Mrs Harrison, Mrs Richardson and Mrs Smith 

Welcome to Year 5!

In Year 5, we always follow in Jesus' footsteps, with God at the centre of our lives.  We work hard, show wonderful behaviour, are respectful to others and act as excellent role models for the younger children. We always try our best and we are resilient in everything we do. 

PE

Children have two PE lessons, one on a Monday and one on a Friday, children should come dressed in their PE uniform on those days please, with earrings already removed. In Summer 1 the children will no longer be going swimming. However, on a Monday they will now be doing forest schools. For these lessons, children will need to come to school in their P.E kits and bring spare outdoor shoes (trainers or wellies) with them. Please ensure your child has their coat every Monday as they will be going out in all weathers.  

Homework

Homework is given out on a Friday and collected in by Thursday.  If children need any help with their homework or wish to do their homework in school, we are available on Monday and Tuesday lunchtimes for this.  Please do feel free to comment on your child’s homework regarding how they got on with the task and any difficulties which they found – this information is all very helpful to us when evaluating children’s learning!

Please encourage children to read every night and practise their spellings. They also need to continue to practise their fluency with recalling their times tables by using Times Tables Rockstars.

Children are encouraged to bring in stories and books that they recommend to discuss with the class on a Thursday aswell as stories they have written themselves. 

Spellings are set on a Friday for testing on the following Friday.  They are set on Spelling Shed and a copy is also stuck into their reading record/homework diaries. Please ensure your child is practising these on a daily basis, either on spelling shed, writing them down or verbally. 

Music

In Year 5, we are learning how to play the ukulele.  Please make sure ukuleles are returned by Wednesday for the music lessons on Fridays.  

Other organisational details

Children need to have their reading record/homework diaries, reading books and spelling logs in school every day. 

Please make sure any prescribed medication is given straight to the school office if children need to be given this in school.  

Please do contact us if you have any questions or concerns – either by a chat on the playground, phone call or email.   

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