Staff

Start of the day - All year 5 children are to enter through the Gym block from 8.35am. Parents are not permitted in the school building, should you need to chat to your child's teacher please make an appointment at the school office.

End of the day - Years 4 and 5 will be dismissed from their exterior classroom doors. Please congregate near to these but stay away from the windows. Teachers will dismiss the children from the classroom as they see adults arrive; there is no need to enter a classroom. 

PE days - 

5L - Tuesdays & Fridays

5N - Tuesdays & Fridays

5BD - Tuesdays & Fridays

Children are doing Gymnastics with Mr.Barber. Year 5 are progressing to do a paired performance and the Year 6 will be doing a group performance, involving both floor and equipment skills. With Mr.Dawson both year groups will be developing their Football skills which will help with the upcoming season of school football events.

Uniform - Full uniform must be worn. On PE days, children can attend in their PE uniform. For more guidance please visit our Uniform page

This term in Year 5

In Year 5 this term we are thrilled to dive straight into our curriculum. We are starting our reading curriculum with Shackleton's Journey, an amazing novel about Shackleton's perilous journey to Antartica and the challenges he faced. We will then move onto The Sun King in autumn two. 

In writing  this half term, we will be having our first go at third person stories, letters of application and poetry. 

In Maths, we are starting with place value where we will consolidate and recognise numbers up to 1,000,000. Year 5 will then move onto the four operations. It is crucial that the children continue to practice their times tables to assist them. 

Our afternoons are filled with a range of subjects. In Science, we are starting with properties of materials, before moving onto animals including humans. In History, we will be looking at Ancient Greece, with a range of exciting focuses including their gods, democracy and more. In Geography, we are studying the location of countries in the world including biomes. Within Design and Technology, Year 5 are researching and adapting a recipe for Spaghetti Bolognese, before they make their own. Perhaps they can cook (safely) a lovely spaghetti bolognese for you at home (under supervision). 

Homework will be shared with you on the Friday ready to be handed in the following Thursday.