Badger Class

Class teacher’s welcome

Welcome to the Badger class page. We are very excited to share with you events that happen throughout the school year. In Badger, the children are provided with the skills and knowledge required to become aspirational, curious and enthusiastic lifelong learners.

This page has now been updated for Autumn 1. Please see the new Knowledge organisers, overview of this term’s learning, home learning project suggestions, weekly spelling patterns and new images of our written methods in maths.

Mr Hunt

Curriculum news

At a glance – Autumn 1

Maths – Place Value: Numbers to 1,000,000; Addition and Subtraction; Multiplication and division
English – Fiction: The Explorer; Non-Fiction: Biographies; Poetry: Comic Verse; Writing – setting/character descriptions, biographies
Science – Materials: Explore how mixtures can be separated; Explore hardness of materials; Investigate the solubility of materials; Explore thermal conductors and thermal insulators
RE – What values do people live by? What values are shown in codes for living? What values are important to you?
History –What was life in Ilkley like during WW1? Discover names and stories of Ilkley men who fought in the war; Finding and analysing original sources.
PSHE – Me and my Relationships: Being a good friend; Developing team work and collaboration skills; Our emotional needs.
DT – WW1 Trenches: Research, plan, design and evaluate a model WW1 trench, inspired by our History topic.
Music – Shape Rhythms: Compose and perform melodic/rhythmic pieces; Describe and appraise a wide range of music.
French – Vocabulary and sentence building: Names of places in a town; Telling the time; Numbers – 13 – 21.
Computing – Computing systems and networks – systems and searching.

Home Learning

All children are encouraged to complete a home learning project to build on their class learning.

Ideas for this half term….

English – What can you find out about the Amazon jungle? Can you create a survival plan / map to get out of the jungle if you were the characters in our book: The Explorer.
History – Research WW1, what facts can you find out? How was Ilkley affected by WW1? Research battles.
Science – Create a poster explaining the unique qualities of materials with examples of their uses: think about our key words: durable, conductor, insulator, opaque, transparent, translucent, strength, flexibility.

These projects are designed to run alongside the learning for the half-term and should be handed in on or before Monday 20th October.

Spelling

At All Saints’ Primary School, we follow the Read, Write Inc. spelling scheme in Key Stage 2. Please find the plan for the teaching of the Year 5 units below.

Date	Focus	Example Words
wb: 15th September	Words with silent letter b	thumb, numb, comb, crumb, climb, debt, doubt, limb, tomb
wb: 22nd September	Words ending in -ible	terrible, possible, sensible, visible, legible, edible, reversible, credible
wb: 29th September	Words ending in -able	understandable, breakable, suitable, enjoyable, adorable, reliable, miserable
wb: 6th September	Words with silent letter t	fasten, listen, glisten, soften, castle, rustle, hustle, bustle, jostle, whistle
wb 13th September	Words ending in -ibly and -ably	understandably, suitably, comfortably, miserably, horribly, incredibly, responsibly
wb 20th September	Words ending in -ent	frequent, patient, innocent, dependent, intelligent, obedient, magnificent

In addition, children in Y5 and Y6 are beginning to learn a specific word list (as set out in the National Curriculum, English Appendix 1) that can be found in the centre of the school reading record or accessed here.

Dates for the diary

PE days – Thursday and Friday (swimming until February half-term).

After Badger class have completed their swimming lessons, we will have PE on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Autumn 1

16.10.2025 Y5 Harvest Festival Performance, All Saints’ Church.

20.10.2025 Y5 Big Sing event

14.11.2025 Children in Need Day

Links to support learning

Reading

Please encourage your child to read daily for a minimum of 20 minutes. At least 3 reading sessions per week should be recorded in the school Reading Record. Children should all have a school reading book (that can be changed regularly) but should be encouraged to read other material as well.

Read more about English in Y5 in the National Curriculum Programmes of Study

Maths

Times Table Rock Stars (please ask if you need a reminder of your child’s login details) – all children are expected to be fluent in their tables up to 12 x 12 so regular practice is very helpful!

Written methods for addition, subtraction, short multiplication, long multiplication and short division are taught as in the pictures below.