Woodgate Primary School
Year 5
Welcome to Year 5
2025-2026
5P & 5D
Staff in Year 5 | ||
Teachers | Mrs Peake | Mr Davis |
| s.peake | j.davis | |
Teaching Assistants | Mrs McClelland | |
| w.mcclelland | ||
Mrs Walker | ||
| k.walker | ||
| To email staff, use their initial and surname as shown above, with: @woodgate.bham.sch.uk | ||
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The School Day
The school day begins at: 08:45
Morning Break is between: 10:30 - 10:45
Lunchtime is between: 12:15 - 13:15
The school day ends at: 15:15
Year 5 Daily Timetable
Below is a general weekly timetable.
This is subject to change because of visitors, visits etc.
Homework
There are three homework expectations in Year 5 for each week: read twice a week and record these reads in their Reading Diary, weekly spellings and maths.
New spellings will be sent home on a Friday for testing the following Friday.
One piece of maths homework will be sent home on a Friday for the following Friday.
This can be submitted to the homework tray at any time before the Friday.
Look at all the things we learn about in Year 5!
Year 5 Curriculum Learning | |
Autumn 1 | Transition |
History - Trojan Horse | |
Art – Classical Greek Art | |
Art – Classical Greek Art | |
DT - Greek food, hummus (food tech) | |
Science – Reproduction | |
Computing - Infographics | |
Autumn 2 | Geography – National Parks |
Science – Feel The Force | |
Computing – Communication and Collaboration | |
Music – Living On A Prayer | |
Science – Everyday materials | |
Spring 1 | Computing – Creating and Using Spreadsheets |
History – British Empire | |
Computing – Making Games (1) | |
DT – Cross-stitch (textiles) | |
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Spring 2 | Geography – Mountains |
Music - Easter | |
Science – Marvellous mixtures | |
Science – Marvellous mixtures | |
Summer 1 | Art – Photography, David Bayley |
Science- Earth and Beyond | |
Art – Significant Artist, L.S. Lowry | |
History – Industrial Revolution | |
Summer 2 | Computing – Making Games (2) |
Geography - Rivers | |
Science - Circle of Life | |
DT – Moving toys (res mat) | |
Music – Dancing In The Street |
Year 5 Extra Curricular Activities
Year 5 have had the opportunity to access lots of before and after school clubs:
- Chess
- Board Games
- Jigsaw
- Dodgeball
- Football
- Animated Movie Club
- Gardening Club
Debate
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We had sentence stems to help us organise our ideas.
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The children had time to discuss their arguments.
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We made notes to help us remember key points we wanted to make.
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We worked togther.
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We listened to each other.
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We projected our voice.
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We listened carefully and responded by either agreeing, building or challenging the point.
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We have used lots of colour and details with paint, felt pens and textures. She is the kindest witch who invites animals she meets along the way to join her on a broomstick ride. Use the talk cards and answer the questions.
We have been enjoying the outdoors for School Ground Week!
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Our visit from the Greek Man
Using clay to make Medusa mirrors
Times Table Rock Stars
Fluent times tables knowledge can unlock many areas of maths.
We encourage children to use TTRS for at least 10 minutes per day.
Use the link below to access the site.
If your child is unsure of their login details, email your child's teacher and they will be able to provide it.
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Useful Website for Year Five
Purple Mash Website (different subject areas): The children will need their log-in
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/woodgate
ICT Games:
http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum20.html
Top marks Website
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=SpeedChallenge
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?b=maths/addition
Mathszone Website
Maths Playground Website:
http://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_20.html
Dance Mat Typing: Learn to type by having fun!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr
Reading Games:
http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/capital-letter-1.html
Punctuation Games:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en29punc-game-play-your-caps-right
Online Classroom from Oak National Academy
https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5/#schedule
By following the above hyperlink you will have access to 3 online lessons a day for your child (an English, a Maths and a foundation lesson). The lessons come with videos from teachers, quizzes and activities to keep learning moving forward.
