Important update from TheSchoolRun
For the past 13 years, TheSchoolRun has been run by a small team of mums working from home, dedicated to providing quality educational resources to primary school parents. Unfortunately, rising supplier costs and falling revenue have made it impossible for us to continue operating, and we’ve had to make the difficult decision to close. The good news: We’ve arranged for another educational provider to take over many of our resources. These will be hosted on a new portal, where the content will be updated and expanded to support your child’s learning.
What this means for subscribers:
- Your subscription is still active, and for now, you can keep using the website as normal — just log in with your usual details to access all our articles and resources*.
- In a few months, all resources will move to the new portal. You’ll continue to have access there until your subscription ends. We’ll send you full details nearer the time.
- As a thank you for your support, we’ll also be sending you 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep.
A few changes to be aware of:
- The Learning Journey weekly email has ended, but your child’s plan will still be updated on your dashboard each Monday. Just log in to see the recommended worksheets.
- The 11+ weekly emails have now ended. We sent you all the remaining emails in the series at the end of March — please check your inbox (and spam folder) if you haven’t seen them. You can also follow the full programme here: 11+ Learning Journey.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you for being part of our journey it’s been a privilege to support your family’s learning.
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Year 5 Maths Learning Journey
How to get started on the Year 5 Maths Learning Journey
A great place to start is by reading Year 5 Maths: what your child learns.
Then, you can either work through the worksheets below in order or you can pick worksheets that match topics your child is currently covering at school. There is also a Year 5 Maths Learning Journey checklist to help you keep track.
Alternatively, check out your child's dashboard on the home page. You'll find this week's worksheet from the Year 5 Maths programme (as well as the Year 5 English programme). You'll also find guides for parents on the topics your child is learning, so you can explain it to them, plus science experiments and topic-focused activity packs for you to explore if you have time to spare.
In Year 5 maths children expand their number and place value knowledge, reading, writing, ordering and comparing numbers to at least 1,000,000 and counting forwards and backwards with positive and negative numbers.
They also practise their calculating skills, adding and subtracting with numbers up to four digits using column addition and subtraction and identifying factors and multiples of different numbers as well as prime numbers. They will be taught to multiply four-digit numbers by two-digit numbers using long multiplication and divide four-digit numbers by one-digit numbers using short division. They will practise solving problems involving all four operations.
Working with fractions and decimals, they will compare, order, add and subtract fractions and convert from mixed numbers to improper fractions. They'll also learn to compare numbers with up to three decimal places and begin to understand percentages.
In geometry they will work out the perimeter and area of shapes, including irregular shapes, draw and measure angles and find angles around a point, on a straight line and within a right angle.
They will also solve problems involving money and measures and converting between units of time and work on problems that require them to interpret data and information in tables, including timetables.
Don't forget! We have a whole section on Year 5 Maths where you'll find lots more articles, worksheets, games and activities.
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Have you checked out these fabulous learning packs?
 Do you know your hexagons from your heptagons, your pentagonal pyramids from your octagonal prisms? From 2D shapes to angles and symmetry our seventy-page Primary Geometry: shape and space learning pack covers all aspects of the national curriculum (Shape and Space) and will ensure your child can use a protractor, translate a shape and look for a mirror line. Challenge them to a game of 3D shape dominoes, make a right-angle measurer and get started! |  Rounding speed challenges, zoo subtraction problems, spotting square numbers and a little bit of pizza maths... it's all included in the Year 5 maths booster pack, designed to help your child practise and revise the key KS2 maths skills they've learned at school. |
