Year 5
Year 5
Welcome to the Year 5 class page. Visit this page for regular updates on what the children have been learning about in Year 5.
Mr Clark (3 days) and Miss Makda (2 days) teach Ash Class, whilst Miss Shaikh is the teacher for Maple Class. Mrs P Cook is the teaching assistant across both classes.
Our school day begins at 8:40am and ends at 3:15pm.
Our PE days is Monday, please remember children need to wear their PE kit on this day. We will also visit our school library on Mondays, so the children will change their library book on this day, if they so wish.
Please remember:
a water bottle
to make sure long hair is tied back
a piece of fruit or healthy snack for break time.
We are a nut free school, please can we ask you to check ingredients
to make sure all products are nut free.
Remember to use our year group email to get in touch:
Yr5@stjames.covmat.org
Click on the images below to view each website
Below you will find photos and information about Year 5's academic journey through 2023-24.
Maths Prime and Square Number Investigation
Drama - Acting out our story mountain for The Golden Horsemen of Baghdad
Science - We have been looking at life cycles of different animals
Music - We have been using glockenspiels to explore our Autumn song Ghost Parade
Our library day is Thursday! Make sure you remember to bring in your books!
Art - Our topic for the first Autumn half term was Early Islam. We have created prints in the style of Islamic art that can be seen in mosques around the world.
Reading for Pleasure in Year 5
Maths - We have been looking at equivalent fractions. Some of us have been making them and some have been using times tables to find fractions that are equal. We persevered when answering problems with lots of steps! We drew on our knowledge of square numbers from our place value topic too!
D&T Making Pencil cases - Year 5 showed great resilience!
Science - We used filtering to separate mixtures!
Christmas Toy Day!
