Year 5 Diary- Autumn 2025

Year 5 has had a vibrant and rewarding autumn term, filled with hands‑on learning and plenty of moments to be proud of.

They began the term by designing and building their own solar‑powered cars, bringing science and creativity together in an exciting engineering challenge.

Their enthusiasm for language shone through during the Poetry Competition, where they delivered thoughtful and imaginative performances that showcased confidence and creativity.

Curriculum Focus Week gave pupils the chance to dive more deeply into the key theme of ‘5 Ways to Wellbeing’, strengthening their understanding in a meaningful way.

In art, we explored Scandinavian influences and studied Edvard Munch’s The Scream, using it as inspiration for expressive and atmospheric pieces.

Science lessons were equally lively, with practical experiments that helped them investigate materials, their properties and the forces that act upon them.

Music has been another highlight. Year 5 explored pitch, structure, form, and the role of technology in music‑making, playing a variety of instruments and experimenting with digital tools to create their own compositions.

In mathematics, they developed a secure understanding of place value up to one million, giving them strong foundations for the challenges ahead.

Their writing has also grown in sophistication, as they produced pieces for a range of purposes and learned to use parenthesis, relative clauses and modal verbs with increasing confidence.