Curriculum – Year 5
Year Group Overview
Download: Year 5 – Long Term Overview 2025-2026 [PDF]
Download: Year 5 – Summer Overview 2025-2026 [PDF]
Download: Year 5 – Spring Overview 2025-2026 [PDF]
Download: Year 5 – Autumn Overview 2025-2026 [PDF]
Download: Year 5 – Reading Spine [PDF]
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Brief Overview
As we come to our final term together in year 5, over the course of Summer Term 2 we will be completing a Local Study with the question Who made Liverpool? in History. In Opening Worlds Geography, we will be continuing to explore the Amazon and looking at the Interconnected Amazon.
In our Maths lessons we will be working on negative numbers, the 4 operations and revisit fractions. During our English lessons, we will continue with our daily Read, grammar lessons. Spelling sessions and focus on our writing. Our RE topics will continue to on focus Freedom & Responsibility and Stewardship.
We will also be developing our sculpture skills in Art week, creating the human form in the style of Anthony Gormley, studying the differences between the World Wide Web and the Internet in our Computing lessons will focus on 3D Modelling and our Spanish topic will allow us to discuss Summer. In our Music lessons we will be composing our own rhythms.
During this term we will also be taking part in Rounders every Thursday afternoon, with our other PE lesson being Yoga on a Tuesday morning. For further information related to our curriculum and learning please see our subject specific pages.
Homework will be given out on a Monday and is to be returned on a Friday.
Spelling Overview
Download: Year 5 – Term 1A – Overview [PDF]
Download: Year 5 – Term 1B – Overview [PDF]
Download: Year 5 – Term 2A – Overview [PDF]
Download: Year 5 – Term 2B – Overview [PDF]
Download: Year 5 – Term 3A – Overview [PDF]
Download: Year 5 – Term 3B – Overview [PDF]
Homework in Year 5
Homework is given out weekly every Monday and is to be handed in by the Friday. The work will usually consist of two pieces of work, one Maths and one Literacy, which will be related to the topics the children have been studying that week.
We encourage all children to read with someone at home each night, with reading records signed and dated. The children may swap then their reading books when they have read them. In addition, children are asked to complete times tables practice at home when possible.
If there are ever any problems with completing homework or your child is struggling, please tell them to come in and ask their teacher for help before the deadline day; this gives teachers the chance to help your child and mark it before needing to hand out new homework.
Timetables Practice
Year 5 children are expected to know all of their multiplication tables up to 12×12. This should be practised regularly at home.
Reading
This should be 15 minutes with someone at home and Reading Records must be signed and dated.
Weekly Homework
We suggest weekly homework should take no longer than 30 minutes. If you are struggling with homework, stop after this time and let your teacher know.