Hello everyone,

We hope you are well. The children this week have continued to work hard looking at diary features in English, to addition and subtraction using their place value knowledge in maths and debating and expressing opinions about the school in our PDL lesson. Our history unit this term is World War 2, which the children have fully immersed themselves into. We have watched segments from Carrie’s War, listened to air raid shelters and found interviews from children of the WW2. Cassowary and Kookaburras then researched the events leading up to WW2 and created their own chronological timeline.

Thank you for all those who attended the residential meeting this week.  If you were unable to attend, please let us know through a message or email to the office and we can email the PowerPoint or send it home with your child.

Reminders for the week ahead:

Home learning books and PE kits due on Thursdays.

Wednesday 28th September: Deadline for medical forms for 5SC residential trip: we need to provide information two weeks in advance so please ensure that these are returned. Additional copies are available from the class teacher.

Friday 30th September : INSET day 

Tuesday 4th October : Open day at School.

Wednesday 5th-Friday 7th October : 5JN Residential trip.

Have a lovely weekend

The Year 5 Team

Well we have had two weeks to settle back into the new term and everyone has made a great start. New routines and a new curriculum always bring their challenges after a lovely summer holiday of rest and relaxation however, the children are meeting these new expectations with commitment and relisilience whilst co-operating well with others.

Home learning has been returned promptly yesterday and to a high standard so a big thank you for working with us to consolidate your child’s learning at home. Homework in books has been sent home today (due to PPA afternoon yesterday) and is due next Thursday as normal. We have also sent home Sumdog logins as maths work has been set on www.sumdog.com for the children to complete. Children have their TTRockstars logins (from year 4) to practise their target times tables.

Lots of children have been motivated to start their Year 5 reading passports and must reads, which has been fantastic to see and we are encouraging the children during library time to borrow books to help them complete these reading challenges. Our first reading passport in Year 5 has already been completed by Abigail. During library sessions, quiet reading after lunch and reading at home, Abi has been really motivated to already read one of the must reads, Holes. Well done Abi, amazing commitment and focus already in Year 5!!!

Thank you for all those who attended the welcome meeting this week.  If you were unable to attend, please let us know through a message or email to the office and we can email the PowerPoint or send it home with your child.

Reminders for the week ahead:

Home learning books and PE kits due on Thursdays.

Monday 19th September: School closed 

Wednesday 21st September: Deadline for medical forms for 5JN residential trip: we need to provide information two weeks in advance so please ensure that these are returned. Additional copies are available from the class teacher.

Thursday 22nd September: 3.30pm– Year 5 Residential Meeting in the Unity Building.

Friday 23rd September: Dress down for CAFOD day – £1 donation per child/family

Have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing the children on Tuesday.

The Year 5 Team