Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
Cornwall
NEW home learning due in Tuesday 7th December 2025
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 1st December 2025
Dear parents and carers,
In English this week, the children have finished their newspaper reports about Liam and the other children being stuck up in space. We looked in detail at the features of a newspaper and checked these when editing our final drafts. We have also started to plan a narrative about the Infinite Possibility's re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, focusing on changing our tenses throughout.
In Maths we have finished our topic on fractions and we will spend the rest of this term revising those trickier topics which the children need to practise further. We will start with topics such as solving word problems and rounding.
In Science this week, we investigated the different phases of the moon and found out that we always see the same side of the Moon because it takes the same amount of time to spin around once on its axis as it does to orbit Earth (27.3 days). The children were also intrigued to know that the Moon does not create it's own light but rather reflects light from the Sun. Next week will be our final week learning about Earth and Space. The children have thoroughly enjoyed this topic so far.
Thank you and have a wonderful week.
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 1st December
Cobalt group Mrs McGinley/ Mrs Nash | Teal Group Mr Borland | Cyan Group Mrs Townshend | Sky Group Ms Walker |
independence competence innocence difference patient confidence absence evidence omnipotent boolean
| independence competence innocence difference patient confidence absence evidence omnipotent boolean | grey they eight vein veil obey prey weigh sleigh weight | saddest hottest fitter wetter gladdest |
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/