Welcome to Year 5

“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen… can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai

Miss Caswell

Y4 Class Teacher, Geography Coordinator

Mrs Auld

Teaching Assistant & Lunchtime Supervisor

Year 5 Prayer Table

Christ at our Centre

Year 5 Curriculum Newsletters

To find out what we are learning in Year 5 this half term, please read the newsletter by clicking on the buttons below.

Y5 Autumn 1 Newsletter Year 5 Autumn 2 Newsletter Year 5 Spring 1 Newsletter Y5 Summer 1 Newsletter

Year 5 Long Term Plan

Our long term plan ensures coverage of each subject area across the curriculum and is monitored by each subject leader alongside a range of other monitoring tasks that ensure coverage and progression. Teachers may change the order of some topics where there is justification to do so, but will still ensure coverage of all topics across all subject areas.

Year 5 LTP

Burn2Learn

Physically Active Learning

Academic Year 2025/26

Welcome back to school! I hope you have enjoyed your summer holiday and you’re ready for a brilliant year in Year 5! I am super excited to be welcoming you back into school and into your new classroom. We have some great things planned, so I hope you can start to feel excited for the year ahead!

I will do everything I can this year to make sure you are all happy, confident, engaged and active learners and that you embrace all the opportunities that Year 5 brings. This of course includes some more responsibilities which I am sure you are all up for the challenge of!

The Year 5 curriculum will be tailored to engage the children in their learning, build on the their interests, make links to their previous learning in other years as well as to their role in the community of Wetherby, and the wider world itself. The children will be encouraged to be active, resilient and ambitious learners, aiming for the very best they can achieve academically, personally and spiritually. There will be experiences built in along the way to inspire learning and to inspire the children for their future roles as active citizens. All the children will be able to succeed and thrive by giving their very best efforts!

School Trips, Visits and Workshops

Swimming lessons weekly at Wetherby Leisure Centre
St Therese Feast Day
Ancient Greece Workshop (Past Productions)
Maths Racing Day at Wetherby Racecourse
DT workshop
High School Taster Days
Synagogue Visit

Y5/6 Statutory Spellings

Please encourage your children to practise these compulsory Year 5 and 6 spellings, these are essential and should be practised alongside weekly spellings.

Y5 & Y6 Statutory Spellings