NEW home learning due in Tuesday 25th November 2025

The Year 5 Team

This week in Cornwall 5

Week beginning 17th November 2025

Dear parents and carers,

In English this week, we have been exploring the importance of including modal verbs (should, could) in our persuasive writing. The children wrote wonderful persuasive arguments as to whether Liam should be the dad that gets to go on the rocket. We have also looked at uplevelling our work by using a range of conjunctions when writing a balanced argument. We have realised that there are always two sides to every argument.

In Maths we have continued our work on fractions. So far this week the children have focused primarily on adding fractions. Next week we will be working on subtracting fractions. Please help to support your child with their times tables as their quick recall will help them with this topic.

In Geography this week we have been learning about the definition of a settlement and what different types of settlement are in the United Kingdom, including villages, towns and cities. The children were able to identify features of a town by saying what was in Tunbridge Wells and then comparing these features to other settlements.  We all agreed that living in a hamlet would be extremely different to living in a city.

In History, we looked in greater depth at the life of Fu Hao - a military leader in her own right and a high priestess. The children enjoyed researching about why she was such a significant historical person, using a range of information derived from fact file sheets, videos and iPads. We also learnt that her husband, King Wu Ding, had 65 wives!

The children really enjoyed our first flurry of snow this morning. Please ensure that they come to school with a warm coat so that they don't miss out on playtime.

Thank you and have a wonderful week.

Mrs Nash, Mrs McGinley and Mrs Walker.

A typical week in Cornwall:

Home Learning

Spellings - week starting 17th November

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. 

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

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. 

https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6704864

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.

boomreader.co.uk/parents

Useful Links:

Phonics https://www.southborough.kent.sch.uk/read-write-inc-1/

Reading https://www.southborough.kent.sch.uk/reading-7/