Welcome to Year Five!

Bring your excitement, your courage and your drive,
We’re thrilled to have you here in Year 5!
With curiosity leading the way,
Let’s make this a year to remember each day!

Don't forget to also check our individual class dojo pages for even more information, weekly updates and photographs about our learning.

The Year Five Team

Year 5a – Mrs. Wright (Deputy Head Teacher) &  Mrs. Coupland

Year 5b – Miss. Jones

Teaching Assistant (mornings) Mrs. Coupland

Midday Supervisor – Mrs. Savill

If you have any problems or questions, please get in contact via 'Class Dojo'. We are more than happy to help!

Our Curriculum

Maths - Fractions, decimals and percentages

English - Stormbreaker (Alex Rider) Beowulf (Saxon myths) and Rescue (RNLI leaflets)

History - Anglo Saxons, Vikings and the battle for the Kingdom of England.

Geography - Volcanoes

Art - Sculpture

DT - 3D printing (keyrings)

RE - Christianity 

Music - Classroom Jazz (recorders), Fresh Prince on Bel-Air (rap)

PE - Volleyball, gymnastics (two terms) and basketball

Computing - Creating Media (Tinkercad) and creating media (Google Drawings)

On a weekly basis, we expect the children to complete the following activities:

• Reading – Daily for 10 minutes (needs to be signed at least 3 times a week).
• Times Tables Rockstars – Some children will have it set as their homework, all will need to participate in battles throughout the year.
• Spellings –  We will give out spellings to learn at home.
• Homework book – Maths CGP homework book, with pages to complete. This will be communicated via Class Dojo (given on a Friday and due the following Thursday).
• PE kits need to be in school on a Thursday.

Useful websites

https://www.thereaderteacher.com/year5

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

https://ttrockstars.com/

Scratch - Imagine, Program, Share (mit.edu)

Dates for Your Diary:

1st day of term 3 - 6th January

Trip to RAF Waddington - 5A (24th January) and 5B (23rd January)

Internet Safety week performance and workshop - 12th February

Jorvik trip - 13th February

Last day of term 3 - 14th February

First day of term 4 - 24th February

Mod roc afternoon (Old clothes needed) - 14th March

Mini First aid course - 18th March

Parents Evening - 18th and 19th March

Comic Relief - 21st March

Class Photos - 26th March

Science Day - 4th April

Last day of term 4- 4th April