Miss Watton and Miss Prescott

We are the Year 5 class here at Randlay!

Spring Term 2026

This term, we are covering an exciting range of topics all across the different curriculum areas.

In English, we will be reading a range of texts to inform our topics of ‘Activism and Aspiration’ and ‘Dystopian Worlds’; we will be writing a biographies, non-chronological reports and our own narratives.

In Reading, our class reader this term is ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar.

In Maths, we will be covering Fractions, Decimals and Percentages, Multiplication and Division, Perimeter and Area and Statistics.

Our Science topics this term are Electricity and Light.

In Geography, we will learning about the Alps and in History we are very excited to learn about the Tudors.

In DT, we will be studying electrical systems and making our own wire buzzer game and in Art, we be making collages.

Weekly reminders

Homework

Your homework will consist of 10 spelling words (9 if you complete SNIPs). You should practise these words 3 times and complete the homework sheet. You will also have a maths task to complete, which will be based on our current Maths unit. Completed homework must be returned to school on a Thursday, ready to be marked and returned with the following week’s homework on a Friday.

PE

On Mondays and Fridays, please come to school in your PE uniform: your red Randlay PE top or a red polo/t-shirt, a black jumper, black joggers (winter) or black shorts (summer) and plain trainers. No football tops please. This term term we are doing Gymnastics, Fitness, Yoga and Hockey.

Reading

Reading is so important for a child’s development. Reading just a few minutes a day has a huge impact on a child’s ability to access the rest of the curriculum. If a child reads regularly, their writing will improve, alongside other core curriculum areas.

We ask children in Year 5 and 6 to read at least five times a week and write comments in their diaries for these reads. You should use the example comments in your diary to help structure these comments. We are looking for one vocabulary, one retrieval and one inference comment per week. The other two comments are your choice. We check Reading Diaries on a Thursday, so make sure your diary is in school on this day.