WELCOME TO YEAR 5!

2025-26

STUBBINGTON 2025

Monday

What a great day!
Despite the weather, the children have had an action-packed day.  They settled really well into their rooms and were excellent at putting their clothes away in the wardrobes.  Hopefully they can continue this at home!
The first activity for one of the groups was Earthquake, where they had to work as a team and complete an assault course.  We were very proud of the way they communicated with each other and for having a go at the lava leap.  Unfortunately, it didn’t go well for one of the teachers, Mr Barrow, as he dropped his phone into the water.
The other group took part in a tracks and signs activity looking for evidence of mammals in the conservation area.  It was great seeing them explore the woods working as a team.  They have put some mammal hotels out overnight so hopefully in the morning they will be face-to-face with some woodland mammals.

The children have all seemed to really enjoy the food and at this very moment are watching wildlife photography slideshow.  Later they are going to the hide and we can’t wait to see some animals up close.

Below are some photos from the day…enjoy!

The Year 5 team

Tuesday

A really busy day for the Year 5 children. Most of the them slept well after a busy Monday and they couldn’t wait to tuck into a cooked breakfast this morning. 
One group went down to the beach this morning and made rock pools.  Amazingly they found three shark teeth while making their sand sculptures.  The other group opened their mammal hotels.  Inside them were three voles and a long-tailed field mouse.  It was great seeing the faces of the children as they were shown the animals.

In the afternoon, a group went around the grounds looking for tracks and signs of mammals.  They then set out their hotels for tomorrow.  The other group showed excellent teamwork skills taking part in the activities on the Earthquake assault course.

This evening we played a wide game that involved the teachers dressing up as pirates and hiding from the children.  Great fun was had by all as the children enjoyed chasing the teachers around the grounds.

As I type this the children are all settled and we are looking forward to coming home tomorrow.

Year 5 team

Wednesday

As I write this the children are getting ready to board the coaches. It has been a very fun morning.

The first group opened up their mammal hotels. They had caught two voles and a mouse. The children loved looking closely at the animals.  The other group when down to the beach.  We were very lucky with the weather and the sand sculptures were amazing. 
On behalf of the staff we have been incredibly impressed with the behaviour of the children.  They have shown the skills of teamwork, communication and resilience.  
We are hoping they come back to you positive about their experiences.

Kind regards 

The Year 5 team

Key dates for the year group (AUTUMN term 2025-26):

Tuesday 7th October 2025 - Stubbington parent meeting (5.30pm)

Tuesday 14th October 2025 - Parent / Teacher meetings (3.40-6.10pm)

Thursday 16th October 2025 - Parent / Teacher meetings (3.40-6.10pm)

Monday 10th November - Wednesday 12th November 2025 - Stubbington residential

Key dates for the year group (SPRING term 2025-26)

Wednesday 14th January - Friday 17th April - Swimming (Class 7/9: Wednesdays / Class 8: Fridays)

Monday 19th January am - QMC science trip (Class 8)

Thursday 22nd January am - QMC science trip (Class 7)

Thursday 22nd January pm - QMC science trip (Class 9)

Thursday 26th March - Portals to the past: Ancient Greek workshop 

Key dates for the year group (SUMMER term 2025-26)

Friday 1st May - Selborne river trip (Cl 7 / half of Cl8)

Friday 8th May - Selborne river trip (Cl 9 / half of Cl8)

Thursday 2nd July - Brighton Hill transition day

Welcome to Year 5

The teachers in Year 5 are Mr Barrow (Class 7), Mr Hartley (Class 8 and Year Leader) and Mrs Rose (Class 9).

We also have teaching assistants who will be working in the year group - Miss Evans / Mrs Aitken / Mrs Barker / Mrs Dees / Mrs Budd / Miss Farmer / Ms Fisher / Miss Ford

P.E.

Each week, the children will have two sessions of PE - one indoor session (Thursday) and one outdoor session (Tuesday). In this Spring term, the children will have one session of swimming a week which will take the place of their Thursday PE session. Children should come in to school wearing their PE kits on these days.  

Home Learning

During the week, we will set home learning tasks - these will be reading, maths and spellings. The reading will be on the Purple Mash website and will include five comprehension questions.  The maths homework will be linked to their times tables using the TT rockstars website. 

Home learning will all be set on a Thursday and then due back in on the following Tuesday. As we are trying to develop the independence of the children, it will be their responsibility to complete their work on time. 

Our Curriculum

Topics: Autumn 

English - Persuasive / Informative / Narrative writing 

Maths - Multiplying and dividing (by 10, 100, 1000) / Fractions (equivalence, +- , mixed numbers) / Time (converting) / Angles (types)

History - Benin Kingdom

Science - Fossils, geological time and classification

Art - Wire sculptures

Computing - Excel

RE - Prophesy

PSHE - Valuing differences

PE - Social / cognitive

French - All about ourselves

Topics: Spring

English - Balanced argument / Suspense writing / Information 

Maths - Angles / Fractions and Decimals / Percentages / Addition and Subtraction / Statistics

History - Ancient Greeks

Science - Forces / Earth and Space

Computing - Word / Scratch

RE - Belonging / Eucharist

PSHE - Keeping myself safe / Rights and Respect

PE - Swimming

French - That's tasty! / Family and Friends

DT - Structures / Food Technology

Topics: Summer

English - The Silver Swan (Narrative) / River pollution (Persuasive) / Medieval monarchs (Biography) / Cloudbusting (Poetry) 

Maths - Fractions / Multiplication / Division / Properties of numbers / Geometry

Science - Earth and Space / Animals including humas / RSE

Topic - Rivers (Geography) / Medieval monarchs (History)

Art - Rivers (Monet) / Portraits (Monarchs)

PE - Creative (RealPE) / Athletics / Golf / Health and fitness

Computing - iMovie / Scratch

RE - God / Umma

PSHE - Being my best / Growing and changing

French - School life / Time travelling

For further information about the curriculum, follow the link below: