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 Christmas holiday and enjoyed spending time with your loved ones.
We have an exciting start to our Spring term ahead. After writing some thrilling legends before the holidays, the children will now be testing their myth-telling skills, exploring the story of Arthur and the Golden Rope by Joe Todd-Stanton. This story is a fantastic historical fiction adventure, following the epic journey of Brownstone's earliest ancestor, Arthur, and travelling back to the age of the Vikings where this bookish young adventurer must find the courage to save his village and defeat the mighty beast Fenrir. The children will be creating their own Viking myths, which they are sure to enjoy. Alongside this, our class reading book will be Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman. We will be staying active throughout the week, partaking in dance and hockey, as well as creating wonderful art inspired by Hew Locke. Lessons across the curriculum will be stimulating and engaging as we explore this topic 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 5th January 2025
English: We will be exploring the ancient Norse world and gods, as we start our new text.
Maths: We will be solving problems involving fractions.
Religion & Worldviews: We will be investigating how the soul can affect people’s beliefs about the afterlife.
Music: We will be singing a traditional African song unaccompanied.
Science: We will be investigating and exploring the effects of different forces.
History: We will be exploring who the Celts were and who the Romans were.
Art: We will be researching and sketching boats of different shapes.
Computing: We will be explaining that computers can be connected together to form systems.
Spanish: Mi cuerpo (My body).
Hearts and Minds: Stranger Danger.
PE: Outdoors on Tuesday (hockey) and indoors on Thursday (dance.
Key Dates:
Meet the Teacher Evening: Wednesday 17th of September at 6:30pm (online and approximately 30 minutes)
Jodrell Bank Trip - Friday 7th November
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