Welcome to Class 5 (2026/27). The Class Teachers are Mrs Taylor, who teaches all day Monday and on a Tuesday morning and Mr Meadows, who teaches Tuesday afternoon and all-day Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. This class will be supported by Mrs Pattison and Miss Marsden. There are 28 children in this Y5 class.
About us
My name is Mr Meadows and this will be my twenty-nineth year as a KS2 teacher. Most of my teaching career has been with Consett Junior School, and I have taught in all KS2 year groups. I am curriculum lead for maths and OPAL. OPAL is a new area for me, and I am excited to develop it further. I spend my spare time going on long walks, watching films and riding horses. I also love going on holiday and for weekends away. It was lovely to get to know my new class on ‘move up day’. In Class 5, I have some exciting topics and experiences planned which I am looking forward to sharing with my new class.
English
In English, Mrs Taylor focuses on spelling, SPAG and reading vipers on a Monday and Tuesday. Whilst, Mr Meadows focuses on teaching writing Wednesday through to Friday. Our writing will be based on The Tale of Three Brothers, The Nowhere Emporium, Holes and Bloddon’s Adventure. These are all texts which previous Y5 children have thoroughly enjoyed.
Maths
The White Rose Maths scheme is the foundation for all of our maths work, and it is used daily to improve our understanding of maths. In Y5, there is also a very strong focus on arithmetic and using the four number operations accurately. Being maths lead means, this is one of Mr Meadows’ favourite subjects.
Science
In Y5, our science topics are Earth & Space, Forces, Materials & their Properties, Living Things & their Habitats and Animals Including Humans. This year we had a visit from Pineapple Creatures to support our work in science. Hopefully, they will come again this year with their wide range of unusual creatures for us to meet and handle.
PE
In the Autumn Term, we start with gymnastics (with a coach), swimming, dance and basketball. In the Spring Term, we learn yoga, golf, fitness and athletics. Finally, in the Summer Term, we do OAA, cricket, dance and rounders.
Other Subjects
History- Crime & Punishment and Anglo Saxons & Vikings. We will also have our annual visit from Gunnar who is a Viking warrior.
Geography- Fantastic Journeys, What Shapes Our World? & Where Does Our Food Come From?
Music- Y5 will start to learn a brass instrument with tuition from Mrs Jackson, and some lucky Y5s will have the chance to join the school brass band. Other music sessions will be taught using the Kapow scheme.
Art- Portraits, Architecture and Interactive Instillations.
French- Monster Pets, Space Exploration, Shopping in France, Meet My Family and Verbs in a Week.
RE- Sikhism, Christmas, The Bible, The Last Supper, Northern Saints and Islam.
PSHCE- We will start by covering the ‘Nurturing Our Wellbeing’ programme and other topics will follow the Jigsaw scheme.