On Monday Year 5 were visited by two local PCSOs, who came in to discuss an exciting but worthy experience we will take part in. They discussed road safety awareness and what can happen when people speed in cars. Next Monday, we will be out in force (and high-vis jackets) checking the speed of people travelling along Stakes Hill Road. Those who are above the speed limit will be spoken to, by groups of children, about the dangers of speeding.

We took part in the Red Wednesday assembly, standing up for the rights of our brothers and sisters in the global Church. Please see Mr Cunningham’s blog for more information about this and some photos.

**Reminders:

• It’s the Years 3 – 6 Advent Service on Tuesday 30th November. If you are able to help walk the children to and from Sacred Heart please could you let us or the office staff know as soon as possible. A parent mail was sent out about this during the week.
• P.E. kits are needed on Wednesday 1st December.
• Homework (red book) is due in on Thursday 2nd December.
• Reading Journals are due in on Thursday 9th December.
• As we head into further cold and wet weather, please remind the children to wear a coat to school even if they arrive by car. Playtime and lunchtime can be very cold otherwise.

Have a restful weekend,

The Year 5 Team

This week saw two events for Year 5: our Year 5 / 6 Mass and a day trip to Fort Nelson, linking with our World War 2 topic.

A joint celebration was enjoyed on Tuesday morning with Father Jeremy with the theme of remembrance for lives lost in wars past and present as well as lives lost in our lives.

On Thursday, we enjoyed a trip to Fort Nelson to take part in ‘recruitment’ day for jobs in WW2. The children took part in three activities to see if they would like to have be part of one of three services: A.R.P (Air Raid Protection), A.T.S (Auxiliary Territorial Service) or the Home Guard. For each activity they won points for their efforts and the winning platoon was announced at the end of the day.  It was a fantastic day and the children loved exploring the fort. Thanks to our parent helpers for giving up their time to support this learning day – we couldn’t have done it without you.

And the winning platoon of the day was… Baker Platoon!  An all-girl platoon from 5SC – reminding us all just how vital women were in the war efforts to secure victory!!!  Well done to all platoons for excellent effort.

Reminders:

• Home learning set this week as normal on Sumdog and in home learning book – due Thursday 25th November.
• Yellow reading journals (book review) – due Thursday 25th November.
• No PE on Monday 22nd November as we have a visit from our local PCSOs during the afternoon.

Have a lovely weekend,

The Year 5 Team

On Thursday we enjoyed our family STEM day – we had to make eco houses; thinking about which features would make them sustainable. We designed them, thinking about measurements and materials. Using lots of recycling materials, we constructed our eco homes with help from family members. A wonderful time was had by all.

Huge thanks go to all the family members who supported the day. Here are some photos of the day and  final products:

We think there were some family members who were extremely proud of their achievements too!

+ Our STEM day helps us to live out the teachings of the Romero Award (#7 Care for our creation: the world was made by God, so we take care of all creation). If we can live more sustainably then we are taking care of the world God created for us.

Reminders:

P.E. kits are needed on Wednesday 17th November.

Red homework books are due on Thursday 18th November.

Yellow Reading journals are due Thursday 25th November.

It is the Year 5 and 6 Mass, at school, on Tuesday 16th November.

** Our trip to Fort Nelson takes place on Thursday 18th November – please ensure children wear appropriate clothing for the day as it can get very chilly there if it’s a cold and/ or wet day.

Have a great weekend,

The Year 5 Team

It has been a busy first week back and it’s been lovely to hear about all the fun, family times over the half term break.

In English and Maths, the children have begun new units: Extreme Sports and fractions and decimals and we will be continuing on our learning journey in these areas next week looking at creating our own report on extreme sports to be submitted to the First News newspaper and calculating fractions with different denominators. In RE, we have been looking at different Saints and how their actions inspire us to follow in their faith and footsteps and have been creating prayers from All Souls day on Monday.  Some of our Year 5 children have been completing their peer mediator training this week to help other children resolve conflict issues on the playground more effectively. They have really enjoyed the opportunity to learn about how they can help their school community.

Home Learning

Our usual home learning schedule resumes this week with English and Maths homework stuck into home learning books and the usual arithmetic and times table challenges set on Sumdog. Children have been given Sumdog and TT Rockstars login ins so if your child has forgotten their logins then please ask a member of the Year 5 team and we can update them.  Weekly times table test has gone home with the children as well to focus their learning on specific gaps in their knowledge. TT Rockstars is a good place to practise times tables.

Reminders

• Thank you for the recycling items so far, please continue to send in recycling items for our STEM day next Thursday (11th November).  Smaller items are really useful too such as bottle tops, yogurt/actimel pots, small plastic trays, toilet tubes, for the smaller details on the Eco Homes. Pipe cleaners, foil, material, felt can help to add other details inside and outside the homes too.  Larger items are good for the overall structure.
• Next week is Week 2 – P.E. kits need to be worn on Monday 8th November.
• Reply slips for the trip to Fort Nelson need to be returned by Monday 15th November.
• Friday 12th November is WEAR IT BRIGHT DAY – in aid of CAFOD. Children can wear any bright clothes they want and bring a suggested donation of £1 (or £1 per family) to raise funds for CAFOD development projects around the world.

Have a lovely weekend and let’s hope we can enjoy more autumn sunshine.

The Year 5 Team