We would like to welcome you all back to school after the summer holidays. We hope that you have had a peaceful, restful and enjoyable time, and feel refreshed for new challenges ahead. Over the coming term, Year 5 will delve into topics like: WW2 in history; the Americas in geography; cooking and nutrition in DT as well as online safety in computing.

Our class novel is ‘The boy at the back of the class’, which is written by Onjali Q. Rauf. After predicting what will happen, we will delve deep into the books' underlying message, writing genres like a newspaper article and diary entry.

In maths, children will focus on place value and the main calculation methods needed in Year 5. They will solve problems involved in everyday life, including money, weight, capacity and volume. In science, children will focus on all things materials, including mixtures, separation, properties and change.

It will be a very busy but equally enjoyable term for the children, and I am sure that they will rise to the challenges set before them.

Remember, to make sure you complete your homework on time, read at least five times every week, arrive in the correct PE kit and have an attendance of 96% or above to be in our ‘In It To Win It’!