Welcome to Year 5

Dear Parents We would like to welcome your child to Year 5 and hope for a successful year.

Reading You have already received a reading book – your child will be heard at least once a week by the class teacher / TA. Reading pages will be recorded in diary, please sign to show it has been done. They will also have a class novel read to them each day.

Spellings Spellings will be given out every Friday to be tested the following Friday. The test sheet will be returned home so you can see how you child did. Work will have been covered relating to the spellings on the Friday.

Homework Every Friday your child will receive an English and Maths homework to be returned the following Friday. We do sometimes set research based topic homework over holiday periods.

Times Tables Will be set each week on one particular table to start with but this will change as the year progresses to mixed tables work / TT Rockstars will reflect this.

P.E. Your child will have P.E. on Mondays and Thursdays currently. Children are currently coming in their outdoor kit on these days until further notice.

Swimming Your child will be going swimming with school in Year 5, it is not till later in the year. We will inform you nearer the time of arrangements.

Extra curricular clubs Will run for 10 weeks every term and a letter will go out each term informing you what is available. This will be back up and running as soon as it is safe to do so.

Classes Both Y5 classes will operate on the same curriculum and as near as possible the same activities and timetables. Groupings are fluid and not always ability based. The same is true of table places. Any issues or concerns please contact us. Topics this year are – The Rainforests, The Civil War in Bolton, Our world, South America and The Mayans.

Website / E-safety Please check website for up to date information on what is happening in school / class. We will also use twitter and our class blog to show you what’s going on around school. E-Safety (social media) is something we will update regularly with the children.

Behaviour system The children are aware of expected behaviour in class. If necessary names are put on the board and any further problems result in a tick which means 5 minutes off their playtime.

TRIPS There are no trips planned at the current time but as soon as circumstances allow we will do our best to get the children back out on trips. This includes the Tatton Park Flower Show 2021 which is currently still going ahead.

Please remember if there are any problems or you would like to discuss any issues, please ring us to arrange a meeting.

Thank you for your continuing support, Mr M McGlashan / Mrs Bailey