Year 5 - Mercury Class
Welcome to the Year 5 page. Here you will find information about Year 5 and weekly updates. Enjoy!
Hello and welcome to Year 5! On this page you should find all you need to know about Year 5. If not, let me know and I'll try to find out the answer.
Every day, remember a clear, named water bottle, a named PE kit with a House colour t-shirt, weather appropriate clothing (such as a spare change of trousers and shoes for all the OPAL fun), a current reading book (either from home or school) and an enthusiastic attitude to learning.
Good attendance is essential this year as we cover so much each day and need to constantly build on previous learning.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to arrange a meeting with me.
Looking forward to a great year, filled with laughter, learning and respect.
Mrs Brock
w.e 18.09.26
Looking back on this week, it has been packed. Have a look at the persuasive posters linked to our topic Our Blue Planet. The coral pictures are stunning and our place value has taken us to a million! Next week we look forward to a science day on Thursday at Bowood House and Gardens and Friday we celebrate European Languages, especially Greece. Dig out your blue and white clothes to match the flag.
Enjoy the weekend, ensuring some down time.
w.e 11.09.26
Week one done! I have asked the children to suggest what should go on the class page and this is what they wanted to include. We supported Chance to Shine Cricket at Marlborough Cricket Club where the children enjoyed a fully engaging session with Vickie and Aled. For our sentence stacking for a persuasive pitch, we researched some hard hitting statistics about Our Blue Planet and plastic pollution. As part of Our Blue Planet topic we spend time designing a coral picture in art. We started the clarinet and we were so impressed that anyone was able to make a sound, heard by all the school! Our Mystery Box inspired us to write a range of genres, including interviews, narratives and newspaper articles. We have completed some assessments in maths and have been working on place value to a million.
School photos, reconnecting with friends, settling back into routines, changes in lunchtimes, Father Roger's assembly and other visitors have made this week fly by. By now, the children should have given you the letter about our trip to Bowood on Thursday 24th September. Please return the completed consent slip and payment, school bank details to follow.
Have a great weekend.
Plastic pollution statistics
Reading Plus login
Back to school
Hello everyone, hope you have enjoyed a fabulous break! We have an exciting and interesting topic this term, Our Blue Planet. It will be great to see you all, back with friends, into routines and expanding our knowledge together. Check out the information on this page and please suggest anything else you would like to see on here. Please talk to me if there is anything I can help with, looking forward to a great year!
1st Autumn 2026 Our Blue Planet Overview
Year 5 Homework Expectations
Homework is important to support the learning that happens in class. We recommend at least 20 minutes daily reading of a good quality text. Please encourage reading for pleasure and discuss what the children have liked about the text they are reading. An adult needs to sign at least once a week as reading aloud is still relevant for intonation and fluency.
Giving opportunities for daily in depth discussions, using oracy words or areas of interest. Use the image below for inspiration and let me know how the discussions go, especially number 22!
Weekly spellings are to be completed three times a week using the look, say, cover, write, check method in homework books. Once they have got the spelling correct, they do not need to complete the following boxes. Spelling Bee words are on the webpage to allow plenty of time to consolidate them.
Homework books need to be in every Friday please for new spellings to be given. Any concerns about homework, please arrange a meeting with me to discuss.
Autumn Spelling Bee
Follow the link for the Autumn Spelling Bee words.
If your child would like to enter, they need to achieve a score of 35 correct to get through to the Bee! This will be held at the end of term so get practising!
Spring Spelling Bee
Reading Recommendations
How many can you read this year?
Maths overviews 2026-27
MyHappyMind overview 2026-27
1st Autumn 2026 RE - What does it mean if Christians believe God is holy and loving?
Unit 31 Knowledge Organiser.pdf
This shows the coverage for this term's RE.
Starting the clarinet
Year 5 writing expectations
YR5-Performance-of-Writing-Framework.pdf
These are the expectations for writing by the end of Year 5, over a range of examples.
Year 5 Curriculum overview
This gives you an idea of the vast amount of learning we do in Year 5!