Autumn Term 1
Mistakes are the best tool for learning in our class - we love them!
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Welcome to Class 5's page!
Welcome to Year 5! I hope that you had a wonderful summer holiday and are ready for lots of hard work!
Mrs Blackwell is our Class 5 teacher. We are very lucky to also have Mrs Graham, Miss Harrison and Mrs Hook working in our class on some days.
We will have PE on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and it will be taught by Mr Clifton.
On Wednesday afternoons, you will have D&T or Art with Mrs Scott.
Mrs Hook will teach you computing on Thursday afternoons.
Things that you need to remember to bring in everyday:
* PE kits will be needed in school on Mondays and Thursdays
* Reading books need to be in school every day
* A waterproof coat
* A water bottle
You must have a waterproof coat everyday because have to we walk down to Pasture Lane everyday for our lunch - no matter what the weather!
If the the weather gets hotter, remember to put on sun cream before you come to school or bring some that you can apply yourself.
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PE Kit
Remember that on Tuesdays and Thursdays you should come into school in your PE kit.
Dark, plain shorts, jogging bottoms or leggings.
A plain white t-shirt.
A dark sweatshirt.
Earrings must be removed or covered up for all PE lessons. Children with pierced ears must be able to remove their own earrings before the lesson or cover them up with tape brought from home. Alternatively, earrings could be removed before school on your child's PE days. Hair that is long enough to be tied-up should be.
Our reading this half-term ...
Our class novel will be Wonder by R. J. Palacio. We will use this text as the basis of our writing including diary writing and persuasive letters. Our whole class reading will also be based on this text for the first few weeks.
Our learning for this half term will be about Space ...
Homework
In Year 5, we have high expectations for the completion of homework.
Each week, the children will receive spellings to practise on Spelling Shed; times tables to learn on TTRockstars; and at least three pieces of reading to be recorded on Boom Reader.
Spellings
Spellings are set on Mondays when each group receives their new spellings for the week. You are set 15 games to practise over the week with each game earning you 1 house point. We will add all house points earnt over the 7 days on the following Monday.
Times Tables
Times tables are so important for so many areas of maths - not just multiplication calculations. Children are set 30 minutes of Times Tables Rock Stars practise on Fridays. A few minutes of practise each day will really help to build quick recall of these important facts.
If there any problems with the homework, please speak to me before or after school or email the school office.
In Year 5, we have high expectations for the completion of homework.
Each week, the children will receive spellings to practise on Spelling Shed; times tables to learn on TTRockstars; and at least three pieces of reading to be recorded on Boom Reader.
Spellings
Spellings are set on Mondays when each group receives their new spellings for the week. You are set 15 games to practise over the week with each game earning you 1 house point. We will add all house points earnt over the 7 days on the following Monday.
Times Tables
Times tables are so important for so many areas of maths - not just multiplication calculations. Children are set 30 minutes of Times Tables Rock Stars practise on Fridays. A few minutes of practise each day will really help to build quick recall of these important facts.
If there any problems with the homework, please speak to me before or after school or email the school office.
Here is some of the work Year 5 got up to last year ...
- Using toilet paper to investigate the distances between all of the planets.
- Using torches to investigate why we have day and night.
- Identifying all of the continents based on their shapes.
- Investigating gravity and finding out whether heavier items fall to the ground faster than lighter ones.
- Using cubes to identify cube numbers.
- Making parachutes to investigate air resistance.
- Being archaeologists 'discovering' artefacts found at the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon burial site.
- Using instruments to play a range of rhythms.
- Visiting a synagogue.
- Finding out about Viking life from our Viking visitor.
- Enjoying Forest School with our EYFS friends.
