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Welcome to
Park Spring Primary School

‘Achieving Together ● Inspired To Be Successful’

Year 5

Welcome to Year 5!

To get in touch with the Year 5 team, email :

year5@parkspringprimary.co.uk

5A

Teacher– Miss Bacchus

5B

Teacher– Miss Derbyshire

Year 5 Teaching assistants: Miss Owen, Miss Bowes, Miss Lambert, Miss Eden

Important dates

Reading records and levelled reading books taken home on a Monday and returned the following Monday

PE: Wednesday and Friday (come to school in PE kits)

Maths: Practise your times tables knowledge: x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x7, x8, x9, x10, x11, x12

Home Learning

Y5 Requirement for each pupil

Lexia/TTRS

To read and have recorded 5 x per week.
Complete home-learning sheet- handing out on Monday and due the following Monday.

Useful links

TT Rockstars.

Mathletics.

Lexia

Spelling Frame

2025/26

Autumn 1

Week 5

Year 5 conducted a very exciting investigation into air resistance. We created parachutes of different sizes in small groups using bin bags and string, attached a weight and then released them from a height. This helped us to investigate the question ‘Does the size of the parachute affect the amount of air resistance acting upon it?’.

Week 4

Have a look at some of the beautiful sketches we have created in Art this week!

 

Week 3

Another brilliant week for Year 5. We have created incredible spooky setting descriptions in writing and continued our place value learning in maths.

In science, we conducted an investigation to see which ball would land first when released from the same height. This helped us to explore the concept of gravity and the fundamental work of Sir Isaac Newton. We were surprised to learn that a tennis ball and a football would land at exactly the same time!

Week 2

This week Year 5 took part in a team building school trip to Nell Bank, where we completed various challenges to test our abilities to remain calm under pressure and work together successfully. We battled the rain and didn’t let it spoil our fun!

In maths, we started learning about numbers to 1,000,000 and enjoyed working practically on our tables to explore this concept.

Week 1

Welcome back to a new academic year!

This week we have focused on setting new routines and re-establishing basic skills in our new classrooms. We have started a new class text called The Wolves In The Walls by Neil Gaiman and have enjoyed getting familiar with the spooky story. We are excited to create spooky setting descriptions.

Recent News

Year 5’s author visit

Year 5 had a visit from the incredible author Kate Pankhurst, writer and illustrator of the Fantastically Great Women series of books. She spoke of her inspirations for how she came up with the ideas Read more…

Inspiration and Aspiration Program So as part of developing our pupils and preparing them for life after Park Spring we are really keen that pupils are INSPIRED to be successful – each and every day Read more…

Y5’s Trip to Jorvik

What an amazing day we had in Jorvik yesterday! Children were greeted to the underground Viking world of Jorvik city, buried under the city of York. We went on an amazing ride through an old Read more…

Pantomime- Sleeping Beauty

Years 3,4,5 an 6 were so lucky to go see Sleeping Beauty yesterday at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford. The children really enjoyed the show, and smiled and laughed lots. We are very grateful for Read more…

Year 5 Scooter Training!

Last week, Year 5 had the lucky chance to work with Leeds City Council’s Road Safety Team. This involved having some training on how to travel around in the playground, before we took Year 5 Read more…

Black history

Well done to our Black History Month competition winners and entries! I am incredibly proud of your hard work and enthusiasm in researching your chosen hero and presenting them, AND in your own time. Amazing! Read more…