Welcome to Year Five
Teachers
Teacher – Mr Stevens
Teaching Assistant – Mrs Turner
Some useful information…
PE Days
Our P.E days are Tuesday and Thursday. Children should come in to school in their PE kits on these days.
Homework Diaries
Children must bring their Homework Diary to school every day. In Year 5, children are expected to read at home daily and record their reading in their diary. Regular communication between home and school is generally recorded in these books.
Spellings and Times Tables
Spellings and times tables will be sent home on a Monday and will be tested in school on the Friday of that week. Children will be given their spellings on a printed sheet on which they can practise. It is important that children know the meanings of words as well as the spelling.
Spellings – Children should look out for and remember other words from the spelling pattern being learned and pay particular attention to any irregular words and exceptions. Reading age appropriate books is one way of helping with this. By Year 5, children should be using a wider range of strategies for spelling in addition to using a dictionary as a matter of course. When learning new spellings, it is advisable to try the word first then learn those parts which were tricky, finding a memorable way to retain this in the mind. In Year 5, children are routinely expected to use precise nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in all their work. The new curriculum demands a much higher level of vocabulary than in the past. Any opportunity at home to use and explore new words in context would help enormously.
Times Tables -your child should know all the tables to 12 x 12 by now as well as be able to apply the knowledge of these in other contexts.
Homework
Learning activities relating to the topic we are covering in school will be sent home. The activities will include a selection of topic related tasks which children can select from.
Curriculum Information
Please download the documents on the right of this page to support your understanding of learning in class. A copy of the programme of study can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/335186/PRIMARY_national_curriculum_-_English_220714.pdf
