Welcome to the Year 5 Class Page!

Our Year 5 Team is Mrs Tooth (Mon and Tues), Miss Rowe (Wed, Thurs, Fri) and Mrs Cresswell (All week). 

Contact information - year5@st-marymagdalene.sandwell.sch.uk 

Our P.E. days are Tuesday and Thursday. Your child will need to come to school in their PE kit. (plain white top; plain black jumper;  plain black shorts, tracksuit bottoms or leggings, and black pumps / trainers).

No jewellery should be worn.

All children in Year 5 will be learning Ukulele.

Please ensure your child brings in their Ukulele for our class lesson, which takes place every other Thursday.

If your child is learning a brass instrument can you please ensure they bring it in on the day of their lesson, which is every Thursday.  Thanks.

Seesaw - Each week your child will be set a task on Seesaw for them to complete.

Online Learning - Each week your child is expected to complete an Abacus task, Bug Club comprehension (both on Active Learn) and a spelling task on Ed Shed. It is also important that they keep on practising their times tables on Times Tables Rock Star!

Reading - Reading books should be read regularly and brought into school every day.

Our historical topics this year include:

* Autumn - The Anglo Saxons

* Spring - World War Two

* Summer - The Ancient Greeks

We enjoyed exploring how and why Diwali is celebrated; we even learnt a traditional dance.

We explored the 'Retrofuturism' art movement, where people back in the 1960's painted images of what they thought or hoped the future would look like.  We used some of these ideas to plan and design our own work which shows what we think the world will look like in 50 years time.  To create our pictures we printed a background after making our own printing plate, we then drew our designs on top.  We were pleased with our results.

During DT week, we designed, planned and made our own drawstring bags.  We had to use back stitch to ensure the hem and drawstring channel of our bags stayed together.  Some of us, even added detail by using other stitches or sewing on extra decorations.

In December 2025, our school held a 'Jamaica Day'! This was to raise awareness and to support people in Jamaica to rebuild after the recent hurricane there.  We all wore green, yellow or black and brought in unwanted clothes or shoes which were donated to the Jamaican Hurricane Relief Fund.

We had a lovely time reading to each other and our parents.

During art week, we explored paintings which were created by impressionist artists.  This movement took place during the late 1800's, when the artists weren’t aiming to create a photograph-like painting of what was actually there; instead, they were aiming to give their impression (idea or version) of it. We particularly looked at the work of Monet and used inspiration from this to create our own paintings in the style of impressionism. 

We had a great time at Carding Mill Valley.  We all enjoyed the various activities we did: catching and identifying minibeasts; measuring the speed of the river and a walk around the valley.  

On World Book Day, we dressed up as a favourite book character and brought in a favourite book to share. We enjoyed completing various book-related tasks and even wrote our own short stories, which we shared with our class.

During our learning showcase we shared work that  we have completed this year in Art, History, Science and Geography.  We really enjoyed showing our parents our work as well as completing various challenges with them.  Thank you to all who were able to come in and share with us.