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 6th October 2025
Dear parents and carers,
In English this week, the children have looked at the features of newspapers in preparation for their newspaper report about Nai Nai and the 'lychee throwing' incident. They have created some wonderful headlines and written their orientation and witness accounts. We are all excited about putting all of these jigsaw pieces together in order to write our finished report.
In Maths, we are finishing our topic on Addition and Subtraction. The children have worked their way through some tricky multi-step addition and subtraction problems and found the missing numbers to calculations. Next week we will be starting our topic on Multiplication and Division. We will be looking at multiples, factors and prime numbers.
This week in Science, we carried out an investigation into water resistance. We used two different plasticine shapes to help us understand how to reduce water resistance to speed up an object falling (being pulled by gravity) through water. We came to a firm conclusion that the narrow, streamline shape was faster than the flat disc shape.
Following on from our lesson on climate zones, this week we discovered the link between this and vegetation belts where certain species of plant grow. The children then went on to match the plants to the vegetation belts. We were all amazed to learn how plants adapt to different climates to help them survive and flourish.
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 - week starting 6th October
Cobalt group Mrs McGinley/ Mrs Nash | Teal Group Mr Borland | Cyan Group Mrs Townshend | Sky Group Ms Walker |
credible reversible responsible legible incredible impossible irresistible invisible aquatic mechanism | credible reversible responsible legible incredible impossible irresistible invisible aquatic mechanism
| leisure pleasure measure treasure leisurely pleasures measurement treasures naughty library | faster louder quicker hardest bravest |
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/