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Year 5 - Willow
Welcome to Year 5
Teacher: Miss Fallon
Teaching Assistants - Mrs Payne and Miss Molloy
Welcome back - Autumn 2
We hope you and your families have enjoyed the half term break - the children definitely deserved it after a first half term full of hard work and getting back into school life after the summer holidays! We have another full half term coming up and the lead up to Christmas is always so special with lots of Advent related prayer opportunities and the excitement of Christmas.
Our school value for this half term is respect 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
Monday 3rd November - Sibling and individual photographs
Friday 7th November - Flu vaccinations
Friday 14th November - St Teresa's Primary School deliver the Jubilee Anchor
WC Monday 17th November - Assessment Week
Sunday 30th November - Whole School Mass at 12 o'clock / Christmas Fair at school
Friday 5th December - Whole School Christmas Retreat Day
Thursday 11th December - House Celebration of the Word - theme of respect
Tuesday 16th December - KS2 Christmas Dinner
Tuesday 16th December - KS2 Carols by Candlelight at church 6pm start (arrival by 5.45)
Thursday 18th December - KS2 Christmas Party Day
Friday 19th December - Break Up for Christmas
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: Beowolf
Writing Outcome: Legend
Poetry focus: 'Slam Poetry'
Maths
Finishing addition and subtraction
Multiplication / Division
Starting fractions
RE
Branch 2 - Prophecy and Promise
Science
Materials - properties and changes
Geography
What is life like in the Alps?
Computing
Video production
PHSE
Healthy lifestyles
Music
Introduction to song writing
Art
Typography and maps
DT
Cooking and nutrition - what could be healthier?
Spanish
The way we look
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):
- Monday
- Wednesday
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