Class 5

Hello and Welcome to Class 5!

Teacher: Mrs Platt

Teaching Assistants: Miss Campbell and Miss Devey. 

Please see the class welcome letter for the Year 5 topics that will be covered this term. 

Important things to remember:

PE - Tuesdays and Fridays. All children are expected to have their full kit in school. 

Homework - Spellings are given out each Monday and there will be a test on those words the following Monday. Please help your child to learn these at home. 

Times Tables -  All children should know their times tables up to 12 x 12 by the end of the year. Children have been given times tables cards to practise at home. Please help them by testing them regularly and asking quick fire questions. 

Reading -  Children are encouraged to read each night for 10 minutes. Please sign their reading diary to show that they have read. 

Project - Children have been given the project homework for this half term. There are a number of tasks however one task must be completed each week and brought into school for every Thursday. 

Other - Maths or English homework will also be given out each week. This will usually be related some what we have been learning in class. 

If you have any questions, please ask :) 

Mrs Platt

I cannot believe that we are at the start of our final term already. I hope you all managed to have a relaxing break :)

Our topic for this next half term is Amazing Amazon. The children are really enjoying learning all about the rainforest and have already began to produce some super work!

Our main topic subjects are:

English - Looking at stories from other cultures, which will help us plan and write our very own rainforest story and debate - with a focus on deforestation. 

Geography -  Researching what a biome is; the different types of biomes around the world and the locations and structure of rainforests.  

Art -  Creating our very own art projects on the different animals that live in the Amazon rainforest using a range of drawing and painting techniques. 

In maths, we are focusing on fractions and then we will be moving onto decimal equivalents of fractions. 

We are hopeful that the weather will start to improve shortly so we can even squeeze in some outdoor learning. Keep your fingers crossed for us. 

If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to come and see me. 

Mrs Platt. 

Welcome to Year 5 ! ( 2017 - 2018)

Teachers in Year 5 : Mrs Platt

                                  Mrs Campbell (Teaching Assistant)

Please see the Class welcome letter for information on topics being covered this term.

Important things to remember.

PE days: These are on Thursdays and Fridays and all children are expected to have a full school kit in school.

Homework: Spellings( from the appropriate year word list) are given out on Mondays and a spelling quiz is carried out the following Monday.

                  Project : Each child has a project book which they should have brought home. In it you will find a list of activities. Your child can choose one activity to be completed each week and brought in on each Wednesday .

                  Other : On a Wednesday a sheet of homework will be sent home and this needs to be brought in the following Wednesday. This will be either a Maths or English.

                  Reading : We encourage the children to read for at least 10 mins every day. Please could you sign their reading diary to show that they have read.

                  Times Tables : All year 5 children need to know up to 12 x 12 by the end of the year.  Please could you help your child by practising chanting the tables through and asking them quick fire questions , in order for your child to learn them.