Welcome to Year 5

Welcome back to school!

We are so happy to welcome the children into Year 5 and for  the start of a great year together. 

This year, Year 5 will be taught by Mrs Craven (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) and Miss Roberts (Thursday and Friday). On a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday when Mrs Craven is the teacher, the class will be supported by Miss Robers and on a Thursday and Friday when Miss Roberts is teaching, the class will be supported by Mrs Hughes. If you wish to speak to any of us at any time, then please either approach us at drop off/pick up or contact us on Weduc. Also. check out Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date with what your child has been up to and for regular updates. 

We have many exciting things planned for this term and are sure that the children will settle in well and enjoy thier first term.

Remember to check out our weekly class news on Facebook published every Monday, to find out what we will be learning about each week in school!

Example of our Weekly Newsletter

Many thanks,

Mrs Craven and Miss Roberts

Important Information:

Our School Golden Rules

• Be respectful
• Be ready
• Be safe

Snack

The cost of snack remains the same at £1 per week. This gets your child toast everyday of the week at break time. If your child prefers to bring snack from home this has to be a healthy option such as fruit.

PE

PE will be on TUESDAY afternoon from now on, however, we now ask that children come to school wearing their PE kit on that day. This MUST be a school kit. 

Your child's PE kit should include: -

• Blue T-shirt (Can be purchased form the school office)
• Black shorts or plain black/dark jogging bottoms in winter
• Trainers (for outside PE)
• Black pumps (for indoor PE)
• School jumper or Cardigan in the colder month

Homework

Just a reminder to all Parents, Homework will go home on a Tuesday and be returned to us completed on the following Monday. It is vital that all children bring in their homework completed as it helps prepare them for Year 6 as well as High School. Please note homework may not go out to children every week.

Reading

Children are still expected to be reading a minimum of 4 times a week so that they can achieve their reading certificates. This needs to be logged in their Reading Record which then needs to be brought into school to be checked.

School Uniform

Just a reminder to our parents, children should wear their full school uniform daily unless stated otherwise. School Uniform should include: -

• School Jumper or Cardigan
• White Shirt/polo shirt
• Tie (colour based on which house your child is in)
• Black/Grey Trousers or skirt
• School Dress
• ALL Black Shoes

Our Curriculum:

MATHS: Our first maths topic will be Place Value and we will be reading and writing numbers to at least 1,000,000.  We will  count in powers of 10 from any number up to 1,000,000 Interpret and use negative numbers We will round numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, and 100,000. 

ENGLISH- We are so excited to get started with our first unit from the Literacy Company. We will start the year with a CRASH, BANG, WALLOP as we learn all about the amazing Annie Taylor through the exciting story Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allburg. 

SCIENCE: Our first science topic this Autumn is Forces. In this topic the children will learn about different kinds of forces including gravity, air resistance, water resistance and friction. 

GEOGRAPHY: Our topic this term is North America and we are very exciting to learn all about this amazing continent. During the topic the children will learn all about the countires that make up North America, they will study the physical and human features of North America and study the weather and climate.