Class 5

Class 5 Teachers

Mrs Curtis is one of two teachers that teach Class 5. She teaches in the class on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs Curtis is also the Maths Leader for the school. She simply loves teaching maths and enjoys finding a variety of different ways to help children make sense of number. 

Mrs Radford is one of two teachers in Class 5. She teaches on a Thursday and Friday. Mrs Radford is also the Geography Leader for the whole school. Mrs Radford really enjoys sharing different types of stories with the children and discussing the characters and settings with them.

Class 5 Support Staff

Miss Steed is the Class 5 Teaching Assistant and works in the class on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. She is also the Out of School (OSC) Leader. Miss Steed has a passion for art and can often be seen leading different creative activities with the children. She is incredibly creative!

Year 5

This is an exciting stage in their learning journey, where independence, responsibility and curiosity truly begin to shine. Over the year, children are encouraged to challenge themselves, think critically and develop greater confidence both inside and outside the classroom. We place a strong emphasis on teamwork, respect and kindness, helping children to grow not only academically but also socially and emotionally- all underpinned by our school motto 'Do Everything in Love.'

We value the partnership between home and school and believe that by working together we can ensure that every child thrive. Please check our Class Story on Class Dojo regularly and feel free to contact us on Dojo with any questions- Miss Curtis Mon- Wed and Mrs Radford Thur-Fri.

 

Spring term

The focus in the lead up to Easter is 'Galactic Adventures and Groundbreaking Greeks.' We will be visited by an astronomer from Cambridge University to launch our science work on space and then focus on the solar sustem and the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth and how we get day and night. In history we will start to dive into the world of the Greeks, focusing particularly on democracy and the ancient olympics. In English we will complete our unit on free verse before working on narrative from two perspectives (The myth of King Midas) and then moving onto instructional writing. In Maths we will further explore the link between decimals and percentages before moving onto perimeter, area and then statistics. In RE we will focus on Salvation and sacrifice and in PHSCE we will look at personal safety. Our computing module focuses on programming BBC Micorobits and in Spanish we will learn how to talk about our birthdays. In DT we will be making Forest School themed pop up books for our Year 1 friends and in Music we will be starting to learn the Ukelele! Indoor PE (Tuesdays) will be gymnastics and outdoor PE (Thursdays) will be hockey. It will definitely be a busy term!

 

 

Year 5 Curriculum

Class 5 PE Days-

 

Spring 2 is PE - Tuesday (indoor) and Thursday (outdoor)

PE kit should be in school colours e.g. yellow t-shirt / black / grey tracksuit bottoms and top (with no big logos).

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E Safety

We teach E Safety at school. Here are some website links that you could use to talk about E Safety at home. They include games for children to play and information for you to read as a Parent/Carer.

Click on the links below to take you to the websites.

 

ThinkUKnow

NSPCC online safety resources

Homework Expectations

Spellings:

Each week, spellings for the following week will be sent on dojo for children to practise in advance of them being taught to help build confidence and understand meaning. Children will need to be able to write each of these words within a sentence to show that they understand the meaning of the word and the context in which it can be used.


Times Tables:

We suggest regular practice of TT rockstars to maintain quick recall. It is suggested 25 minutes each week. 

Reading:

We really encourage regular reading at home to help support imagination, spellings, empathy, sentence structure as well as helping well-being. We ask for a minimum of 4 times a week for around 20 minutes and for parents to sign the reading journal each time a child has read. 


Optional maths homework:

Children have the option to bring home maths sheets from the lesson to practise what we have done in lessons.