Welcome to Year 5.

Mrs David, Mrs Oram and Mrs Jones are thrilled to be teaching your children this term. If you have any questions or want to speak to us please ring the office to arrange an appointment or catch us at the end of the day. 

Spring Term - The Victorians

This term we are studying The Victorians. Your children are very excited by this new topic and have enjoyed the trip to St Fagans where they experienced being a Victorian school child. We will be studying:

• Language - story and report writing
• Humanities - industrial revolution, the Copper quarter. 
• Expressive Arts - William Morris patterns, Victorian drama
• Science and Technology - industrial inventors, making our own ice house.
• Health and Well-Being - swimming, rugby and football
• Maths - addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, shape, space, measure, data handling.

Here you will find lots of important information about what's going on in Year 5.

No pencil cases or personal belongings should be brought to school except for a lunch bag.

Children will be given a reading book to take home, please make sure it is back in school on a Monday.

We understand this is a worrying and strange time, please be assured that we will do everything in our power to ensure your child has the education they deserve.

Working hard, having fun and feeling safe is our priority.

Reading 

Reading is a focus this year.  We will be listening to the children read throughout the week. Our Guided reading sessions will take place every Monday morning.  Please encourage your children to use their Reading Eggspress accounts at home.  

Physical Education

Mrs David's class will have swimming every Tuesday starting 08/02/22 and the last session will be 08/03/22. Mrs Oram's class will have swimming every Tuesday starting 15/03/22 and the last session will be 05/04/22.

All classes will have rugby every Monday morning until further notice. We are hoping to have football on a Tuesday, we will keep you updated. 

Homework

Weekly spellings will be sent home on a Friday. Tests will be every Monday morning. Weekly Big Maths sheets will be sent home weekly, please take the time to support your child and work through the questions on the sheets. Your child will have a Times Table test on a Tuesday, these sheets will be sent home for you to help your child learn. You can always log into your Reading Eggspress/Fast Phonics/TTRS/NumBots/Mathletics to complete levels whilst you are at home.