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Welcome to Year 5!

Staffing

There are 3 classes in Year 5; Class 5D, Class 5S and Class 5T.  The teachers are Mr Daly (Class 5D), Miss Salt (Class 5S) and Ms Tang (Class 5T).  Also working in our year group are Mrs Richard, Miss Carter, Ms Toft, Mr Tawil and Mrs Wright.

Autumn 1: We Are Learning About: 

• Literacy- Writing poetry, setting descriptions and persuasive letters based on ‘The Promise’
• Reading- 'There's a boy in the girl's bathroom' by Louis Sachar
• Maths - Place Value - decimals including tenths and hundredths
• History - The Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
• Science - Properties of Materials
• Art- Use a variety of techniques in their drawing to create mood and texture, shadow, direction and reflection.
• PSHE- What makes up our identity?
• French - Introduction to French
• ICT- Coding
• RE- What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today?

Things to Remember:

5D- Tuesday (Outdoor Games) & Thursday (Gymnastics)

5S- Thursday (Gymnastics) & Friday (swimming).

5T- Tuesday (Gymnastics) & Friday (swimming)

On PE days (not swimming) the children need to come to school in suitable PE clothes and trainers.  If your class is swimming, please check previous emails for key information.

Please do not allow your child to wear jewellery (other than stud earrings) to school.

Despite being in appropriate PE clothing on the days when we have PE, we still expect the children to be smart and expect them to wear their usual school jumper / cardigan over their kits. 

Homework;

While we do not give out weekly homework, we do expect the children to continue to practise their times tables to 12x12 by heart for instant recall. We also encourage the children to read regularly to someone at home and talk about their books. We encourage reading for pleasure and allowing the children to read texts that they find interesting and enjoyable. 

We always encourage home learning if the children want to explore our topics further in their own time and love seeing their work!

Book bags:

Every child has a book bag of their own which they keep their reading book inside. This book bag and book needs to be brought into school everyday, we expect children to read this book to an adult at home at least 3 times per week or everyday if possible. 

Year 5 will change their reading books weekly.