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Year 5 - Willow
Welcome to Year 5
Teacher: Miss Fallon
Teaching Assistants - Mrs Payne, Mrs Doohan, Mrs McGovern, Mr Breen
Welcome back - Autumn 2
We hope you and your families have enjoyed a lovely break. We have a great half term ahead of us and our school value for this half term is 'respect'. Please see below for this half term's curriculum information.
Please don't forget that X 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
WC 11th November: Multi-faith week - focusing on Judaism with guest speaker.
Monday 11th November: Remembrance Day
Sunday 1st December: Whole School Mass and Christmas Fair
Tuesday 17th December: Christmas lunch and Carols by Candlelight 6pm at St John's Church
Thursday 19th December: party day/own clothes day
Friday 20th December: Finish for Christmas
Key Information
PE - Thursday and Friday
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.
Children will be given a banded reading book and 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 Friday if needed.
Homework
Please login into Atom Prime each week: https://atomlearning.com/prime
English and maths will be added every Thursday.
Spellings
The spellings for this year are below (Stage 5). Children will have spelling lessons in class and activities and quizzes throughout the week. Weekly spellings will be written in purple spelling books and these are to be brought into school each day. We would appreciate your support in reminding children to practise these words at home.
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 2
English
Main writing outcome: Fictional, adventure writing based on the legend 'Beowulf'
Reading texts: Beowulf - Michael Morpurgo
Thief! - Malorie Blackman
Poetry: Slam Poetry
Maths
Multiplication and Division
Fractions
RE
Life choices - Marriage commitment and service
Judaism - Beliefs
Hope - Advent; waiting in joyful hope for Jesus; the promised one
Science
Animals including humans
History
The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
Computing
Video production
PHSE
Healthy Lifestyles
Music
Introduction to song writing
Spanish
The way we look
Art
Mixed media - collage
Physical Education
Basketball
Squash
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):
- Thursday
- Friday