Welcome to Year 5 - Class Page - Summer Term 2

Welcome back!  We are on the run up to the end of an action-packed year!  We are continuing to work hard and aiming high so we can achieve the best that we can.  This half-term our topics are: The Ancient Greeks in History and Forces in Science.  The book we will be reading is 'The Adventures of Odysseus'.  We will occasionally send home projects based on these areas of learning - please look out for them!

Our scripture for this half-term is:

Psalm 139:14

'I thank you Lord, because I am fearfully and wonderfully made'.

We are working towards a silver Rights Respecting Schools award; please look at the list of rights on the school website.  We will be focussing on different rights each week and exploring what they mean to us and how we can support and respect the rights of others.  Year 5 are looking at articles 3, 4, 9, 10, 22 and 30.  Please look at these together with your child and have a discussion around what the articles mean.

Homework will be set on Google Classroom.  It will be posted on Monday with the expectation that it is returned by the following Sunday.  

The children also have 'Reading Eggs' and 'Mathletics' logons.  Children should be spending around 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 Thursday (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.

There are trips being planned - please look out for additional information sent home and also on the school website calendar.  Refugee week starts on 15th June, The Arts Exhibition is on 29th June, Talent Show is 1st July and Sports Day is 9th July.

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 information 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.