Ghyllgrove Community Primary School &Resource Base for Deaf Children
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Class 16 - Year 5
Class Teacher: Miss Moloney
Class Learning Assistant: Mrs K. Nash
Learning Support Assistant: Mrs Dowson, Mrs Hill
Welcome back Class 16.
We hope you are rested and relaxed after having a wonderful break with your families at Christmas time. Now we are looking forward to an exciting term ahead. To make sure that everything runs smoothly and that the children settle back into their learning easily, we have a Miss Moloney, the Class Teacher, and Mrs Nash, Mrs Dowson and Mrs Hill who are always on hand with their support.
What to Bring to School
Please take the time to label ALL belongings, such as lunchboxes, water bottles etc. As we are a healthy school, we do ask the children have water only in the classrooms. At break time, the children can have a healthy snack of fruit or vegetable sticks. All other equipment will be provided. Please leave pencil cases at home to enjoy when you get home.
PE
PE will be on Thursdays and Fridays. Just a reminder that our PE kit consists of red shorts, white top and trainers. Black joggers and a black sweatshirt or hoodie are great for when it is colder, especially as PE is always outdoors.
Home School Diaries
Your Home School Diary needs to be in school every day as it is used to record times tables, spellings as well as reading. In the front of the diary you will find the login details you need for some of our wonderful online resources, such as TTRS, Bug Club and Google Classrooms.
This year, there will continue to be a strong emphasis on knowing the times tables by heart as this is especially important in Year 5.
As these things are so important, we ask that parents listen to the children read at least three times a week to encourage a love of books as well as supporting them with any times tables and spellings that they bring home. When you listen to your children read, this can be recorded in their Home School Diary and will count towards reading certificates which are awarded in order to celebrate their progress.
We look forward to continuing a really good partnership between home and school. To further this, there are lots of certificates to be earned for reading at home and an achievement scheme for learning times table facts. Look forward to your children bringing home lots of certificates!
Curriculum
In English, your children will be reading ' A series of unfortunate events " by Lemony Snicket which is a children’s classic. In maths, we will focus on greater maths fluency and increasing confidence in written methods of calculation such as multiplying 2 digit numbers by other 2 digit numbers. . During the afternoons, our science /topics will be 'Spies "and materials and their properties.
Look out for more information on the curriculum that we will be studying over the course of the year in order to support your child as much as possible. Also, look out for any letters sent home or messages in the Home School Diary as well as log in details for TTRS and Google Classroom.
Miss Moloney.
In Class 16, in our English from Autumn, we had been learning all about myths and legends. This is us enjoying role playing Theseus and the Minotaur.
Homework
Homework is given out on a Friday and handed in on a Tuesday.
This consists of a 5 question arithmetic sheet and a list of spellings that are to be learnt over a 2 week period.