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Year 5 is taught by Ms Candlish, Mrs Davies and Mrs Liana-Stellmach.
Our PE days for Term 1 are Tuesday and Thursday. Please come to school wearing your school PE kit on these days, bringing school shoes in a separate bag to change into indoors if it is wet/muddy. Our PE in Term 1 will be netball and tag rugby.
Our 'Drop Everything and Read' day is Tuesday. Parents are invited to come into class and read with their child until the register is taken just before 9am. Please sign in at the school office in plenty of time, if attending and please remember to leave, with a school adult, via the office so that you can sign out too!
This term's Forest School session will be held on Thursday 18th September. In order to participate fully in the session, please ensure that wellies and a waterproof coat are brought into school on that day (whatever the weather) and come dressed in comfortable, full-length trousers, and a top with long sleeves as we will be going into The Meadow. Please ensure snacks are in a lidded container.
It is very useful to also have a spare change of clothes which can be kept on your peg in the cloakroom. Waterproof coats and wellies need to be in school to maximise play times.
Our topic across terms 1 and 2 is called 'Peasants, Princes and Pestilence'. We will gallop through the dark and deadly world of 14th century Britain, sword and shield at the ready, discovering the grotesque effects of bugs and bacteria on the human body along the way.
In English, we will focus on poetry and reading aloud initially, before moving onto our first fiction writing unit, the 'defeating the monster' tale, ‘Beowulf'.
Our topic work will also flow through our wider curriculum as we explore:
This term, maths focuses on number and place value; mental addition and subtraction and mental multiplication and division. We'll keep going with our times tables too!
Useful links to support spelling at home:
DoodleMaths and DoodleTables
✏️ Spelling Homework
Each child has a spelling book to practise words and patterns learned in school.
🗂️ At the start of each half-term:
🧠 Practise at home:
Children should practise their spellings each week using a variety of methods in their book or using Spelling Shed (online). Examples include:
🎨 Fun Spelling Strategies
📅 Weekly Quizzes:
Spelling quizzes take place during lessons and review both current and past spelling patterns. This helps teachers identify any areas for revision.
📖 Reading at Home
We encourage children to read 3–5 times per week with an adult.
👨👩👧 How you can help:
📘 Reading records are checked weekly by the class teacher every Thursday, which is also our library day.