Year 5
Teacher: Mrs Gibson
Teacher: Miss Coker
Teaching Assistant: Miss Walsh
Welcome to our year group page, where you can find our curriculum overviews, latest news, photos of learning opportunities and achievements in Year 5.
Current Topic - Term 2
During the second half of the Autumn Term, Year 5 pupils will continue to learn about Mountains and Volcanoes. We will follow a very cross curricular approach, so that children make links between their learning and build their knowledge in a well-sequenced way. We will continue to read ‘When the Mountains Roared’ by Jess Butterworth and children will explore non-chronological reports and discussion texts. In Geography, children will look at volcanoes, how they are formed and their different features. They will make, then erupt, their own volcanoes in our DT lessons. In Maths, we will be looking at multiplication, division and fractions. We also have a fantastic Mountain themed day organised with an explorer who will visit school and give the children an immersive experience around our topic.
Reminders and Routines
Children must bring a named water bottle into school each day and all school uniform should be clearly labelled to ensure it can be returned to your child if misplaced. If you have arranged for your child to be collected by another adult that this is communicated to the office or the class teacher.
During summer months, please also make sure your child has a sun hat to wear outside and has sun cream applied each morning before school.
P.E Term 2
PE days: Tuesday and Wednesday
Children should come into school wearing PE kit and appropriate footwear on this day.
Supporting Learning At Home
Tasks will be set half termly via Google Classroom with a selection of homework activities to choose from. Children are encouraged to pick one activity each week and bring their work to school or upload photos and send it to year5@gloryfarmschool.co.uk.
Websites to Support Learning
Topmarks - Spelling and Grammar English Games
Year 5 Newsletters 2026/2027
Year 5 Newsletter Autumn Term 1 2026
