Year 5

Welcome to Year 5! We have an exciting year ahead, filled with opportunities to learn, explore, and grow. We know that we are on a learning journey and the most important thing is trying our best, making mistakes and learning from them, and aiming high to achieve our full potential.

As part of Upper Key Stage 2, we are proud to be the role models to the younger students in our school through our behaviour, by living out the SMC values in everything we dd, and being ambassadors for SMC Respects through our willingness to show integrity in everything we do.

Take a look at our learning overview but here are just a few of the highlights waiting for us in Year 5:

Reading – diving into a range of books that will spark imagination and build a love of reading.

Maths – developing methods for all four operations and using these to solve problems

Writing – to use our imagination and literary skills to compose amazing stories and non-fiction texts for different purposes.

History – completing historical enquiry into the Anglo Saxons, Vikings and learning about the significance of the Industrial Revolution.

Geography – studying comparisons between North America and Europe, understanding what polar biomes are and investigating Europe.

Science – developing knowledge of Forces and Space, Life cycles and Materials

Art and design – experimenting with colour, texture, and new techniques to showcase our creativity.

We will also have the opportunity to take part in performances to showcase out talents to others.

Miss O’Neill and Mrs Brogan will be teaching with support from Miss Wadsley, Miss Gaskell and Mrs Mark. We are always here to help and offer any support we can. Please check our Half-Termly newsletter to keep up with key dates, information and ways to support at home so we can all work together to have a fantastic year.

Year 5 will be a year of curiosity, creativity, and confidence — and we can’t wait to get started!