Year 5 2024 - 2025
Mr Seery
Mrs Almulla
Miss Symes
Welcome to Year 5
Summer 2025
Welcome back to our final term in Year 5 - We hope you have all had a lovely break.
During this half-term, our English will once more be based on a high quality text. We will be focusing on Persuasive Writing alongside our main class text, 'The Paper Bag Prince'
In Maths we will be focussing lots on Money, Fractions, Decimals and Percentages.
In RE we will be exploring...
In Science, we will be working on 'Properties of Materials'
In Art, we will be looking at different aspects of Architecture and Observational Drawing
In Music, we will explore 'Looping and Remixing'
In Computing, our focus will be on Concept Maps and Word Processing
P.E. for Class 5 will be each Tuesday and Thursday and the children should come into school wearing their P.E. kits on these days.
Homework is set on a Friday and is due in the following Thursday - paper copies are given but it is also available on Google Classroom.
Please check the class page regularly for updates and photographs of what we have been getting up to in class.
Purple Mash
St. Jerome's has access to a brilliant online software package called Purple Mash. The children's user names and passwords remain the same and this can still be accessed from home.
To log in simply click on this link: https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stjeromesl37
Enter your details and you should be taken straight to the home page. Here the children can access all the content which covers the entire curriculum. The children are encouraged to use whatever activities they wish and save their work which on approval could be placed on our Class Five Display Board.
The software will be used for homework at different times throughout the year.
Maths web links
Here are a number of links which will be extremely useful for your child concerning Maths. Including websites that we currently use for homework throughout the year.
Topic Web Links
Here are some external website links that are full of information on the topic we are studying at the moment.
- Ancient Greece
- http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Greece.html
- https://climatekids.nasa.gov/climate-change-meaning/
Music Links
Mental Health links:
- Children's Mental Health resources - for parents
- 5 minutes of fun
- Partnership for Children
- Family Togetherness
- Relax with Hollie
- BBC - Children's Mental Health activities
Please also visit the school's dedicated mental health and well-being page for more information on where to get support.
Welcome to the Class Five Learning Hub!
Click on the icons below which will take you straight to the website. The website will give you ideas and activities for your age related learning journey. We will add to this over time. Don't forget to look on Google Classroom for your latest activities!
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Files to Download
Year 5: News items
Stars of the Week 25.04.25, by Mrs Binns
Stars of the Week 07.03, by Mrs Binns
Stars of the Week 07.02.25, by Mrs Binns