Maple Class - Year 5

Welcome to Year 5 Maple Class!

Email: maple@bentfield.essex.sch.uk

World War Two Games

A lot of the focus of our history work this term is about what it would have been like as a child living during The Blitz. As part of this, we used our first outdoor learning session to have a go at playing hopscotch, canon, jacks and skipping. After this, we went down to the field where the children came up with their own games using the natural environment, just as children would have done during World War Two.

Autumn Term

Our topic for the autumn term is, 'The Blitz' where we will be focusing on learning about what is was like for children living during that part of World War II. Our main text will be Kingdom by the Sea by Robert Westall, which we will study during reading lessons and use as inspiration for our writing as well. To see what we will be learning about in other subjects and for some more detail, look at the planning overview below...

Class Newsletter

Maple Class Newsletter Autumn 2025.pdf

Homework

Homework should be completed from the homework grid. Children should choose one task a week to complete and hand it in on a Tuesday. Homework books will be handed out again on a Thursday ready for the children to complete their next piece of homework. The homework grid is available below as well as being stuck in your child's homework book.

Regular reading at home should still be happening. A combination of reading alone and reading to an adult or sibling is a good idea for year 5 pupils. Times tables and division facts underpin so many areas of mathematics that it is crucial that children know them well. The aim is that they can respond within a few seconds to any calculation given rather than having to count through times tables to get there. It is important to practise regularly to maintain this important knowledge. The links below can support with this.

Spelling a crucial area to work on in year 5 to consolidate spellings learned in previous years and also to learn new spelling patterns. In your child's homework book is a grid of activities that they can do to practise their spellings at home as well as which spelling patterns we will be learning about during the term. Below is a link to Spelling Frame, which is an excellent programme to practise spellings. Their login is stuck in their homework book.