Year 5 Maths
What Will Children Learn This Year?
Year 5 extends understanding of place value, fractions, decimals, and percentages. Children learn to apply multiplication and division in more complex contexts and explore geometry and measurement in depth.
Key Learning Across the Year
Autumn Term
- Place Value: Including decimals and negative numbers.
- Fractions: Understanding tenths and hundredths.
- Addition & Subtraction: Applying to money problems.
- Multiplication & Division: Short methods for efficiency.
Spring Term
- Area & Perimeter: Calculating spaces accurately.
- Scaling & Volume: Applying multiplication to real-life contexts.
- Factors & Multiples: Identifying primes and composites.
Summer Term
- Fractions: Multiplying and simplifying.
- Decimals & Percentages: Linking concepts for problem-solving.
- Geometry: Properties of shape, angles, and transformations.
- Measurement: Converting units confidently.
How We Support Learning
- Daily fluency sessions for number facts.
- Use of practical resources and visual models.
- Problem-solving tasks linked to everyday life.
How You Can Help at Home
- Practice multiplication and division facts.
- Discuss fractions and percentages in shopping or cooking.
- Encourage mental maths strategies for quick calculations.
Why This Matters
Year 5 maths builds confidence with complex calculations and prepares children for Year 6 and secondary school.
