2025 - 2026

A warm welcome from Miss Gold, Miss Bennett, Miss Aziz and Mrs Keogh.

Please enjoy looking at our Year 5 Class Page. Here you will find key information and have updates on all the fun things that we have been up to.

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Thursday 7th May 2026 - School closed to pupils. 

St. Teresa's is being used as a polling station on 7th May and is therefore closed to children. 

Please can Year 5 ensure they do the following:-

• Complete your Earth and Space project , ready to present to the rest of the class on Friday 8th May.  Don't forget to bring it in on Friday! Computerised projects can be emailed to Y5@stteresa.bham.sch.uk 
• Complete Homework and revise any pink marks in homework folder.
• Read your reading book.
• Complete your yellow reading diary.
• Practice your spellings (Test on Friday).
• Practice your times tables on TTRS https://ttrockstars.com/ 
• Check out the Useful Website links on this Year 5 Class page (scroll further down).

Have a lovely day and see you all on Friday 

Miss Gold. x 

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GOOD SHEPHERD MASS

On Thursday 30th April, Year 5 represented our school at the Good Shepherd Mass at St. Chad’s Cathedral. It was the first time that many of our children had been in the Catholic Cathedral which is the mother church for the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Thirty-two schools were represented at this mass. At the start of the mass,  representatives from each school processed around the cathedral with their school banner. Thank you to Theo and Lainey who were our representatives. Thank you also to Viktor who read one of the bidding prayers. These schools had raised money during Lent for the Fr Hudson’s Good Shepherd Appeal, with St Teresa's raising £216.72 for this cause. It was especially pleasing that one of the ushers spoke with Mrs. Keogh and pointed out how well behaved our children were, and on the return bus journey (the Number 16) a member of the public spoke with Mr. Corkery to note that the children were a credit to the school. Well done Year 5 and thank you for being a pleasure to take to this special Mass. 

HISTORY - The Industrial Revolution.

What is 'industrialisation'? 

What was one of the most important inventions during this time? Why?

Why did many people flock to the cities and towns? What was their life like?

How might your life be different if it wasn't for the Industrial Revolution? 

Watch the video below to find the answer to these questions!

ENGLISH - FREEZE FRAMES

We had a lot of fun in our English lessons last week, working on our recount writing linked to our class text, Floodland, by Marcus Sedgwick. To help us remember key events from Chapter's one and two, groups were given key events to freeze frame. Freeze framing is a drama technique where actors stop moving. like a "paused" video or a human statue, to represent a single, powerful moment in a story. Can you find a freezeframe of Norwich becoming an island due to the sea levels rising? Zoe working on the allotments? People chasing after Zoe? Zoe escaping the island by boat? A cathedral on a new land? Have a look below! 

BUILDING BRIDGES - DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

Year 5 have been exploring how bridge designs and different materials can affect the strength and stability of bridges. Children worked in groups of six to measure, mark, saw and glue  together a wooden truss bridge - the same design of many real-life bridges we see around us. Please have a look through our images below from our Design Technology lessons:-

P.E - SUMMER TERM

After the Easter break, our P.E day will return to Monday's. Please can children come to school wearing their P.E kit on the first Monday back after Easter. 

Thank you.  

11 Plus Tests

Parents/carers who wish their child to be considered for admission to a grammar school will need to ensure their child practices for the entrance tests. The links below may support with preparation for these:-

Free 11+ Practice Papers | CGP Books

https://11plus.gl-assessment.co.uk/free-materials/

https://www.11plusehelp.co.uk/11-plus-free-online-papers

https://www.11plus.co.uk/online-practice/

https://examberrypapers.co.uk/resources/free-11-plus-practice-papers/

https://owltutors.co.uk/advice/11-plus/maths/exam-papers/?srsltid=AfmBOoqWYkZ_7a7ToMTJ7vzr1mNbwW77dYD6fAQNjBRoJ5XhH_jouG8z

COOKING & NUTRITION

We have been developing a simple bolognese recipe and adapting it to improve it's nutritional content. Well done to all in Year 5 for their amazing teamwork, slicing, dicing and chopping skills, to create a delicious bolognese sauce to share with their family! Please enjoy looking through our images below from our Design Technology lessons (click on them to enlarge them) :- 

Year 5, please learn the songs below for our class assembly. You can also listen to the music and practice singing along at home. Thank you. 

MARKET PLACE SONG:-

LIVING AND LEARNING SONG:-

FRIDAY 9th JANUARY 2026 - SCHOOL CLOSURE

Good morning Year 5,

Due to the weather conditions, school is closed today.

Please complete your homework which was sent home yesterday, along with the additional activities included in your homework folder. 

Please go on to Times Table Rockstars https://ttrockstars.com/, read your book  and watch the video below which introduces you to our new History topic on the Early Islamic Civilisation.

Have fun playing in the snow and stay safe!

Miss Gold x

We know how to party! Christmas party games on the last week of the Autumn term

BEWDLEY MUSEUM TRIP

We had a very fun and informative day at Bewdley Museum to consolidate our learning on WWII. Year 5 were attentive listeners and engaged fully in the learning on this day. Thank you Year 5 for sharing your knowledge and for your thought provoking questions linked to this interesting history unit. You were an absolute pleasure to take on this trip. 

R.E - Why do we pray? What do many of the prayers we say actually mean? Year 5 have been learning the answers to this and much more in our current unit: Prayers in the Lives of the Followers of Christ. Watch the video to find out more:-

Have a wonderful half term break, Year 5. Thank you for working so hard. Below, you will find a list of useful websites to help support you with your learning as well as some revision videos linked to the topics we've covered this term. See you all after the break 

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WWII - Evacuees: Betty lived in Cardiff during the war and was evacuated to Aberdare. With her family friend, Anesha, she retraces the journey and describes what it was like to leave home, live with a different family, and attend a different school. Recap Betty's experience by watching the video below:-

MATHS: Revise our learning of addition, subtraction and multiplication by watching the two videos below:-

Practice the following - don't forget the exchanges! 

Practice the following - complete each column, beginning on the left hand side! 

ENGLISH - Do you remember our poetry features? Can you enhance your descriptive writing with figurative language? Recap your understanding by reading the slides below. We will continue to use these writing techniques in Autumn 2. 

Year 5 Useful Websites 

Dear Parents and Carers, please see below for the slides from the Year 5 Parent's Briefing which took place on Monday 22nd September 2025. Thank you.