Rode Heath Primary School
Year 5 2025 - 2026
Miss Watson
I am delighted to be joining Rode Heath Primary School. I have spent two years in Cheshire East, working predominantly in Key Stage 2. This will be my third year with a Year 5 cohort and I can't wait to get stuck in! I strive to make learning fun and exciting for the children - I love the arts and the outdoors, so I try to bring these into my lessons at every opportunity. Outside of school, I enjoy a range of sports from running to badminton and spending time with my little boy.
Mrs Cosgrove
I have volunteered at Rode Heath in the past, across the Key Stages, and have thoroughly enjoyed it.
Outside of school I am a leader at Beaver Scouts in the local village. I have two boys and we love adventuring, riding bikes, paddle boarding and reading. I also love photography so I take lots of photos of what we get up to.
I am absolutely thrilled to be in Year 2 this year with your fantastic children.
Welcome to Year 5
Welcome back! We hope you have had a lovely week off and enjoyed spending time with your loved ones.
We have an exciting second Spring term ahead. After writing some incredible myths before the holidays, the children will now be exploring some non-fiction texts in order to write biographies. These will be about Chris Hadfield and inspired by his story, 'The Darkest Dark'. This semi-autobiographical story describes the life of the astronaut as a child, when he was afraid of the dark and imagining 'scary aliens' lurking in his room at bedtime. His perspective changes when he watches the historic Apollo 11 moon landing on TV and he realises that space, the darkest dark there is, is also beautiful, exciting, and full of possibility. After exploring the topic of space throughout the autumn term and seeing how much the children loved it, I have no doubt they will thoroughly enjoy this unit. Alongside this, we will exploring the use of micro:bits in Computing and Design and Technology, creating LED name badges, temperature sensors and more. We will be staying active throughout the week, partaking in outdoor aadventurous activities and hockey. Lessons across the curriculum will be stimulating and engaging as we explore these topics and others - for further information on what we are diving into this term, take a look at our curriculum map (you will find it at the bottom of this page).
We will also be following our Maths - No Problem! scheme of work, which incorporates lessons linking to real-life problems. Furthermore, it ensures that topics are covered from previous years so that children have a great understanding of maths and how it can be applied.
Alongside all of this, we are very much aware of the importance of children being happy, safe and secure in school and to help us do this, we follow our Hearts and Minds curriculum. We will be exploring how we can build resilience and encourage curiosity this half term. More information about our Hearts and Minds curriculum can be found using this link: Hearts and Minds.
Thank you for your continued support. It is going to be a great year!
Continuing the Learning Journey...
Week Beginning: Monday 23rd February 2026
English: We will be making predictions about our new class text.
Maths: We will be solving problems involving percentages.
Religion & Worldviews: We will be explaining some Dharmic beliefs about the soul.
Music: We will be understanding that music can be represented with colours.
Science: We will be investigating the topic of Properties and Changes of Materials.
Geography: We will be learning why energy sources are important.
Art: We will be animating our shoebox sets.
Design & Technology:
Computing: We will be giving the micro:bit instructions in code to make a name badge.
Hearts and Minds: Happy Minds: Appreciate.
PE: Outdoors on Tuesday (Hockey) and Thursday (Outdoor Adventurous Activities).
Key Dates:
Meet the Teacher Evening: Wednesday 17th of September at 6:30pm (online and approximately 30 minutes)
Jodrell Bank Trip - Friday 7th November
York Residential: 25th-27th March 2026
Weekly Reminders:
- Homework is set on a Thursday and due in on a Thursday: Atom Learning Maths and PAG. Spellings are separate but also released and due in on a Thursday.
- Please ensure your child is filling in their reading diary on a daily basis.
- Practise timestables on a daily basis using Times Table Rockstars.
- Children to come in PE kits for the whole day on Mondays and Thursdays. PE will be outdoors on Thursdays, so please wear appropriate kit.
- If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to write in your child's reading diary and it will be responded to ASAP.
Here is a link to the book that I recommend you purchasing to help your child with the KS2 grammar, punctuation and spelling expectations:
Renaissance Link for reading click here.
In order to find year group expectations for maths, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview.
For year group expectations for English, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview.
The expectations for science and the foundation subjects can be found by selecting the relevant heading from here.
To access the Atom Learning homework platform, please click here.
Don't forget to visit our Think Like an Engineer website regularly, to see what we're all busy doing:
https://thinklikeanengineerproject.com