and Woodpeckers' Class Page!
Welcome to Year 5!
Meet the Staff!
Mrs N Allsop - Year Five class teacher (M,T,W)
Mrs A Anderton - Year Five class teacher (W,T,F)
Mrs A Golding - Teaching Assistant (mornings)
Miss P Frost - Teaching Assistant
Please note that our PE days for this term are Monday and Tuesday. Remember to come to school already changed into your PE kit on your PE days. Swimming will continue on Tuesday 2nd June, don't forget to bring your swimming kit with you to school on that day! Our swimming days this half term are: 2nd June, 9th June, 16th June, 23rd June, 30th June.
Here is our Summer Timetable:
Our Topic this term is Rainforests
Homework: A homework sheet was given out at the start of term. This homework will run until the end of the Summer term. A copy can be found here:
In Literacy, the children will continue to read a range of texts based around the topic of rainforests.
Our main texts will be:
World Burn Down, by Stephen Cole
The Vanishing Rainforest, by Richard Platt
The Explorer, by Katherine Rundell
We will use the texts to develop our reading and writing skills.
We are covering the following skills in maths this term:
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Statistics Step 1 Draw line graphs Step 2 Read and interpret line graphs Step 3 Read and interpret tables Step 4 Two-way tables Step 5 Read and interpret timetables
Shape Step 1 Understand and use degrees Step 2 Classify angles Step 3 Estimate angles Step 4 Measure angles up to 180° Step 5 Draw lines and angles accurately Step 6 Calculate angles around a point Step 7 Calculate angles on a straight line Step 8 Lengths and angles in shapes Step 9 Regular and irregular polygons Step 10 3-D shapes Decimals Step 1 Use known facts to add and subtract decimals within 1 Step 2 Complements to 1 Step 3 Add and subtract decimals across 1 Step 4 Add decimals with the same number of decimal places Step 5 Subtract decimals with the same number of decimal places Step 6 Add decimals with different numbers of decimal places Step 7 Subtract decimals with different numbers of decimal places Step 8 Efficient strategies for adding and subtracting decimals |
It is ESSENTIAL that your child fluently knows their times tables both division facts and multiplication and have quick recall on these. This is ongoing homework for them and is vital to their progress this year - they should have their x tables rockstars password.
Reading: 
Reading as much as possible will really help your child’s progress at school. For their learning passport they must have read three times a week all term. It is very important that they understand what they are reading a few minutes spent asking questions about what has been read helps children to develop comprehension skills which are vital to their education.
Key Dates
June 2026
1st – Back to school
2nd - Swimming starts
10th - Fun Run in the afternoon
12th - Empathy Day
15th - INSET Day—School/Nursery closed
16th - Fun Run for the whole school in the afternoon.
17th - Class photographs being taken today.
25th - RSE Day
25th - SEND Coffee morning
July 2026
2nd - Whole school transition day
8th and 10th - Bikeability for Woodpeckers class
13th - Summer Fair
17th - Sports Day for Reception, KS1 and KS2.
17th - 22nd—Wellbeing week
22nd - Last day of term
23rd - INSET Day
Please see the class email address below where you can contact Mrs Allsop/ Mrs Anderton with any queries you may have. Please also keep an eye on your own emails as class information will often be sent via this email address:
woodpeckers@coppice.derbyshire.sch.uk