Year 5

Transition Letter

Y5 Transition book 2025-26.pdf

Eco Council

School Council

Welcome to Year 5

Autumn Term 2025

Welcome back Year 5!

We have got so much to look forward to this term, including our residential trip to PGL! Our essential question this term is, 'Why did Oliver ask for more?' Within this, we will study the Victorian era, investigate and compare what life for was for the rich and poor, enquire how inventions and the industrial revolution have impacted our lives today and how the British empire evolved under the reign of Queen Victoria.

An overview of our learning for this term can be found above. We will consolidate and build on prior knowledge from our PSHE units from last year on equality, prejudice and discrimination.

Within History, we will be exploring the Victorians, including when in history the Victorian era was, significant individuals such as Queen Victoria, Joseph Lister and Dr Barnardo, what life was like for the rich and poor through a comparison of education they received, their health treatment and punishments for crimes. We will explore workhouses and discuss how societal views have evolved; linking this to our PSHE, protected characteristics and British Values.

Our history will link closely to our chosen texts in English, exploring the Victorians through literature from Oliver Twist, publishing a squeal on Amazon that you can purchase and creating a wanted poster for Bill Sikes.

In Geography, we will use our mapping skills to locate countries colonised by the British Empire. We will study how the physical geography of these areas enabled Britain to take control and subsequent trade routes that followed.

Mrs Wicks will be teaching Music, IT and French on a Wednesday morning. PE will be on a Monday afternoon, children are reminded to make sure their PE kit is in school Monday to Friday to ensure they are able to participate in additional whole-school activities that take place in school on different days. As per our school policy, earrings and watches need to be removed during PE and long hair should be tied back.

Spellings and homework will be sent home on a Friday and will need to be returned on the following Thursday; an overview of this term's spellings can be found below.

Reading records are to be filled in daily and signed by a parent, these are checked by an adult in school every Monday and children who read 4 times or more that each week will be rewarded with a house point for that week. Points do mean prizes! For every 10 reading house points, the children will receive a prize from Mrs Edwards!

I cannot wait for our year ahead - Together We Can Learn!

Miss Burch

My Style Homework

Victorian My Style

Autumn Term Overview- Victorians

Autumn topic web- Victorians.pdf

Year 5 Spellings

British Values

British Values.docx

Leader in Me

On a daily basis, the children try to demonstrate our core values within school. As we aim to practise them so often, they become good habits that we can use not only in school but also at home too.

Habit 1: Be Proactive (You’re in Charge)
Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind (Have a Plan)
Habit 3: Put First Things First (Work First, Then Play)
Habit 4: Think Win-Win (Everyone Can Win)
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood(Listen Before You Talk)
Habit 6: Synergise (Together Is Better)
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw (Balance Feels Best)

Science investigation- Water Resistance

World Mental Health Day

We celebrated World Site Day by creating poems about glasses!

Art - 7.10.25

Today we have finished our final drafts of our Lowry inspired art pieces

PGL pictures

Harlaxton Manor Visit

English

Today in English we have been looking at ‘show not tell’ acting out how we would show how we are feeling and how to add this to our character descriptions