Welcome to Year 5!

Hello everyone and welcome to Year 5 with Miss Hart, Mrs Harvey and Miss Higson.

Important dates to remember can be found by clicking this link

Important information

• School day starts at 8:45 each day and finishes at 15:15
• If you are late please take your child to the main office to sign them in
• If you are collecting your child from school early, please collect them from the main office with the relevant evidence for early collection.  
• Please ensure that your child is wearing the correct uniform each day (37631998_page_file.pdf)
• PE will be on a Tuesday an a Thursday- for all classes, so please send your child into school in appropriate PE kit according to the uniform policy. No sports tops.  
• If your child has an after-school sports club, please send your child to school in their uniform and they will be given time to change into their PE kits before the club starts. 
• Please can you remember to pre-order your child's dinner on Parent Pay. If you need any support, please contact the office.
• All correspondence from school will only be sent through the School Spider App. If you haven't done so already, please can you download the app and collect your login details from the main office.

Reminders

• Please provide your child with a water bottle that can be used each day. There are facilities in school for these to be refilled.
• We are a Healthy School, so please can you ensure that your child's water bottle is only filled with water and their snacks follow the Healthy Schools Policy.
• Don't forget to clearly label any clothing/shoes with your child's name and class to prevent them from getting mixed up/lost.
• Please send your child into school daily with their reading book and planner.

Homework

• Spellings - Your child will be given a spelling list to practise at home on a Friday. They are tested on these spellings on the following Thursday (5JH) and Friday in 5KH and 5BH.
• Maths and Literacy - Your child will be given a piece of Maths and a piece of Literacy homework to complete each week. It will be handed out every Friday and is expected to be returned by the following Thursday.
• Reading - Please can you ensure that you are reading with your child for twenty minutes at least 3 times a week. When you have read with them, please let us know by writing a comment in their planner. We check planners regularly and we will sign to say we have seen them- please also add any other comments in the planner as a form of communication if needed :) 
• TTRockstars - Your child has also recieved log in details to access TTRockstars. This is a fun and engaging way to help children practise their times tables and division facts, which will help them with their Maths learning in school.

General

We are learning about some fantastic topics this year!

Please see attached in the files section the knowledge organisers for each subject. This will give you an overview of what your child is learning about.

This half term, we are very lucky to have Yichun from Dixons Newall Green delivering Mandarin lessons to the children throughout the half term. 

For Anti-Bullying week (week2), please send your child in with a suitable sized rock that we can decorate and write an inspiring message on- We need the rocks in ASAP as we will be decorating them early in week 2 - See Miss Hart if you have any queries.

World children day- Thursday 20th November- Children can come in wearing blue- Please look out for further details regarding this.

Please look out for letters and posters regarding Christmas jumper day, Christmas dinner day and jingle jog- Proposed date for all Wednesday 10th December- TBC 

Class assembly dates as follows at 9:10am in the KS2 hall-Next to the office:

5KH- Thursday 20th November 

5JH- Thursday 4th December

5BH- Friday 5th December

Please keep checking the Year 5 page for further updates.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to speak to your class teacher

Thank you for your continued support,

The Year 5 team