Year 5

Welcome to Year 5!

Autumn Term 2025-26

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Welcome to Year 5! I hope that you and your families had a very enjoyable Summer and that the children are happy to be back at school. 

This letter, along with the AutumnTerm Parent Planners and Knowledge Organisers on the website, should contain all of the information that you and your child will need for this term at St. Anne's, but please feel free to catch me outside the gate after school if you would like to discuss any matters with me.

PE sessions will take place on Monday and Wednesday this term. Mondays' sessions will be swimming at Streetly school. You will have received a separate parent mail with all of the information for swimming: please send your child in wearing their PE kit on a Monday, along with their swimming bag.  Wednesdays will be gymnastics in the hall with Mrs Swan. 

Weekly homework in Year 5 will be Reading and Spelling. Weekly spellings will be given out and discussed in class on a Tuesday and Wednesday and these will be tested on the following Monday. All children will have brought a spelling booklet home with them - please let me know if these have been misplaced. Reading Journals, which will be handed out during the first two weeks back in September, should be completed every week - the children will be expected to complete one activity a week to a good standard.

Reading regularly is essential. Please try to hear your child read at least three times a week. I also encourage parents to find time to read to their child as well, as this time is extremely effective in developing the children's vocabulary.

Children will come home with topic homework based on our History topic: The Vikings. This will offer children the chance to pick and choose different activities based on the Vikings theme. Each activity will be worth a certain amount of points and prizes will be given in class for notable effort. 

As a general point, it is really important that your child is now confident with all of their times tables up to 12 x 12. Please continue to work on these at home – focusing particularly on the division facts as well as the multiplication (i.e. children should know that 56 ÷ 8 = 7 as well as knowing that 8 x 7 = 56). If your child is confident with all of their times tables, please move on to practising all squared numbers 13 x 13 = 169, 14 x 14 = 196… etc). All of the children have been given an individual log in to the TIMESTABLE ROCKSTARS website and should use this regularly to develop their speed and accuracy and build on their 'rockstar' status! I will be asking the children to complete some Timestable Rockstar homework to brush up their time table skills. 

Throughout the course of the year, I will be asking that each child prepares a short prayer service to lead to the class in Year 5. I will give children examples of what a good service looks like and will ensure that all children have sufficient advanced warning to ensure that they prepare a service that they feel proud of. Please have a look at the Year 5 website pages for further information about prayer services.

If you need any information or would like to meet with me about any matter, please contact me by email on tcaddick@st-annes.walsall.sch.uk or by using the link below.

I look forward to working together with you and your child throughout Year 5.

Kind regards,

Mr Caddick