Year 5 - Willow

Welcome to Year 5

Teacher: Miss Fallon

Teaching Assistants - Mrs Payne and Miss Molloy

Welcome back - Autumn 1

We hope you and your families have enjoyed a lovely summer holiday. It's been wonderful to welcome the children back into school and we are very excited for their Year 5 adventure to begin. Our school value for this half term is gratitude and we are looking forward to see the children demonstrating this throughout the coming weeks. Please see below for this half term's curriculum information.

Please don't forget that Instagram is updated regularly, so you'll see lots of learning and experiences taking place on there. Remember, you can contact school at info@stjohnsrc.net.

Key dates

Welcome Wednesday - 10th September (8.45 - 9.00 in classrooms)

Parents' Evening - 22nd October

Black History Month - October

Viking workshop - TBC

Key Information

PE - Monday and Wednesday

This year, children are 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 - Autumn 1

English

Text: Race to the frozen north / Young, gifted and black

Writing Outcome: Diary entry

Maths

Place value

Branch 1 - Creation and Covenant

Science

Mixtures and Separation

History

Were the Vikings raiders, traders or something else?

Computing

Systems and searching

PHSE

Mental and emotional health

Music

Why we sing

What shall we do with a drunken sailor?

Art

Typography and maps

Spanish

All about me

Physical Education

Gymnastics

Hand Ball

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):

Monday
Wednesday