This year the Year 5 teachers are Mrs Winder, supported by Miss Wilks and Mrs Green, supported by Miss Hall. We are looking forward to a fun-filled and informative year together.

During the Spring term, Year 5 will be start by looking at the historical topic of The Anglo-Saxons. During this topic, we will explore artefacts whilst formulating questions about what they have been used for and by whom. We will look at the reasons why the Anglo-Saxons decided to come to Britain and how we know about where they settled. We will look at the life of an Anglo-Saxon, how their religion changed whilst they were here and will find out whether King Alfred the Great really was great!  During this topic we will take a trip to The Birmingham Museum to look at the world famous Staffordshire Hoard and to take part in an Anglo-Saxon workshop.

Our second topic of the term will have a narrative focus and will be based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Throughout this topic, we will vote on which character we believe to be the most evil, we will explore the amazing settings in the book, write our own character descriptions based on Macbeth himself after being given the three prophecies as well as write our own endings to the story.

After half term, our final topic of the Spring term will have a geographical focus. We will start by looking at the formation of volcanoes - where we will identify the different parts of the volcano, we will find the most famous volcanoes around the world, look at the pros and cons of living near to a volcano and explore how earthquakes happen.  

PE will remain on Wednesday afternoons and will alternate between PE and Swimming. Please make sure that your child has the correct kit as per the uniform policy.

Many thanks,

Year 5 team