Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
Cornwall
This week in Cornwall 5
Week beginning 5th May 2026
Dear parents and carers,
We hope that you all had a wonderful Bank Holiday Monday with your children.
This week in English, we have been focusing on the character of Penelope and her feelings towards Odysseus as he goes off to fight in the Trojan War. The children have created a Role on the Wall for Penelope and written a character description including relative clauses. They have also planned a letter from Odysseus to Penelope and looked at his feelings towards Penelope and their son Telemachus as well as his attitude towards being sent away to fight.
In maths, we have continued our topic on Statistics and Shape. We have been recapping our knowledge on angles and also estimating the degree of angles in various shapes.
In Science this week, we have looked at the properties of materials and conducted various experiments to test different properties. Please see our photos below which show them in full action!
Thank you and have a wonderful week.
Mrs Nash, Mrs McGinley and Mrs Walker.
PGL group 6
Curriculum Overview
The Year 5 Team
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 |