Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
Cornwall
The Year 5 Team
Curriculum Overview
This week in Cornwall 5
Week beginning 15th September 2025
Dear parents and carers,
In English, the children have been introduced to our new class text: Danny Chung does not do maths by Maisie Chan. The main event in the story is Danny’s surprise visit from him grandmother from China, which disrupts his life and forces him to share a room with her. We have delved deeper this week into the character of Danny and his feelings and emotions about his situation. We have also recapped fronted adverbials and the importance they play in giving more information to a sentence.
In Maths this week we have been focusing on place value, in particular reading, writing and partitioning numbers to a million. The children have enjoyed using manipulatives such as place value counters and dienes to further their understanding. We will be moving on to comparing and ordering numbers as well as rounding numbers within a million.
In Science, we have been using Newtons meters to measue the forces acting on an object. We measured lots of objects in our class and recorded our findings on a graph.
PE will usually be on Mondays and Thursdays this term, so please make sure that your child brings in their labelled PE kit in a bag at the beginning of every week.
Lots of children and parents have been remembering to record their reading on Boom Reader. Please ensure you read with your child at least 3 times a week and record their reading on Boom Reader.
Have a wonderful week.
Mrs McGinley and Mrs Nash
A typical week in Cornwall:
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Maths Reading Spelling and handwriting BREAK English LUNCH PE Times tables Singing worship | Maths Reading Class worship Spelling BREAK English LUNCH Geography Science | Maths Handwriting Clergy worship Times Tables Spelling BREAK English LUNCH Comprehension History | Maths BREAK Phase worship English PSHE LUNCH PE Art | Maths Handwriting Celebration worship BREAK Maths fluency Discovery Centre English LUNCH RE Computing French |
Home Learning
Multiplication Tables
Weekly practise of multiplication tables is vital in supporting mathematical development. Below is a chart of the 36 essential facts to learn. This is especially helpful for children who are almost fluent.
Times Tables Rockstars!
To keep practising the multiplication taught in class, and challenging yourself to keep the ones you already know fresh, don’t forget to log into your Times Tables Rockstars account.
Challenge yourself to beat your score and build your knowledge as you become a Rockstar!
Please ask your class teacher if you need replacement log in details.
Reading
Children should bring their Accelerated Reading Book to and from school each day. When they have finished reading, children are asked to complete a quiz before changing their book.
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Parents please log your child's reading on the BOOM reader Parent Portal or by using the BOOM reader parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week.
Useful Links:
Phonics https://www.southborough.kent.sch.uk/read-write-inc-1/
Reading https://www.southborough.kent.sch.uk/reading-7/