Welcome to Sycamore's Class Page!

 

Year 5 will be filled with challenges, opportunities, and memorable experiences. This term, we will be diving into fascinating topics across the curriculum and developing our independence.

 

Dates to remember in Y5: 

• PE is on Wednesday - full kit required
• Homework (a piece of English and Maths) is set on Fridays and is due on the following Thursday. 
• Spellings are set on a Monday and the test is the following Monday.
• 4 weekly reads will be checked on a Friday.
• Water bottles, reading books and diaries should be brought to school every day.  

🧺 Other Information

• Library Day – Children will visit the library once a week to enjoy some reading for pleasure. 

• Celebration Assembly – Every Friday we celebrate the amazing achievements of our class, including our Star of the Week!

Trips 

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• Opera performance at Magna on 26th November 2025 
• Activity day at Swinton Academy on 20th November 2025 
• Halloween Disco 22nd October 2025 
• Y5 Matball tournament at Swinton Academy 15th October 2025
• Bishop's House, Sheffield to learn first hand about the Tudors on the 7th October. 

 

 

Autumn Learning 

 

Reading 

In our daily reading sessions we will be reading historical fiction (linked to our History topic - Tudors) by Berlie Doherty. The fascinating text is "Treason." We will also be having a weekly session looking at visual literacy, including poems, songs, videos and advertisements. 

English 

This term we will be reading and creating some interesting writing inspired by the text, "Wizard of Once" by Cressida Cowell. We will be writing character descriptions, stories, poetry and more. 

Maths 

This Autumn term we will be focusing on Place Value, looking at numbers to 100,000, Roman Numerals, addition and subtraction and much more.

Each day we will have our daily arithmetic session and there will be countdown challenges to complete too. 

Regular practice of timetables will help with rapid recall and confidence in our maths lessons. 

Useful maths websites: 

• Year 5 Mathematics Arithmetic Paper - Compact Version
• Multiplication Tables Check - 2025 - Timestables.co.uk
• Times Tables Rock Stars: Play
• Countdown Numbers Game

 

Science 

Our Science topic is Animals Including Humans. We will be learning about human development, the life process of animals, and the changes that occur as humans grow from childhood to adulthood. 

History 

In History, we will be learning about the Tudors - who they were and the impact they had on Britain. We will look at how Henry V11 came to power (Battle of Bosworth), why Henry V111 broke away from the Catholic Church, why he was significant, what Elizabeth the First looked like and was Mary Queen of Scots a good Queen? 

We also have a trip to Bishops House to experience life in the Tudor times. The Schools Library Service will be visiting and carrying out a workshop on Tudors which will be interesting and hands on!

ART

Our skill this half-term is drawing. We will be studying the creative work of Picasso and drawing our own Picasso-style Tudor drawings!

French 

We will continue learning our numbers, classroom instructions and French phonics. 

 

Computing 

Our first unit is all about sharing information using ICT. We will be learning about systems, transferring information and  working together. 

PE

We will be playing various invasion games, like football, matball and basketball. We will be learning out sportsmanship and collaboration. 

 

RSHE 

This half-term we will be discussing friends,feelings and the perfect body.

 

 

RE

We will be learning more about Christianity and thinking about what does it mean if Christians believe God is loving and Holy?