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 29th September 2025
Dear parents and carers,
In English this week we have been focusing on the characters of Danny and Nai Nai and their developing relationship. The children gave advice to Danny about Nai Nai using persuasive vocabulary and included a variety of success criteria including modal verbs, varied openers, conjunctions and rhetorical questions. We also recapped expanded noun phrases and prepositional phrases and their importance in providing extra information.
In Maths we have started our new topic of Addition and Subtraction. The children have worked very hard this week adding and subtracting 4-digit numbers using the formal written method and using mental strategies. They have also looked at rounding numbers up to 1 million and how to use inverse operations to find unknown numbers. Next week, we will be continuing with Addition and Subtraction.
Cornwall had a lot fun in their Science lesson this week making parachutes to test air resistance. They made the discovery that designing objects to have a smaller surface area and streamlined shape decreases air resistance and allows them to move more quickly through the air. Please look at the pictures below to have a brief insight into their investigation!
Have a wonderful week.
Mrs Nash and Mrs McGinley
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
Spellings - starting Monday 29th September
Cobalt group Mrs McGinley/ Mrs Nash | Teal Group Mr Borland | Cyan Group Mrs Townshend | Sky Group Ms Walker |
doubt subtle climb thumb lambing combed limbs tomb dynasty vegetation | doubt subtle climb thumb lambing combed limbs tomb dynasty vegetation
| mismatch inhuman undo misunderstand unfair mistreat disagree misprint misbehave misplace | wrote wrong wrestle wrist wriggle |
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/