The children follow the National Numeracy Strategy.

The main objectives for Year 5 listed below are intended to give you an idea of some of the things your child should be able to do by the end of this year. Some targets maybe more complicated than they seem and so will involve your child meeting them more than once in the year and possibly again in the following year.

• Multiply and divide any positive integer up to 10000 by 10 or 100 and understand the effect.
• Order a given set of positive and negative integers.
• Use decimal notation for tenths and hundredths.
• Round a number with one or two decimal places to the nearest integer.
• Relate fractions to division and to their decimal representations.
• Calculate mentally a difference such as 8006 - 2993.
• Carry out column addition and subtraction of positive integers less than 10000.
• Know by heart all multiplication facts up to 10 x 10.
• Carry out short multiplication and division of a three-digit by a single-digit integer.
• Carry out long multiplication of a two-digit by a two-digit integer.
• Understand area measured in square centimetres; understand and use the formula in words 'length x breadth' for the area of a rectangle.
• Recognise parallel and perpendicular lines, and properties of rectangles.
• Use all four operations to solve simple word problems involving numbers and quantities, including time, explaining methods and reasoning.