Y5 – Latest Class Notices

 

Welcome to the Year 5 Notice Board

This noticeboard will be updated on Wednesday afternoons to share homework and keep you updated with life in Year 5.

Please ensure your child is following the Belmont School Uniform Policy   School_Uniform_policy  

Please note smart watches are not allowed in school.

Thank you for the small boxes to make Cam toys, there are still a lot of children who need one (we will be making these on Thursday 4th June).

 

Dates for the diary

 

11.06.26– British Museum Trip Please see message in MCAS to pay £2.50 and give permission- packed lunch required! We still need some more Sycamore parent volunteers please.

15.06.26-Health and Well-Being Week (which includes Sports Day  Thursday 17th June)

Please see below information regarding content of our first PSHE module (as communicated with you through MCAS).

Year 5  PSHE Changing Me Module 

Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)Summer 2: Changing Me
Taught Knowledge:

Know how girls’ and boys’ bodies change during puberty and understand the importance of looking after themselves physically and emotionally

Know that sexual intercourse can lead to conception

Know that some people need help to conceive and might use IVF

Know that becoming a teenager involves various changes and also brings growing responsibility

Know what perception means and that perceptions can be right or wrong

 

Key Vocabulary: Body image, Self-image, Looks, Personality, Perception, Self-esteem, Affirmation, Comparison, Oestrogen, Fallopian Tube, Cervix, Develops,  Breasts, Hips, Adam’s Apple, Scrotum, Genitals, Hair, Broader, Wider, Semen, Erection, Ejaculation, Urethra, Wet dream, Growth spurt, Larynx, Facial hair, Pubic hair, Hormones, Scrotum, Testosterone, Circumcised, Uncircumcised, Foreskin, Epididymis, Fertilised, Unfertilised, Conception, Sexual intercourse, Embryo, Umbilical cord, IVF, Foetus, Contraception, Pregnancy, Sanitary products, Tampon, Pad, Towel, Liner, Hygiene, Age appropriateness, Legal, Laws, Responsible, Teenager, Responsibilities, Rights

Please note vocabulary from previous years will be consolidated.

 

If you have any questions, please contact your child’s class teacher.

 

 

 

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Y5 – Teacher & Class Information

Teachers:
Sycamore – Mrs Gill (Mrs Fanshawe on a Friday)
Chestnut – Mr Allsop

Support Staff:
Ms Lofts, Mrs Bridges, Ms Pasebani

 

Weekly Routines

MondayBring in Reading Record and CGP  homework books.

Chestnut Outdoor PE

Sycamore Outdoor PE

Tuesday
WednesdayFrench – Sycamore

Spelling test

ThursdayFrench – Chestnut
FridaySycamore Indoor PE

Chestnut Indoor PE

Please remember the children should have a healthy snack for morning playtime. 

Reading record – please can you remind your child to write in their reading records each week and bring it to school every Monday. They should be writing at least 3 entries per week.

Glue sticks – Please send one in for your child to use and label with their name.

Water bottles – Please ensure that your child brings a named water bottle to school with them each day so that they can hydrate regularly throughout the day.

 

Word Aware

Our topic this term is ‘Awesome Earth’. Please see the attached vocabulary list for this new topic. This list is part of an initiative called Word Aware that we are using in school. We thought it would be helpful to share this list so that you can use some of these words at home when discussing the topic. If your child speaks a different language at home it would be helpful to discuss and translate these words using your home language.

Word aware grid Awesome Earth

Y5 Spring Learning Tree 2026

Google Classroom

Further information about the learning is available with our termly Knowledge on the Sycamore and Chestnut Google Classrooms in the Classwork tab.

                              Sycamore Google Classroom                                                              Chestnut Google Classroom                                                                              

Handwriting

As you may be aware Belmont uses a cursive handwriting scheme for those children who can consistently form all non-cursive letters correctly.
Here is a link to the handwriting guidelines to enable you to support your children practicing letter formation at home.

Belmont Handwriting Guidelines

 

PE Days

Please ensure your child comes into school in their PE kit on days when they have outdoor or indoor PE.  Outdoor PE on Tuesday and indoor PE on Friday.

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Y5 – Learning this week

Maths:Decimals
English:Wolf Brother

 

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Y5 – Homework/ Home Learning

ReadingDaily (at least 20 mins)

Reading Record books must be brought into school on a Monday to be checked.  We encourage children to write a reflective comment when they have read. Children are encouraged to read aloud often to an adult and discuss what they have read. Children should share their opinions, inferences and/or predictions about what they read. Children are able to change their reading book whenever they need to.

 

Grammar & PunctuationSet on Wednesday  due on Monday- p96 and 97.
SpellingSet on Wednesday and tested through dictation the following Wednesday. The word-lists for years 3 and 4 and years 5 and 6 are a mixture of words learners frequently use in their writing and those which are often misspelled. Some of the listed words may be thought of as quite challenging, however with enough practice and resilience we know you will get the hang of them!

Spellings        (Your child will be told by their teacher which list they need to learn)

Green List*common exception wordsBlue List
gently
simply
humbly
nobly
horribly
terribly
possibly
incredibly
comfortably
probably		definite
desperate
literate
secretary
stationary
dictionary
Wednesday
familiar
original
animal
MathsSet on Wednesday due on Monday- Adding decimals sheet-to be given on Thursday
Times TablesPlease find below two links to games online for times tables practice. An alternative way for children to practice their speed and accuracy! There are options to practice a particular number or to have mixed questions, enjoy!

Times tables speed test: https://www.timestables.co.uk/speed-test/

Hit the button: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Creative Home Learning On Google classroom- now
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Y5 – Reading

Class reading books we are enjoying in Chestnut and Sycamore right now

 

Reading for Pleasure books for class

In addition to our reading expectations for Year 5, we also encourage reading for pleasure. As part of our focus on reading in school, we would like to develop the lending library of books within each class. This will enable the children to foster a passion and love of reading at Belmont and ensure that they have access to high quality texts.

Please find links to the book list that has a variety of books that we would love to have in class.  Once a book has been donated to the class we will add a tick to show we now have it.  Please check the list to ensure that the book that you would like to donate is one that we don’t already have. These books will be stamped to show who has generously donated them and shared with all the class.

The books come from the Recommended Books for Year 5 List which can be found below.

Recommended Reading – Year 5

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