Welcome to Year 5 - Class Page - Spring Term 1

We are very excited for the new year and are looking forward to working with you to achieve the best that we can.  This half-term our topics are:

Geography - Rivers

Science - Living Things

The book we will be reading is 'Floodland'.  We will occasionally send home projects based on these areas of learning - please look out for them!

Homework will be set on Google Classroom.  It will be posted on Monday with the expectation that it is returned by the following Sunday.  Please check through the homework with your child - once it has been marked, corrections can be made and new grades given.  Going back and correcting work is a good habit to get into, this is how improvements and progress are made.

The children also have 'Reading Eggs' and 'Mathletics' logons.  Children should be spending around 20-30 minutes a day on each of these programmes.

Reading records should be filled in daily (Monday - Friday) by children, there is no expectation for parents to sign these.  School uniform (red school jumper, grey trousers / skirts; red checked Summer dress or grey shorts and red / white t-shirts in the Summer) should be worn every day, including BLACK shoes or trainers.  No tracksuit bottoms or leggings are allowed.

Our PE days are Monday (pm) and Friday (am).  The PE kit (black bottoms and a plain white t-shirt) should be brought in a bag ready to change into.  Children should NOT be wearing their PE kits under their school uniforms.  On Friday morning only, children can come to school in their PE kits, with their school uniforms in their bags.

We have a visit to The River Lea on 5th February (please see Miss Komur if you would like to come with us).  Our class assembly will be on 29th January and our Reading Cafe is on 10th February.  We look forward to seeing you all there!

We have a 'soft start' form 8:45am Tuesday - Friday.  Please encourage your child to attend this as it is a chance to address any misconceptions from the day before and ensures that we start our learning on time, promptly at 9am.  If there are any questions regarding this or any aspect of your child's learning or welfare, please make an appointment to see us.

The Year 5 Teaching Team

If you would like more information about the curriculum SPSM follows, please ask your child's class teacher.  Thank you.