Welcome to Year 5 Hazel Class Page

Summer 2024

WELCOME TO YEAR 5

Year 5 staff would like to give a very warm welcome back to our final term of year 5. It has been wonderful to see all the pupils wearing their Summer uniform with pride and greeting friends and staff with happy smiles, kind words and good manners. We had a wonderful previous term and can’t wait to continue learning together this Summer. From a trip to the World Museum, to sports day, we will continue to create beautiful learning experiences.

This year is full of exciting moments and challenges for the children. This term, we will complete statutory NFER tests to help us identify any gaps in learning to enable us to consolidate any learning before we end year 5. We strongly advise you to encourage your children to use TTRockstars 3 times a week, home reading every week day and Reading Plus.

YEAR 5 STAFF

If you need any support or would like to discuss how we can best work in partnership to support your child in school, we are always here to help. Your class teacher is always the first point of contact, followed by Mrs Fisher as Upper Key Stage 2 Lead. For any advice on special educational needs, it may be appropriate, after speaking with the class teacher, to also contact Mrs Whitehead, who is our school Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENDCO).

Smaller queries can often be answered at drop off times, however for more private conversations, or those that may take a little longer, please make an appointment by discussing this with the teacher or calling the school office instead.

Please be advised that collection time is a very busy time, and not a time when we can give you our full attention.

Mrs Fisher Upper Key Stage 2 Phase Leader & Maths specialist teacher.

Mr Honeyman: Y5 Teacher (Hazel)

Miss Barker: Y5 Teacher (Elder)

Mrs McCormack, Miss Regan (Teaching Assistants)

Computing : Miss Baron (MGL)

PE: Mr Lea (Little Sports Coaches)

ATTENDANCE

Good attendance and punctuality are vital, not only for learning, but also to help pupils settle into their new school routine, make friends and grow in confidence.

Each week, every class with 100% attendance is rewarded with a voucher, which can be spent to celebrate the achievement in whatever way the class decides. In Year 5 we are fiercely competitive- help us to be the best by being in school every day and on time!

Our classroom door opens at 8.45am for the start of the day and collection time is at 3.15pm.

Summer Curriculum Coverage

English	Book 1: The Lost Book of Adventure Writing Outcomes: survival narrative & survival guide Book 2: King Kong Writing Outcomes: Dilemma & Balanced argument
Maths	Shape, Position & Direction, Decimals, Negative Numbers, Converting Units, Volume
RE	Pentecost SERVING- Transformation, Other Faiths– Islam, Reconciliation INTER-RELATING- Freedom and Responsibility , Universal Church – WORLD- Stewardship
History	Comparison Study – Benin and Anglo Saxons
Geography	OS maps and fieldwork
Science	Living Things & Their habitats
Computing	The Internet & WWB
PE	Our PE lessons are on Tuesdays. Children are to come into school wearing the school PE kit. Swimming – Hazel has swimming lessons on Mondays & Elder has swimming lessons on Thursdays. Children are to bring a swimming cap, goggles, a towel, swimming trunks/costume into school.
Art	3D (based on work by Barbara Hepworth)
Design & Technology	Structures & Mechanisms
Music	Charanga – Composition
PSHE	Relationships

HOMEWORK

Building good learning habits at home and reinforcing learning that happens at school is important. To help with this, regular homework will be set and engagement with this greatly appreciated.

Daily reading of books sent home– these are changed weekly.

(please write in the blue reading record each time you read with your child)

Weekly Spelling, Handwriting & Times Tables practice in yellow homework books.

Regular and ongoing times tables practise online using TTRockstars

(pupils have been provided with usernames and passwords)