Welcome to the Year 5 Information Evening

Our Year - Our Team Mr Fell, Mrs Beeden, Mrs Chamberlain, Mrs Green, Mrs Oakley, Mrs Robinson & Mrs Ruddy

Weekly Timetable What are the themes in Year 5? Term 1 - Tudor Explorers Term 2 – France Term 3 – Caribbean Term 4 – Iron Age Term 5 – Industrial Revolution Term 6 – What is Art?/Production

Maths: Term 1 Block 1 Large numbers Block 2 Multiplication and division Block 3 Fractions Block 4 Addition and subtraction Block 5 Geometry Block 6 Multiplication and division

English: Term 1 Active English Block 1 Classic Fiction The Jungle Book Just So Stories Block 2 Recounts UFOs and Aliens Block 3 Slam Poetry

Science Earth and Space Changing State and Gases Evolution and Inheritance Forces Electricity

The children will be working on the Year 5 standards in the new National Curriculum. How do we judge how well your children are progressing? Sharing learning objectives and success criteria together. Questioning Partners/Small group work Self evaluation TASC/ Using and Applying Guided groups Recorded work Summative assessment

Homework  Mr Fell will give homework out on a Friday which will consist of Spellings, Maths and English (Mrs Beeden will provide her group with English on Thursday). This will be returned on the following Wednesday.  Mrs Beeden will give homework out on a Wednesday which will consist of a research activity based on the termly theme. This needs to be returned on Wednesday.

What’s happening?  1/10/15 – Harvest Festival  7/10/15&15/10/15 Parents’ Evenings  8/10/15 Individual Photos  4/12/15 Christmas Fair  5/12/15 Grimethorpe Concert  15/12/15 Carol Service  16/12/15 Whole School Christmas Service  18/12/15 Carols on the Playground  Week of the13/6/16 Ilam Residential

What can you do to help your child?  Listening to your child read and questioning them about what they have read.  Times tables need to be learned.  Use numbers (large ones) where possible.  Use Maths in everyday situations, ask your child to tell you the time, what will it be in …?  Encourage your child to be involved with money when shopping, using the right amount of coins etc.

Useful Information PE – This is on Friday with Mr Fell and Games on a Thursday with Mrs Oakley. Children will need trainers and track suit bottoms on this day. Please ensure that hair is tied back and all earrings removed on these days. Forest schools will continue. This is a valuable learning experience for children. Further information will be sent out in due course. Children need to bring their water bottles containing water every day. Please keep big bags to a minimum as we do not have room to store things that do not fit in their lockers.

Remember the school website for additional information.

We look forward to an exciting term ahead! Thank you for your time.