--- title: "Year 5" url: "https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/curriculum/year-5" school: "St Nicholas C of E Primary School" --- # Year 5 ## Welcome to Year 5 Thank you for visiting our Year 5 webpage. In year 5, our children are given the chance to build greater independence and grow more self-confident when learning. They are motivated to take ownership of their educational journey and manage their own responsibilities. Our children are encouraged to showcase a range of abilities and attributes, including perseverance, resourcefulness, teamwork, and the ability to reflect on their experiences, in preparation for their final year of their journey at St Nics! Our Year 5 Team is Miss Bailey and Mr Pye (Teachers) and Mrs Lappin (Teaching Assistant.) Grammar Glossary - **Active** - Sentences where the subject of the sentence does the action of the verb. - **Adjective** - A word that describes a noun (e.g. big house, wet day.) - **Adverb** – A word that describes a verb, an adjective or other adverbs. - **Adverbial** – A word, or group of words that behaves like an adverb. It gives more information about a verb or clause (e.g. Later that day…) - **Antonyms** – Words that mean the opposite (e.g. tall and short.) - **Clause** – Part of a sentence that contains a subject and verb. - **Conjunction** – A word that joins two clauses or sentences (e.g. and, but.) - **Determiner** – A word that tells you if a noun is general or specific (e.g. the, a, an.) - **Main Clause** – A clause that makes sense on its own (e.g. I stayed inside because it was raining**. I stayed inside** is the main clause because it makes sense on its own.) - **Modal Verb** – A verb that shows how likely something is (e.g. could, would.) - **Noun** – A word that names something e.g. Tom, cat, London, cup.) - **Object** – The part of the sentence that the action of the verb is being done to (e.g. Max kicked the ball. The ball is the object because it is what is being kicked.) - **Passive** – Sentences where the subject has something done to it (e.g. Mum read the book in one day – **active.** The book was read by Mum in one day – **passive.**) - **Phrase** – A small part of a sentence, usually without a verb. - **Possessive Pronoun** – A pronoun which shows who owns something (e.g. mine, his.) - **Prefix** – Letters that are put in front of a word to change its meaning (e.g. untie, disappear.) - **Preposition** – A word that tells you how things are related (e.g. in, above, before.) - **Pronoun** – Words that can be used instead of nouns (e.g. I, you, she, it.) - **Relative Clause** – A type of subordinate clause that tells you more about a noun. A relative clause often begins with a relative pronoun (e.g. He is the boy who likes rugby.) - **Relative Pronoun** – A pronoun that indicates a relative clause (e.g. who, that, which.) - **Subject** – The person or thing doing the action of the verb. - **Subordinate Clause** – A clause which doesn’t make sense on its own (e.g. While you were at school, I went shopping.) - **Suffix** – Letters that can be put at the end of a word to change its meaning (e.g. helpful.) - **Synonyms** – Words that mean the same (e.g. big and large.) - **Verb** – A doing word or a being word (e.g. run, skip, are, is) Recommended Book Lists for KS 2 Please click on the links below to view the recommended book lists for Years 5 and 6: Book list 1 561 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-nicholas-cofe-primary-school/files/documents/100_Books_5_and_6_1.pdf) Book list 2 606 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-nicholas-cofe-primary-school/files/documents/100_Books_5_and_6_2.pdf) Book list 3 583 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-nicholas-cofe-primary-school/files/documents/100_Books_5_and_6_3.pdf) Book list 4 547 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-nicholas-cofe-primary-school/files/documents/100_Books_5_and_6_4.pdf) Book list 5 476 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-nicholas-cofe-primary-school/files/documents/100_Books_5_and_6_5.pdf) #### Book List for KS2 Content pending Curriculum Overview Please find below the Autumn overview of our Year 5 curriculum. We hope you find it useful. Year 5 Autumn Curriculum Overview 2026 296 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-nicholas-cofe-primary-school/files/documents/Year_5_Autumn_Learning_2026.pdf) Fluency Facts - Maths Please find below information about the maths fluency facts for our Year 5 children. Year 5 Fluency Facts Parent Guide 2.58 MB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-nicholas-cofe-primary-school/files/documents/Year_5_Fluency_Facts_Parent_Guide.pdf) Fluency Facts Information for Parents 426 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-nicholas-cofe-primary-school/files/documents/Fluency_Facts_Information_for_Parents_(1).pdf) Spelling Year 5 Spelling Letter 117 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-nicholas-cofe-primary-school/files/documents/Year_5_Spellings_Sep_2021.pdf) ### Year Group Learning Zone - [Reception](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/curriculum/reception) - [Year 1](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/curriculum/year-1) - [Year 2](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/curriculum/year-2) - [Year 3](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/curriculum/welcome-to-year-3) - [Year 4](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/curriculum/year-4) - [Year 5](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/curriculum/year-5) - [Year 6](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/curriculum/year-6) - [Early Years/KS1 Phonics & Reading Schemes](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/curriculum/early-years-and-ks1-phonics-and-reading-schemes) - [Social, Moral, Spiritual & Citizenship Education](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/curriculum/social-moral-spiritual-and-citizenship-education) - [Online Learning](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/curriculum/online-learning) ### St Nicholas C of E Primary School The Blundells Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 2PE (01926) 853257 ### Useful Links - [Admissions](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/parents/admissions) - [Vacancies](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/vacancies-and-volunteers/current-vacancies) - [Ofsted](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/key-information/ofsted) - [Calendar](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/calendar) ### Helpful Links - [Curriculum](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/curriculum) - [Governors](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/key-information/governors) - [Contact Us](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/contact) - [Terms of Use](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/contact/terms-of-use) ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stnicholasschoolkenilworth) - [X](https://twitter.com/StNicsCofE) © Copyright 2026 St Nicholas C of E Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://st-nicholas-primary.org.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)