5 Chestnut
Welcome to 5 Chestnut!
Welcome to 5 Chestnut's Home Page, here you will find lots of useful information that you may need.
In Year 5, we incorporate Orchard's three values into everything we do.
Staff
This year the teacher in 5 Chestnut will be Miss Fenn.
Miss Fenn will be supported by Mrs Hussain.
Mrs Eyles will be teaching on Wednesday afternoons.
Important Information
PE
5 Chestnut have PE indoor PE Thursday afternoon and outdoor PE on Friday afternoons.
On PE days we come to school in our P.E. kits and we stay in them for the day. Please make sure all items are clearly labelled with the children's names on.
Due to poor weather conditions, we may have to do PE in the hall. Pupils will have to remove socks and shoes, therefore, can bring a clean pair of sensible footwear to change into.
This half term our focus is Football and Gymnastics.
It is important to keep hydrated throughout the school day so we need to have a bottle of fresh water in the classroom with our names on. We have water fountains in school to refill these when needed.
We follow a weekly timetable where we also complete picture news and online safety toolboxes.
New spelling rules are also focused on every week, completing a range of activities on a daily basis to help with our learning of new spellings.
We LOVE to read! We need to take our library books home with us to read, in which we swap on a 2 weekly basis where we visit the library and choose our own choice of book.
Key Dates
On Thursday and Friday we will have PE - so please ensure that you come in your PE Kit and a spare pair of pumps or trainers if you prefer not to be bare footed if we are in the hall due to weather.
Inset Days - School closed to pupils:
Friday 23rd January 2026
This half term we will be learning:
English
This half term we will be beginning our writing using our topic 'The Tudors' to create a range of descriptive pieces of writing and completing our own narrative. We will also be using our reading and oracy skills throughout to improve our creative writing skills.
In 5 Chestnut we take home library books that can be changed bi-weekly and any reading at home can be logged on Boom reader (see link below)
Maths
Maths this half term we are focusing on our unit of fractions. We will look at adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions. We will learn new knowledge and apply prior knowledge to help us with our learning.
Topic - Science, Geography, History.
This term we are focusing on the topic of, 'The Tudors'. We will learn all about the Tudors, their settlements, and monarchs such as Henry VIII and his six wives. All our learning will link throughout the term nicely to our reading and writing units too.
Design technology and art
This term we are completing our DT. piece of work, designing and making our very own tudor gowns. For art we will look at sketching tudor houses and comparing them to modern day buildings.
Religious Education
n RE, we will be looking at the theme of 'Hinduism'. We will focus on the key question of, 'What do Hindus believe about God?'
PSHE - My Happy Mind
Our PSHE lessons involves using a new scheme, My Happy Mind. It will support children's mental health and help them understand how to thrive by understanding their emotions.
My Happy Mind teaches children about looking after their mental health and wellbeing by teaching them through 5 key areas:
- Meet Your Brain
- Celebrate
- Appreciate
- Relate
- Engage
Music
This half term the children will be having a weekly focus on music from South and West Africa on a Friday afternoon.
Useful links
