Year 5

Welcome to Year 5

Hello from Miss Naylor, Mrs Rawle, Mrs Hill, Miss Hadley and Mrs Fowkes.

Locked in!

To introduce the children to their new writing unit, 'a warning tale', today they experienced what could happen if they ignore a warning. After ignoring a warning from Mr.Wade about going to the annex, Year 5 suffered the consequences of becoming trapped! The children had been told that the gate up to the annex was 'faulty' and that we must not risk going through. However, after discussing a possible alternative route, we made our way to the annex for 'Golden Time'. Unfortunately, when it was time to leave, we then found ourselves locked out of the annex and trapped by the 'faulty' gate. After some contemplating of what we were going to do, an apologetic phone call was made to Mr. Wade who then came to rescue us! We then reflected on our actions, before eventually revealing to the children that it was all planned and it was the 'hook' into their learning.

Science

This term, we will be investigating materials and their properties. So far, we have looked at magnetism and conductivity of different materials, and we have used our knowledge to draw conclusions. Take a look at our conductivity experiment.

A special request...

Year 5 had an exciting announcement from Mr Freear. After the news of the Crooked House being rebuilt, Mr Freear explained that artefacts from WW2 had been found in the local area. An email to Mr Freear rumoured that there were some items in our school grounds! Year 5 were set the task to answer clues, in hopes of recovering any artefacts. The children were full of excitement - we had a lot of fun! We will leave it to the children to tell you what they discovered!

PE days in Year 5 will be as follows...

5HR: Tuesday and Thursday

5N: Tuesday and Friday

Children will need their PE kits in school on these days and should come to school with earrings removed and hair tied back. If your child has had their ears pierced in the last 6 weeks, please fill in a form from the office. If your child has had their ears pierced for over 6 weeks but cannot independently remove them, please make sure that they wear plastic retainers to school on PE days. The children are not allowed to take part in PE if wearing plasters over their earrings.

In PE this term, Year 5 will be practising their skills in Gymnastics, Dance, Tag Rugby and Volleyball.

Homework and Home Learning

This year, we are trialling online homework for Year 5 using 'SATs Companion'. Within the next few weeks, your child/children will receive their logins and we will show the children how to use the website and access their homework.

Spelling tests take place every other Friday. Biweekly spellings will be supported by a given task; this may be a homework sheet or it may be a written task.

We encourage daily reading practice at home and also regular practise of basic maths skills, including times tables.

Below you can find some useful links to help you to support your child's learning at home: