Year 5

Year 5

Welcome to Year 5!

This is our final term together. You have all worked so hard throughout the year and let's make the final stretch a good one! Our topic for this term is The Commonwealth, with a specific focus on Guyana.

Upcoming events to look forward to are:

A trip to a Forest school
Building dens with Reception
Sports Day
Swimming
Tennis

Homework

Homework will be given out on a Friday and should be returned on a Wednesday.

We would like to remind you that when homework is returned you have a chance of wining rewards and prizes in Homeworkopoly.

Spelling Homework will also be sent home. Please help your child to learn their spellings. We will be asking your child to spell these words throughout the week.

Reading books will be sent home on a Friday. Please listen to your child read and ask questions about what they have read. In their book bag, there is a reading record to fill in. Books should be returned when they are finished and will be replaced.

Year 5 will have PE on a Tuesday and a Friday.

Please make sure your child's PE kit is in school. These can remain in school until half term.

Water bottles

Each child should have a water bottle in class at all times.

Our School Values

Remember to consistently demonstrate our school values of:

Honesty
Respect
Self-belief
Determination
Passion
Teamwork
Equality
Excellence

There will be lots of raffle tickets rewarded .

Guyanese Curry

forest school

Forest School

Bikeability

World Book Day

Building structures

Children's mental heath week

Our safer internet pledges

Creating different shades in Art

Taking cuttings in Science

Dissecting Flowers

We've been learning to dance!

Look at our routines!

MOV03427.AVI

MOV03428.AVI

River Powerpoints - In our Georgraphy topic we have been comparing three world rivers.

Look at our Christmas cards

All ready for the Christmas Concert

Capoeira

The children were singing along to a story told by the instructor. The story was about being grateful for what we have today as tomorrow it may be gone.

Athletics competition

Our finished mosaics

Year 5 Debate during Parliament Week

Greek Day

Bonfire night

In English we have been studying narrative poetry. Below is a link to a number of videos of poetry performances and play scripts based upon 'The Highwayman.' The children have recorded them on green screens and added in new settings to match the changes within the narrative. Some of the children also went on to create film trailers based on 'The Highwayman.