Our last week of term has been extremely busy, but lots of fun, as we go towards the Christmas holidays!

Monday

We completed our ukulele lessons in Music for this term. The children have learned so much: different chords, keeping in time with a rhythm, learning different tunes and composing using the learned chords. Today, in the absence of their parent concert, we performed in class.

Tuesday

Today was our KS2 Christmas lunch. We enjoyed a delicious Christmas dinner and pudding and some of us even accessorised for the occasion. Not sure how much work we can complete in the afternoon with full stomachs! Even the adults!

Wednesday

Today was our Panto day (oh no it wasn’t!) We watched Goldilocks, Adventures of a Porridge Thief. It was amazingly funny and the children loved joining in especially with the songs. It got everyone in the Christmas mood especially when Joe Wicks made an appearance!

Thursday

Our last day of term has been busy finishing our Pandora leaflets and then a few Christmas activities. We ended the day with a Christmas carol concert.

**Reminders for early January 2022:

• No homework to be set over the Christmas holidays. Encourage your child to keep reading and practising their target times tables.
• 5SC Swimming kits are needed on Thursday 6th January. Remember to pack a swim hat, goggles and a towel.

*Any swimming consent forms, especially for 5SC, need to be handed in as soon as possible.

• Winchester Science Museum trip – Tuesday 11th January. Any parents will to help, please indicate on the return slip.

All that remains is to wish everyone a safe, happy and healthy Christmas. Thank you for your support this term and we will see you on Tuesday 4th January 2022. Happy New Year!

Best wishes,

The Year 5 Team

Congratulations to Kiera, Eva, Max and Johan!

They were pulled out of the hat to see ‘Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World’, as a reward for completing the Reading Passport Challenge. They will be going to Chichester Festival Theatre in January to see the show. Well done to all the children who completed the challenge and handed in their Reading Passports.

On Thursday we went onto the school grounds to see what creatures we could find as part of our long term study in Science. We had a great time looking for all sorts of creatures, finding spiders, slugs, centipedes, woodlice and flies (which were quite hard to catch!). We will be looking at the habitats where we found them and seeing how the habitat will change over the year and whether the creatures remain in the same place.

We think Sophie was a little scared of the spider!

Today, we wore our Christmas jumpers and bought in items for the ‘Love Christmas’ campaign. Thank you very much for all the donations made – it will really help to make someone’s Christmas that little bit better.

**Reminders:

Homework (red books) are due in on Thursday 16th December.

Reading Journals (yellow books) are due in on Thursday 6th January.

P.E. kits are needed on Wednesday 15th December.

*Any swimming consent forms, especially for 5SC need to be handed in as soon as possible.

Have a peaceful weekend and prepare yourselves for Gaudete Sunday,

The Year 5 Team

As we begin the first week of Advent, we have had a busy week…

Monday saw Year 5 take part in a Speed Ops morning, with the local police force, to talk to motorists who were exceeding the 30mph speed limit outside the school, along Stakes Hill Road. Although the temperature was very cold, the children enjoyed the experience of being able to ask motorists to reflect on the consequences of speeding. Some children even got to operate a speed gun!

Tuesday saw years 3-6 celebrate our Advent Mass at Sacred Heart Church. It was a lovely reflective message of hope as we enter the period of Advent. A huge thank you to all parents who helped walk the children to the church.

And finally…

A huge congratulation to Jasmine and Connie for their amazing trophy haul from a recent weekend dance competition. They won the trophies for various catergories including streetdance, solo, disco and slow.  Incredible achievement! Well done and maybe we are looking at future Strictly Come Dancing professionals! Keep dancing…

**Reminders:

• Reading Passport deadline to complete and return to class teacher is Wednesday 8th December.
• P.E. kits are needed on Monday 6th December.
• Homework (red book) is due in on Thursday 9th December.
• Reading Journals are due in on Thursday 9th December.
• Christmas Jumper Day is on Friday 10th December. Details to follow from Mr Cunningham with regards a charitable donation.

Advanced notice for upcoming dates:

• KS2 Christmas Lunch – Tuesday 14th December.
• Inset Day – Friday 17th December (Last day of term – Thursday 16th December)

Wishing you a lovely weekend,

The Year 5 Team