Year 5 2025 - 2026

Welcome to Year Five!

Year 5 will be taught by Mr Campbell and supported by Mrs Rickett as well as Mrs Bridgeman and Mrs Finch.

We are really excited about this year's curriculum and have lots of engaging and interesting units of work throughout the year. During Autumn term, we will be building on our historical knowledge from Year 3 when we learn about how the Anglo Saxons settled in post-Roman Britain. We will visit Chester during the Autumn term to learn more about the Vikings and the impact they had on the British Isles. 

In Spring we will journey across the Atlantic Ocean to learn what makes North America so special.  In this geography based topic, we will explore biomes, human and physical geographical features located on the continent and create our own websites based on the flora and fauna native to the Chihuhuan Desert.

In the Summer term, we focus on the history of our home town, Ellesmere Port. We will visit Ellesmere Port Boat Museum to study historical maps of the area and complete a habitat study in our local nature reserve of Rivacre Valley. During this topic, we will learn more about the important role that Ellesmere Port played in the economic growth of Britain during the Industrial Revolution due to its close proximity to the River Mersey and our two canal networks. 

You can find out more about our Year 5 curriculum this year on our Curriculum Map which is attached below.

PE will be taught on a Tuesday and Friday. Please make sure that your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days.

Children begin their specialist music lessons this year and music lessons will be taught on a Thursday.

Our Forest School dates for this year will be:

Thursday 18th September 2025

Thursday 20th November 2025

Thursday 29th January 2026

Thursday 11th June 2026

Thursday 25th June 2026

It’s important to ensure your child comes to school dressed appropriately on these dates. For more information about Forest school, click here.

Please bring reading diaries in every day.  We love learning about what you have been reading at home and love having book talk in class to discuss different authors and genres.  Our class novels this year will be Wonder, Rooftoppers, and Beetle Boy.   TTRockstars and Atom.com are also part of our weekly homework. We encourage at least 15 minutes of TTRS and Maths, spelling and grammar, and science activities will be regularly set and updated on Atom.com throughout the year.

We are really looking forward to working with your children this year and we thank you in advance for your support!