1. Presentation Meeting Year 5 Thursday 12 th September 2013

2. Staff Miss Chadha - Beech Mrs Parmar – Sycamore Teaching Assistants: Mrs Daly Miss McGillivary Miss Manjdadria PPA Cover Miss Buton – French teacher Mr Robson – PE Coach

3. A day at school Break times – 10:15 – 10:30am Lunchtime – 1 hour and 5 minutes 12:00 – 1:05pm PPA cover – different teachers. French and PE. Library/ICT weekly PE days (indoor/outdoor/swimming)

4. Literacy Fiction Novels and stories by significant children’s authors Traditional stories, fables, myths, legends Stories from other cultures Older literature, Film narrative, Dramatic conventions Non-fiction Instructions Recounts Persuasive writing Poetry Classic/narrative poems Choral and performance

5. Reading Guided Reading Importance of reading regularly at home and learning spellings. Reading records Library books Book bags

6. Maths Block A: Counting, partitioning and calculating: Block B: Securing number facts, understanding shape: Block C: Handling data and measures Block D: Calculating, measuring and understanding shape Block E: Securing number facts, relationships and calculating Please see the hand-out which contains more details on the objectives.

7. Foundation Subjects Autumn Science – Keeping Healthy, Changing sounds History – Victorian Britain ICT – Graphical modelling, Analysing data PSHE – We’re all stars, Be friendly, be wise Music – Investigating rhythm and patterns PE – Tag Rugby, Hockey, Dance and Gymnastics RE – Sikhism, Spirituality through Art French – Tell me a story, Our sporting lives DT – Designing a musical instrument Art – Objects and Meanings

8. Spring Science – Gases Around Us, Lifecycles History – Vikings Geography – Investigating Coasts ICT – Evaluating Information, Introduction to spreadsheets PSHE – Living long, living strong, Daring to be different Music – Rounds PE – Netball, Tennis, Swimming RE – Initiation practices French – Carnival of animals, What is the weather like? DT – Moving Toys Art – Containers Foundation Subjects

9. Summer Science – Changing State, The Earth and Beyond Geography - Water ICT – Controlling Devices, Monitoring environmental conditions PSHE – Dear Diary, Joining In and joining up Music – Space Journey PE – Athletics, Cricket, Dance and Gymnastics RE – Islam, Seeds for unity French – Healthy Eating, I am the music man DT – Biscuits Art – Talking Textiles Foundation Subjects

10. Homework Homework completed in books Reminder about reading, spellings, MLE and Mathletics.

11. Marking

12. General Reminders Please make sure that book bags are in school every day Water bottles All school clothes and PE kits named (uniform lists are on website) Call office if your child is absent. No holidays in term time