Year 5 – Class

In Year 5, your teachers are Aleena Saira, Molly Sturgeon, and Sharon Khan.

Your interveners are Dan Kobak, Fergus Tomlinson, Jade Bancroft, and Rachel Ingham.

They are excited about the learning you are doing in this year group.

Learning Time

There will always be a visual timetable in the classroom.

This is what a day will usually look like:

08:45–09:10 – Morning activity and register
09:10–10:10 – Maths
10:10–10:30 – Guided Reading
10:30–10:50 – Break
10:50–12:00 – English
12:15–13:15 – Lunch
13:15–13:25 – Register and mindfulness
13:25–14:30 – Project
14:30–15:00 – Assembly
15:00–15:30 – Story time

Our Learning Projects

Our project questions will be:

Who do you think you are?
Humans or nature: which is most important?
Is war ever right?

Music

You will learn the flute this year. Music lessons are on Friday morning.

PE & Woodland

Our PE session is every Wednesday afternoon.
Our Woodland session is every Wednesday afternoon.
The swimming pool is coming in October 2026.

Library Visits

We will visit the library once a term.

Assemblies

Monday – R&G, SDGs, UNCRC and Singing Assembly
Tuesday – Picture News
Wednesday – I Wonder Wednesday and Picture Book
Thursday – Lyfta
Friday – Celebration Assembly

Every week, you will learn about a different country, artist, music genre and poem.

Playtime

You will play Playworks games with your friends. These will teach you how to take turns, follow rules, win and lose well, and be part of a team.

Lunchtime

You will order your lunch in the morning or bring a packed lunch from home.
At lunchtime, you will wash your hands and eat your lunch in the classroom.
There will be time to play outside, playing Playworks games.

Toilets

There will be toilet breaks during morning break, before lunch and at around 2pm. If you urgently need the toilet at another time, please let an adult in Year 5 know.

Trips, Visits & Celebrations

There will be a school trip linked to a project.
There will be a residential visit to Whitehough in the spring term.
We will attend Young Voices in the spring term.
We will listen to the Hallé Orchestra at Bridgewater Hall in the spring term.
In the summer term, we will take part in a Wilderness Day activity with our friends.
People may visit our class to help with our projects.
We will celebrate Christmas, Eid, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, World Book Day, Harvest, Easter, birthdays and many other events during the school year.
Year 5 will lead a Ramadan/Eid assembly in the spring term.

End of the Day

There will always be a story at the end of every day.
At home time, your teachers will take you onto the playground to meet your parents.
Please make sure your teacher knows who you are leaving with at the end of the day.