Welcome to our Year 5 class page. Here you will find information about our classroom routines and a few snapshots of the wonderful things we do in Year 5. There are two Year Five classes: 5 Cedar and 5 Chestnut. Year 5 teachers are Mrs Matthews and Mrs Duffy.
Our Classrooms
Reading in Year Five
Reading is a vital part of our learning and home reading is a wonderful opportunity to ensure all of our children reach their full potential. In Year 5, we will all be allocated a reading book from our school scheme, ‘Reading Stars Planet’. If we are a ‘free reader’, we can choose a book from our class library. We bring our reading books into school every day so that our reading journals can be checked regularly and books should be changed frequently.
If we are reading a book from the reading scheme, we have to answer the questions at the end of the book in our journal to show that we have understood what we have been reading.
An adult should listen to us read regularly throughout the week (at least 3 times per week, making a short comment in our journal). Adults should also spend some time discussing the novel we have been given to ensure we are enjoying and understanding the text. This is part of our weekly homework tasks.
Homework in Year Five
Weekly homework activities include:
- Weekly spellings: Spellings are set each Monday and children are given 10 spellings to practise for a test each Friday.
- Daily reading of school reading book for at least 5-10 minutes.
- Maths Arithmetic homework: This will be given out each Monday and should be returned by the following Monday.
On occasion, there may be other homework activities linked to topics or other subjects. In addition, throughout the year, there may be TTRockstar battles between different classes or other schools for the children to compete in and earn points.
Here is the link to the key words that the children need to learn to read, spell and use by the end of the year:
PE Days in Year Five
Our current PE day is Thursday and the children will need to come to school in their PE kits for the day.
For indoor PE, children should wear a white t-shirt, black shorts and black pumps.
For outdoor PE, children can wear a dark jumper / hooded top and tracksuit bottoms / joggers along with a pair of trainers (to keep warm during the colder months).
There may be extra PE sessions during the term and class teachers will notify parents/carers of these extra slots on Class Dojo.
Learning in Year Five
For information on other areas of the children’s learning in Year 5, please see the relevant subject areas on the curriculum tab to view knowledge organisers etc.
Photos and updates of their work and learning activities will also be posted on class story in Dojo for each class.