Year 5 key documents and resources

Key Documents

Any important information about trips and other activities will be sent out via “Parentmail” – it is good to check your e-mails every week and make a note of any important dates.

Useful Resources For Our Class/Parent Volunteers:

• Pringles tubes for music activities
• Junk Modelling/Recyclable Materials for DT work where we create fairground rides for the rest of the school to have a go on (Summer Term)
• Newspapers to put on tables when painting
• Old men's long-sleeved shirts for painting

Helpful/Useful Websites

These are some of the websites we have found useful when in Year 5:

• - Mathletics – Maths (Internet)
• - https://ttrockstars.com/ – Maths (Internet)
• - Topmarks – Maths (Internet)
• - coolmath4kids.com – Maths (Internet)
• - coolmath-games.com – Maths (Internet)
• - squeebles – Times Tables (App)
• - topmarks.co.uk/english-games – English (Internet)
• - spellzone.com – Spellings (Internet)
• - BBC Bitesize KS2 – Maths, Literacy & Science (Internet)

Recommended Books/Authors

We enjoy reading a range of books in Year 5, but some of our favourite titles and authors are:

• - Tom Gates
• - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• - Dork Diaries

• - Anthony Horowitz
• - Chris Ryan
• - David Walliams
• - Jim Smith
• - Jacqueline Wilson
• - Pamela Butcher
• - Roald Dahl