Year 5 - Hawthorn

Welcome to Year 5

Teacher - Mrs Godding

Year 5 Teaching Assistants - Mrs Payne, Miss Molloy

Welcome back - Spring 1

We hope you and your families enjoyed a restful Christmas break and we would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year. We are looking forward to a busy and exciting Spring 1 half term ahead.

Our new school value for this half term is love, and we will be encouraging the children to demonstrate this through kindness, respect and care for one another. We are very proud of all the children’s achievements so far and can’t wait to see the progress they make as the year continues.

We are also thrilled to have a school trip planned to Ordsall Hall on 15th January, which links closely to our new history topic on the Tudors and will help bring the children’s learning to life.

Please see below for this half term’s curriculum information. Don’t forget that our Instagram page is updated regularly, where you can see lots of the learning and experiences taking place in school. If you need to contact us, please email info@stjohnsrc.net.

Key dates

Thursday 15th January - Class trip to Ordsall Hall, Salford

Wednesday 21st January - Parent Workshop - maths 9am

Wednesday 4th February - Parent Worship - reading 9am

Tuesday 10th February - Safer Internet Day

Thursday 12th February PM - Young Voices Concert for Years 5 and 6

Thursday 12th February AM - House Celebration of the Word - theme of love

Friday 13th February - Break Up for Half Term

Key Information

PE - Tuesday and Day TBC

This term the children will need their PE kit in school on a Tuesday. Unfortunately, the second day for this is TBC and will be communicated ASAP. The children are still to come into school in full school uniform and get changed into their PE kits on their PE days. Please bring full PE kits into school on these days.

Reading Books

We encourage children to read for at least 30 minutes every day. We would appreciate your support in helping them to find some time every day to enjoy a book.

Some children will be given a banded reading book and all have a 'reading for pleasure' book to take home. Children should bring their reading book in every day as there will be opportunities for reading throughout the day. Their reading books will be changed every Monday if needed.

Homework

Please login into Atom Prime each week: https://atomlearning.com/prime

English and maths will be added every Wednesday.

Spellings

Children will be taught spellings through a new scheme called 'ELS' where workbooks are used regularly. Their lessons include activities and quizzes throughout the week.

Children will not have a formal-style spelling test each week as they will be assessed in other ways (e.g. dictation, quizzes, independent application).

Curriculum information

English

Text: 'Kai and the monkey king'

Writing Outcome: Myth

Maths

Multiplication / Division

Fractions

Branch 3 - Galilee to Jerusalem

Science

Forces and space - Earth and Space

History

What was life like in Tutor England?

Computing

Selection in physical computing

PHSE

Keeping safe

Music

Building a groove

Cooking and nutrition - what could be healthier?

Mechanisms - making a sling shot car.

Spanish

Eating Out

Physical Education

Dance

Basketball

It's advisable to bring your PE kit into school and leave it on your peg. However, you will be changing into PE kit on the following days (and not coming into school with it on):

Tuesday
TBC