Year 5 2025 - 2026

Christian Value: Perseverance

There is lots to look forward to in Year 5 as we enter the final term of the school year. We're going to be a very busy bunch right up until the Summer break.

Our theme this term is 'In The Jungle" and comes from our Ancient Maya unit in History and our main text in English, Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. This is a fabulous story about a young boy called Michael who sets sail on an epic, round the world adventure with his parents and faithful pet dog Stella. During the journey things take a turn for the worse when a huge storm blows up one night. Michael and Stella find themselves washed up on a remote desert island. But, is Michael as lone as he first thinks? 

Kensuke's Kingdom is a story of survival, resilience, friendship and growning up. 

But before we set sail on our adventure with Michael and Stella, we'll be exploring the surreal events in a quiet town, when a strange, red 'thing' appears on the beach one day. Where exactly is it? Where did it come from? And will it interrupt Shaun's bottle top collecting hobby?  

Our Maths learning starts with Shape before moving on to Position & Direction, Decimals, Negative Numbers and Converting Units before we finish the year exploring Volume. All Maths work is completed using the White Rose Maths scheme.

In RE we'll be studying Women in the Old Testament and answering the question 'Did she make the right choice?'. Our final RE unit takes a look at Loss, Death and Christian Hope.

We'll be travelling to Central America in History and exploring the fascinating world of the Ancient Maya whilst putting our map skills to the test in Geography.

All this and much more! 

For full information on the topics covered in Year 5 this term and throughout the school year, please refer to the Long Term Plan 2025 - 2026 in the Files to Download section at the bottom of this page. 

For all the very latest information straight from Year 5 HQ, please see our Class Dojo Page.

Mr Wade

Here's a sneaky peek at some of the things we got up to during Spring term.