Welcome to our Year 5 webpage!
Welcome back! We hope you all had a safe and happy Easter break. This will be a busy term but with lots of fantastic learning and (hopefully) sunshine! Read on to find out about what we will be learning…
Mrs Chapman Mrs Sparshott, Mrs O’Shea and Miss Smith.
Meet the year five team...
Please do not hesitate to contact your child's class teacher via the email addresses below if you have any questions or worries:
Mother Teresa Class - Mrs Chapman and Miss Vano & Mrs May
chapman@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk
Martin Luther King Class - Miss Smith and Miss Chapman & Mrs Holmes
csmith@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk
Darwin Class - Mrs O'Shea, Mrs Sparshott and Miss Batista & Miss Selfe
oshea@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk
sparshott@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk
General
- The class doors will be open from 8.40-8:50am. If your child arrives after this time, please take them to the school office. (School telephone number 01322 663792)
- The school day ends at 3.20pm. If you are unable to collect your child, please telephone the school office.
- In year 5, many children begin to walk home from school alone or with friends, we are happy for them to do so (as long as you are!). Please write us a note if you would like this to happen.
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In addition, please notify the relevant adults if you have made arrangements for your child to be picked up by somebody else or walk home/to the infants independently. Please note that we are not always able to pick up Class Dojo messages during the school day.
- A note on phones: We have decided that even those children walking a short distance do not need a phone. It is safer for children to be concentrating on walking rather than being on their phone. We also feel this will support our online safety policy. If you feel there is an exceptional reason, such as travelling alone on a bus to Swanley then please make an appointment to see Mrs Hall/Mrs Hammond.
Equipment
Please ensure at the beginning of each new term that your child has:
- Pencils
- Sharpeners
- Ruler
- Handwriting pen
- Erasers
- Whiteboard pen
- Glue stick
- Purple pen/biro
- Named water bottle
Home Learning & Spellings
Home Learning will continue to be sent home at the beginning of each half term. Homework is set on a Thursday and is due in on Tuesday (we will also upload a copy of the home learning tasks onto the class page of the website). It is an expectation that all children complete the tasks set within this time. We will be completing weekly spelling tests following the spellings set on the homework grid.
Children are expected to be reading regularly and we ask them to record it independently in their reading records. In addition, they need to ensure that they are practising their spellings each week and using TTRockstars to practise their times tables.
If you have any concerns with home learning, please don’t hesitate to contact your class teacher.
Term 5 - Home Learning
Term Five
Dates for the diary
20/04/26- Term 5 begins
04/05/25-Bank Holiday School Closed
08/05/26- Darwin Class Assembly
11/05/26- Key Stage 2 Sats Week
19/05/26- Mother Teresa 11+ appointments
20/05/26 – Darwin 11+ appointments
21/05/26- MT 11+ appointments
22/06/26– Last day of term 5
Please contact the school office or your class teacher if you have any questions.
English
In English, this term we will begin the term by focusing on one of William Shakespeare’s most well-known plays, ‘Macbeth’. Through this tragedy, we will explore with the children the complex relationships at work within the play and investigate in depth, characterisation, as well as narrative features.
We will continue to focus on elements of handwriting and Spelling, punctuation and grammar practise throughout the term.
Maths
Curriculum Overview
Entertainment through the ages
This term, we will be starting our exciting topic of ‘Entertainment through the ages’ In this unit the children will explore the changes in theatre, cinema, music, holidays, toys and technology over time. They will consider why entertainment of the different varieties has changed throughout the years, comparing and contrasting the changes in different time periods. If you think that you may have any helpful and supporting resources at home (old toys, records, tapes etc.) to share for this topic, any contributions would be much appreciated!
Science
In Science, we will be focusing on ‘Animals including humans.’ This unit will teach the children about the life cycle of a human from birth to old age, exploring the changes in the human body at each stage, They will understand the change in length from a baby in its first year, and measure their fellow classmates height. They will practise recording data on scatter and line graphs.
PE
Tuesdays and Thursdays
PE is planned for Tuesdays and Thursdays.
However, please note these sessions will be subject to change dependent on the weather and availability of the hall. We will update Dojo posts if PE kits need to be worn on alternative days. Long hair should be tied back and if your child wears earrings, please ensure they are able to remove them independently.
Other Supporting Resources