Woodheys Primary School
Welcome to Year 5!
Information For Parents / Carers - UKS2 - 2024/2025
Transition PowerPoint sent to parents in September 2024
Autumn Term Timetable
Long Term Plan
Reading
In Key Stage 2, we explore nine key aspects of reading in order for children to enable children to fully engage with a text.
The domains we cover: enjoy, decode, define, predict, retrieve, summarise and sequence, infer, compare and explore.
Please read the attached document to find out more about how to support your children in each area.
Click here: Reading Domains - aspects of reading explained
Recommended Reads:
If you're looking for inspiration for books to share with your Year Five children, please take a look at the following links:
https://www.thereaderteacher.com/year5
https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-5
Please note: some of these texts are meant for the more mature reader. We would advise you to read an online synopsis of each book before purchasing or borrowing to ensure that you are happy for your child to child to read it. If your child would like to discuss any of the themes within these books, they are very welcome to speak to a member of the Upper Key Stage Two team.
Curriculum and Objectives
Here are the maths and English objectives for Year Five:
Spellings
Here is a revision of the spellings that the children learnt in KS1 / LKS2 and the spellings that the children will learn throughout UKS2.
Learning Resources
Here are a few suggested learning resources that the children can access at home:
Maths
An online version of the numbers game from Countdown. There is no timer so the children can practise using their number knowledge in a fun way.
A great resource which can help to improve the speed of calculations and knowledge of their times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
This is a great resource for recapping your mathematical knowledge. Our favourite page is the puzzle page.
https://www.mathsisfun.com/index.htm
This website is particularly good for checking mathematical processes as it contains a large number of video explanations and examples.
A fantastic resource for practising techniques used in the SATs arithmetic paper.
We have a new subscription to Times Tables Rock Stars which will help to improve tables skills. We hope you like it as much as we do!
English
A great resource for practising some of the more tricky aspects of UKS2 S.P.A.G.
https://ec1.educationcity.com/
On Education City, children can access a range of activities linked to the English Curriculum.
Reading
If you are ever stuck for what to read, or want to get into a new author, then this is a great website which allows you to read extracts from a range of authors.
http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/
Topic
Education city is a fantastic resource where the children can access a range of challenges and lessons from the whole breadth of the Curriculum.
https://ec1.educationcity.com/
The BBC Primary website also has a great range of topic material, including video clips and various fun activities.
