Year 5

Welcome to Year 5

PE

We have PE twice a week on Monday and Wednesday. Please come into school wearing your PE kit on those days. Remember that earrings should not be worn for PE and long hair should be tied back. It is also important that each child has a water bottle in school.

Spring Term is our Swimming time, so our Wednesday PE slot will be swimming during Spring Term. Please bring your swimming kit to school on Tuesdays.

Homework

Homework will be given out on Fridays and is due back the following Friday.

You will have a spelling quiz every Friday and will also receive your new spellings for the week on that day. You will need to write a sentence for each spelling in your homework book.

You will read regularly in school during Guided Reading lessons with myself. Your reading books will be changed when needed, so please bring your reading books and reading record into school every day. Once you have read your book, please use your reading diary to write a few sentences about the book—this might be a short synopsis or reasons why you liked or disliked the story. Feel free to record any books or comics you may have read or listened to that aren’t part of our reading scheme too – we would love to hear about them!

In addition to your spelling homework, you will also get a weekly English or Maths homework to complete in your homework books. You should also be going on Times Tables Rockstars at least 3x per week at home.

Each term you will receive some topic homework. You can choose two or three of the options to complete for this.

If you can’t complete your homework for any reason, please let me know.

Rewards

You are now in upper KS2, so we all expect you to set a fantastic example and show the younger children how to behave correctly. You can be rewarded with:

Shine points via Class Dojo

We will also stay connected and share updates about what’s happening in class via Class Dojo.

Star Assembly – On Fridays, children from Year 5 will be recognised for their hard work in the Star Assembly.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. I am usually free after school from 3:20 to 4:00, except for Wednesdays when we have a staff meeting. If there is anything you would like to talk about privately, let me or the office know and we can arrange for a more private place to talk.

I look forward to teaching you all and I am sure you will have a fantastic year in Year 5!

Mr Seville