Year 5 Summer Term 2026

Welcome back to the Summer Term in Year 5!

We all hope that you had a wonderful Easter break and are ready to take on the challenges of a new term.

CURRICULUM

While we have already begun our exciting new English text – The Highwayman. This term, our wonderful cohort will not only challenge themselves to write from the different perspectives of the characters, but they will also create their very own newspaper article based on The Highwayman poem.

Within humanities, our theme for this term will be ‘From Sea to Snow’, with heavy cross-curricular links to our English, Art and DT sessions. This term, we will be exploring Geographical and Historical knowledge of England before narrowing down to our home city of Portsmouth while expanding our minds to the geographical exploration of Antarctica; this will also be evident during the breakdown of our English text – Shackleton’s Journey. We will learn about both physical and human geography and will be exploring similarities and differences between the two locations. These will also be showcased within our Learning Logs, Art and DT sessions.

HOME LEARNING

Home learning will continue to be set weekly, with one focusing on English and one on Maths, via LBQ.

A learning log, linked to our Summer curriculum, will also be set. This two-week mini project will allow children to explore our new themes as well as develop their knowledge. In addition to this, the children will also be provided with their weekly spellings, via Teams, which will be tested within class.

REMINDERS

P.E. – A reminder, that all children are to wear P.E. kit to school every Monday and Tuesday.

For reasons of safety, it is important that they are appropriately dressed for the P.E. activities.

Children are encouraged to wear black shorts and or jogging bottoms; their school jumper or house hoodie; their house-coloured PE t-shirt. Please ensure that your child has appropriate footwear, such as trainers.  

Earrings need to be removed or covered with plasters or tape (to be supplied from home) and long hair needs to be tied back. No watches or rings please.

 MOBILE PHONES - If you wish your child to have a mobile phone at school, please complete a mobile phone permission form from the office. These will then be stored in the class safe, during school hours.

PSHE - Later in the Summer Term, we will be teaching our Sex and Relationship programme (SRE) - ‘Growing Up’. This unit is part of our Personal, Social and Health Education. A letter will be sent out in due course regarding these lessons.

We are so proud of all our pupils’ and are looking forward to the Summer term together.

Should you have any questions regarding the information within this newsletter, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have via the office email:   solentjunior@thesolentschools.org

Yours Sincerely

The Year 5 Teachers

Mrs Colarusso, Miss Cawthorne, Miss Denham and Mrs Banister Palmer.