The Year 5 Teaching Team
Miss Willis
Year Leader
Mr Payne
Mr Dunne
Mrs Murray
Teaching Assistants who support our children:
Mrs Hobbs l Mrs Chambers | Mrs Hughes
Other staff who support our children:
Mr Almeida | Mrs Rivers | Mrs Brzek | Mrs Smith
Year 5 Class Email addresses
If you have any questions about your child's learning or need to contact the teacher, please use the class email addresses below.
- Ospreys - ospreys@hamworthyprimaryschools.co.uk
- Albatrosses - albatrosses@hamworthyprimaryschools.co.uk
- Oyster Catchers - oystercatchers@hamworthyprimaryschools.co.uk
- Pelicans - pelicans@hamworthyprimaryschools.co.uk
Year 5 PE and Swimming Timetable 2026-2027
AUTUMN 1 (September - October)
| Games Lessons | PE Lessons | Swimming Lessons |
| Monday - Albatrosses & Ospreys | Friday - ALL classes | Monday - Oyster Catchers & Pelicans |
AUTUMN 2 (November - December)
| Games Lessons | PE Lessons | Swimming Lessons |
| Monday - Oyster Catchers & Pelicans | Friday - ALL classes | Monday - Albatrosses & Ospreys |
SPRING TERM (January - Easter)
| Games Lessons | PE Lessons | Swimming Lessons |
| Friday |
SUMMER TERM (Easter - July)
| Games Lessons | PE Lessons | Swimming Lessons |
| Friday |
For safety reasons no jewellery should be worn to school, with the exception of small, plain studs for children with pierced ears (one in each ear only). Hooped earrings are NOT permitted. Earrings must be removed for all PE lessons so we request children's ears are not pierced during the academic year.
Please ensure all articles of personal property and clothing are clearly marked with your child's name.
PE Kit
It is important that you ensure your child has the appropriate kit for the allocated days.
- Boys - black shorts, black football socks and a navy blue school logo t-shirt.
- Girls - black shorts, black football socks and a navy blue school logo t-shirt.
For outside games pupils need football boots, shin pads and trainers in all year groups and they will be barefoot for indoor P.E. Black plimsoles may be worn for dance and gym.
A navy blue tracksuit may be worn in cold weather. Leggings may be worn in cold weather but must be plain in colour, either black, blue or grey. (For hygiene reasons, your child must not wear their school jumper for games.)
Swimming Kit
- Boys - sensible trunks/shorts and swimming hat (shorts must be above the knee)
- Girls - a one piece costume and swimming hat.
Recommended Reading List for Year 5 and Year 6
| Book Title | Author |
| Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure | Vashti Hardy |
| Northern Lights | Philip Pulman |
| Wolf Brother | Michelle Paver |
| A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens |
| Who Let the Gods Out? | Maz Evans |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Mark Haddon |
| Beetle Boy | MG Leanord |
| Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Gil | Ed. Otto H Frank |
| Boy in the Tower | Polly Ho-Yen |
| Oliver Twist | Charles Dickens |
| Artemis Fowl | Eoin Golfer |
| Noughts and Crosses | Malorie Blackman |
| Cogheart | Peter Bunzi |
| The Boy Who Flew | Fleur Hitchcock |
| The Girl of Ink and Stars | Kiran Millwood Hargrave |
| The Lost Tide Warriors | Catherine Doyle |
| Kensuke's Kingdom | Michael Morpurgo |
| Hidden Figures | Margot Lee Shetterly |
| Skellig | David Almond |
| Holes | Louis Sachar |
| Goodnight Mister Tom | Michelle Magorian |
| Wonder | R.J Palacio |
| There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom | Louis Sachar |
| Ned's Circus of Marvels | Justin Fisher |
| The Parent Agency | David Baddiel |
| Boy: Tales of Childhood | Roald Dahl |
| Percy Jackson Series | Rick Riordan |
| The Emergency Zoo | Miriam Halahmy |
| The Bomber Dog | Megan Rix |
| The Legend of Podkin One-Ear | Kieran Larwood |
| Street Child | Berlie Doherty |
| Clockwork | Philip Pulman |
| Stormbreaker | Anthony Horowitz |
| Return to Wonderland | Various Authors |
| Bridge to Terabitha | Katherine Paterson |
| The Railway Children | Edith Nesbit |
| The Last Zoo | Sam Gayton |
| Little Women | Louisa May Alcott |
| Voyage of the Sparrowhawk | Natasha Farrant |
| The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| Talking to the Moon | S.E Durrant |
| Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire | J.K Rowling |
| Wind in the WIllows | Kenneth Grahame |
| The Star Outside My Window | Onjali Q. Rauf |
| Watership Down | Richard Adams |
| A Kid in My Class | Rachel Rooney |
| Pigheart Boy | Malorie Blackman |
| Once | Morris Gleitzman |
Home Learning
The children will have home learning books. Each week, home learning is set in class on the Monday. The children will be set a spelling activity and an activity linked to their current or prior learning. Homework is due in on a Monday.
Reading
For children to make good progress in their reading, we recommend that they read 3x a week and record it in their home learning diary. This will be checked and signed weekly by the class teacher. Some children will have a learn to read book, alongside their love to read book.
Spelling
Each week on a Monday, children will be sent home with a list of words to learn that follows a spelling rule that is being taught in class. These words will be tested on the following Monday.
Maths
For children to continue to make good progress in their maths, we recommend they practise their times tables and related division facts using Time Table Rockstars for 10 minutes daily.
We have set tasks to complete on EdShed and on Doodle Learning. Please log onto here and complete those, and then carry on with any individual units on these platforms.
You can also access Timestable Rockstars and complete sessions in there.
Below are some reading comprehension tasks, a mental maths test, and an English lesson. These can be completed in any order, so please work through at your own pace.
Secondary School Open Evenings
As your child enters Year 5, your are encouraged to start looking at their Secondary School options, ready for transfer in September 2026. Please find a list of the Open Evenings for the local Secondary Schools below.
Cornerstone Academy
Tuesday 23rd September
Lytchett Minster School
Thursday 25th September
St Edward's RC/CE School
Thursday 25th September
Parkstone and Poole Grammar Schools
The Open Evenings for the Grammar Schools will take place in the Summer Term of 2026.
In year 5, we begin to learn a list of statutory spellings that are expected to be mastered at the end of KS2. As well as these, we also recap on the Year 3 and 4 statutory spellings to ensure these are secure before moving on.
Please find the Y5/6 and Y3/4 statutory spelling lists below, along with suggestions for parents on ways to support learning these spellings at home.
Times Table Rockstars
Please regularly practise your times tables. Children in Year 6 need to know times tables up to 12 x 12 and the related division facts.
All children have been given a Times Table Rockstars log in, please contact your class teacher if you do not have this.
