Year 5
Welcome to Year 5
Autumn Term 1
Welcome to Year 5! We are very excited for the start of the school year and are looking forward to working with you to achieve the best that we can.
This half-term our topics are:
Geography - Wales
Science - Properties of materials
The book that we will be reading is 'The Clockwork Crow'. 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 Friday with the expectation that it is returned by the following Wednesday.
Children also have access to 'Reading Eggs' and 'Mathletics' logins. They should be spending around 20-30 minutes per day on both of these programmes.
Reading records should be filled in daily by children, there is no expectation for parents to sign these. School uniform should be worn every day (red school jumper / fleece, grey trousers / skirts; red checked summer dresses or shorts in the warmer weather. Shoes or trainers should be black. No tracksuit bottoms or leggings are allowed.
Our PE days are Tuesday (pm) and Wednesday (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 thier PE kits under their school uniforms. On Wednesday morning only, children can come to school in their PE kits, with their school uniforms in a bag.
We have some wonderful trips and events planned so please keep checking for dates and information which will be sent home.
Year 5 have a 'soft start' from 8:45am (Tuesday - Friday). Please encourage your child to attend this as it is a change to address misconceptions from the day before and ensures that we start learning promptly at 9am. If you have any questions regarding this or any aspect of your child's learning or welfare, pleaase make an appointment to see one of the Year 5 teaching team. Thank you.
Curriculum Map
If you would like more information about the curriculum SPSM follows, please ask your child's class teacher. Thank you.