Year 5 2026 - 2027

Mr Seery

Welcome to Year 5

Autumn 2026!

Welcome back! I hope you have all had a lovely week together over half term.

During this half-term, our English will once more be based on a high quality text. We will be focusing on 'Queen of the Falls'

In Maths we will be focussing on Multiplication, Division and Fractions.

In RE we will be exploring a topic around Prophecy and Promise

In Science, we will be looking at Materials: Properties and changes

In History, we will be debating: 'Were the Vikings raiders, traders or something else?"

In Art, we will be looking at Painting and mixed media: Expressive self-portraits

In Music, we will be looking at 'Three chord pop: Playing in a band' alongside playing the Keyboard.

In Computing, our focus will be on 'Quizzing'

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 also look out for content available on Google Classroom.

Please check the school Instagram regularly for updates and photographs of what we have been getting up to in class.

We highly encourage all children to bring in a water bottle to school every day. Castlerigg cookies are available every Wednesday morning break time for 40 pence. Toast will also be sold on a Friday morning for 30 pence. If your child would like to purchase any of these items they should bring in the required money on each day and keep it safely in their tray.

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.

Music Links

Mini Music Makers

RNSO Music Challenges

Stomp style body percussion

Mental Health links:

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!