Year 5 2026 - 2027

Meet the Team

5G - Mr Grant and Miss Watt

5S - Miss Ng and Miss Borowy

Miss Holmes will also be working in Year 5 as an additional teacher providing bespoke support.

French and Music will be taught by Mme Lié and Miss Osborne

If you have any questions, please speak to one of our Year 5 staff or email year5@almapark.manchester.sch.uk

Welcome to Year 5! In Year 5, we look forward to taking on new challenges and celebrating our successes together, developing as independent, hardworking and passionate learners, ready to take on Year 6.

Here, you can find an overview of the Year 5 Curriculum. You can use this information to discuss with your child what they have learned and continue to support their learning at home.

Please find the information from the 'Meet the Teachers' sessions here.

This half term:

Maths:

• Multiplication and division - find factors, prime, square and cube numbers up to 100
• Fractions - find equivalent fractions, convert improper and mixed fractions, order and compare fractions and add and subtract fractions

English:

Talk for Writing unit: Stories from another culture

• Use subordinate clauses to add detail
• Use descriptive language to describe characters and settings  
• Use a variety of sentence openers
• Use dialogue between characters with powerful verbs

History: The Ancient Mayans

We will focusing on the ancient Mayans. We will be looking at this period of history, how the people lived and their achievements.

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Science: Forces

We will be investigating the different forces such as air and water resistance and how these impact on an object.

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Design Technology: Combing different fabric shapes 

We will be learning that a single piece of fabric can be cut into shapes and joined to make a 3D textiles product; about a range of different stitching techniques to join textiles and fastenings and  how to apply a range of finishing

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Computing: Video Production

We will be developing the skills of capturing, editing, and manipulating video.

Religious Education:

Why do some people believe God exists?

PHSE: Safe relationships.

We are going to focusing on respecting ourselves and others.

French:

We are improving our French language skills. We will be learning about adjectives that precede the noun and adverbs of place.

P.E:

Remember to come into school wearing your PE kit on the following days.

• Dance - Wednesday
  
  We are learning how to move rhythmically to music creating a motif.

            Kit: Black shorts or tight-fitting black leggings and a plain white t-shirt.

• Outdoor Games - Thursday

We are learning all about tag rugby

Kit: Trainers, black shorts or tight-fitting black leggings, and a plain white t-shirt (a tracksuit top and joggers may be worn if cold)

Forest Schools:

We will be learning a new skills this half term. Look out for parentmail to let you know when the next session will be.

Reading:

In class we are currently reading Kensuke's Kingdom, by Michael Morpurgo.

Please read with your child every day and comment in their reading record when you do. Reading books should be in school everyday for independent reading and can be changed any day:

Homework: 

This half term's BrainBuilder can be found here

Year 5's follow the SCODE spelling scheme.