Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
Cornwall
The Year 5 Team
Curriculum Overview
Online Advent Calendar
As Advent begins this Sunday with Advent Sunday celebrated in Churches, we would like to share this online Advent Calendar with you, produced by the Diocese of Guildford. It explores the Christmas story through Christian artwork, investigating a different artist and aspect of the story throughout the term time days of Advent. Please enjoy sharing this with your family as we prepare for Christmas in school and at home.
This week in Cornwall 5
Week beginning 15th December 2025
Dear parents and carers,
In English this week, we finally finished reading Cosmic and what an ending it was! The children really enjoyed this book and were sad when we read the final few pages. To get into the spirit of Christmas, Cornwall wrote some beautiful Haiku poems based on winter and Christmas and also wrote a short narrative about 'The man on the Moon,' based on the John Lewis advert.
In Maths, we have been revising key topics and checking our times tables. Next term, we will be starting our new topic on Multiplication and Division. We will be looking at multiplying 4-digit numbers by a 1-digit number and multiplying more than 1-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers.
Today we were all treated to a wonderful Christmas lunch. Thank you so much to the kitchen staff for all their effort today and throughout the year.
Please be reminded that term ends today (Thursday 18th December at 12:15). We look forward to welcoming children back on Monday 5th January 2026!
Thank you and have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.
Mrs Nash, Mrs McGinley and Mrs Walker.
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
Cobalt group Mrs McGinley/ Mrs Nash | Teal Group Mr Borland | Cyan Group Mrs Townshend | Sky Group Ms Walker |
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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/