Supporting Your Y5 Child at Home

The most purposeful way of supporting your child at home would be to read with them as often as you can. This will mostly take the form of reading their school book with them, but does not have to be limited to this. Sharing a novel that you have a home is also a great way of developing that love of reading.

Homework - Spring term

Below, is a choice grid for this terms homework. The children are encouraged to choose one project for Spring 1, and a second project for Spring 2.

The children will present their project to their class throughout the final week of this term.

Spring 1 deadline - Monday 9th February 2026

Spring 2 deadline - Monday 23rd March 2026

Online Resources

Below are a list of websites and resources that might be useful in supporting your child at home. These could be accessed at anytime throughout the year but should be seen as additional homework.

Maths:

Get ready to cheer your child on, as Year 5 dive into the

Battle of the Bands!

By encouraging them to play at home, you’ll be helping them strengthen their times‑table skills, improve their accuracy and enjoy a lively, friendly competition with their year group and classmates.

Points can be collected each day between: 06:30 - 19:30

The competition will repeat weekly until 14th July 2026.

Times Tables Rock Stars : https://ttrockstars.com/

Optional Home Learning:

To support learning in Summer Term, we’ve shared consolidation tasks that bring together the key aims from the units children will be exploring in class. Completing these tasks at home will help build familiarity and confidence with the concepts and reinforce understanding, alongside the teaching and support children receive in school.

Shape:

shape consolidation optional home learning.pdf

Position & Direction:

position and direction consolidation optional home learning.pdf

Decimals:

decimals consolidation optional home learning.pdf

Converting Units:

converting units consolidation optional home learning.pdf

Volume:

volume consolidation optional home learning.pdf

If you want to support your children with their arithmetic skills, dip into a little optional homework whenever it suits your routine. Small, regular moments of practice can gently build confidence and keep their number skills growing at a steady pace.

We’ve also included resources from Years 3 and 4 so children can revisit and recap prior knowledge.

y3 arithmetic.pdf

y4 arithmetic.pdf

y5 arithmetic.pdf

Additional resources:

Shikaku Madness: https://www.maths-resources.com/shikaku/

Maths Chase: https://www.mathschase.com/

Nrich Summer Challenge: https://nrich.maths.org/primary-summer2022

YouCubed Parent Resources: https://www.youcubed.org/resource/parent-resources/

Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/

English:

English Curriculum Help:

SPAG Terminology:

spag terminology by year group.pdf

SPAG Word Class:

spag word class definitions.pdf

Year 3/4 Spelling List (Revision):

year 3 4 spelling words.pdf

Year 5/6 Spelling List:

Weekly spelling:
Each week, Year 5 focus on a sound which can be spelt in different ways which we explore throughout the week. On a Thursday or Friday, the children will then be given a dictation activity during which their teacher will read some sentences which have the focus words within them. Below, you will see the list of focus words which will appear in these sentences.