1. Staff your children will meet:
Welcome to Year 5!
Staff your children will meet:
Ms Stone / Mrs Pillinger / Miss Hollingshead /Mrs Sheppard – Class Teachers
Mrs Eve and Mrs Aston– PPA cover
Mrs Wickham & Mrs Sedar – Teaching Assistants
Mrs Stentaford– SMSA

2. Timetable Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Register
EMT (maths)
EMT (literacy)
Quiet Reading
Celebration Assembly
Mathematics
Literacy (grammar)
Science
Assembly
Class Assembly
Morning Break
Quiet/guided reading
Literacy (Reading Comprehension)
Topic
Mathematics (40 tables)
Literacy (Writing)
Lunch Break
Handwriting/Spelling
RE/Topic
Indoor Games/Topic
Literacy (writing) /ICT
Swimming/R.E.
Outdoor Games/ Topic
Literacy (writing)/ ICT
Swimming/Topic

3. Maths
The Maths Curriculum objectives will be taught to your child in two ability groups. Your child will be assessed against these throughout the year.
Maths is divided into three broad areas:
Number- including weekly times tables test.
Geometry and Measures
Data
All of the above areas will include opportunities to use and apply this knowledge.
This all builds on their learning in Year 4, and aims to consolidate and take them further.

4. Literacy
Literacy will continue to be taught in pods. This allows us to link more areas of learning and provide an engaging topic based approach.
Reading will be taught in ability groups during daily Guided Reading and weekly comprehension lessons.
Writing will still be developed through Talk For Writing units and Power of Reading. The children will experience a range of genres alongside skills work based on grammar and sentence level activities.
The children will have regular spelling practise at school and will take spellings home. Our new spelling scheme is called No Nonsense Spelling.

5. Reading
The children will regularly read within a Guided Reading group. Guided Reading sessions provide the opportunity for children to read and discuss texts.
In Literacy groups, children will also learn how to form written responses to questions about various text types.
Reading at Home
It is vital that all children regularly read at home and have the opportunity to discuss the text with an adult. Children earn a dolphin point for reading three times!

6. Science
Science this year will continue to develop knowledge and understanding through investigating, researching and explaining and applying scientific concepts.
The first area the children will be learning about is Forces.

7. Afternoons
During the afternoons the children will engage in the Creative Curriculum which will include aspects of History, Geography, Science, ICT, P.E., Music, Art, RE and French. Often these subjects will link with learning in Literacy.
Our main topics this year include France, Earth and Space, Anglo Saxons, Rivers and Ancient Greece. Sometimes we will have themed weeks or days including our DT projects, Book Week and Science Days.

8. Homework
Your child will be given a homework grid for the next two terms. This encourages the children to become independent learners and develop their research skills, as well as allowing them to have ownership over their learning journey.
In addition to this, the children will have weekly spellings and mathematics practice to complete at home.

9. Equipment
P.E. kits need to be in school at all times- long hair should be tied back and earrings covered.
Swimming kits
General classroom equipment
Art shirts
Water bottles
Coats

10. Pod 5 Experiences Year group assemblies
Spring Production- ideas welcome!
Open classrooms at the end of every topic
A range of visitors will be coming in over the year to enrich different curriculum areas

11. Thank you!
Thank you for attending this meeting to support your child in Year 5. If you need to speak to any of the teachers at any point this year please feel free to contact the office to arrange a mutually convenient time. We look forward to getting to know you and working with you this year.