciting year of learning ahead of us. We hope that the following information about our curriculum and routines will help you and your child throughout their year in Ash Class.

Year 5 Teaching Team

Miss Adkins – Class Teacher

Miss Roberts – Teaching Assistant

Mrs. Holland – Teaching Assistant

Physical Education Reminders

P.E takes place on a Monday (Dance) & Thursday (P.E.)

We will be swimming on a Friday, please remember full swimming kits.

Homework Reminders

On a Monday the children will be given homework and spellings, the homework should be completed by Friday.  Children should aim to read and learn spellings on a daily basis.  The children will have a weekly spelling test on a Monday and a multiplication quiz during the week.

Curriculum Information

This year at Kings Meadow, we are following a newly revised curriculum. Our bespoke, carefully designed Kings Meadow ‘CRACKING’ curriculum is a:

Creative, Real-life, Ambitious, Careers-focussed curriculum building Knowledge & skills for every Individual Nurturing Global citizens of the future 

During this academic year, the children in Year 5 will be taught the following themes.

In Year 5 our class mascot is ‘Shelly Seagull’’.  Shelly helps us to focus on the following characteristics of effective learning.

In Year 5, through our teaching, and the experiences we offer, our children will learn how to become:

LEADERS - I try to influence others, negotiating and balancing different views to reach workable solutions.

COMPASSIONATE- I can use previously acquired knowledge and empathy to understand people and their feelings.

INQUISITIVE - I can look closely at information, judging its importance and value, asking the right questions to verify it.

RESOURCEFUL - I can work towards goals, showing initiative and without giving up.

Current CRACKING Curriculum Theme

Our current theme is ‘The American Dream’. It is part of our whole school Culture driver. In this unit, we will learn through our history focus about the European colonization of North America considering the impact it had on the Native American people. Our geography focus will be the location of countries and states within the American continent, the human and physical features and a study of the climate. 

Please download the files below to see our current planning and Knowledge Organiser (WISK Sheet). These documents will provide you with a clear overview of all the subjects and learning that will take place in your child’s current theme.

Our current class novel is ‘Black Elk's Vision - A Lakota Story' by S.D. Nelson.

English and Mathematics Coverage in Year 5

Additional Information

Please keep checking this page for more information, links to useful websites and lots of photographs of our learning.