Year 5 Update Week 3
Friday 14th September – PTA Bowling event
Thursday 20th September – Mid-Autumn Festival Market….please can the children bring some money to shop in our market?
Friday 21st September – 5D Class Assembly….9am start in the hall, all 5D parents welcome
Monday 24th September – BHS CPD….no school
Tuesday 25th September – Public Holiday….no school
Wednesday 26th September – Camp Info Evening 6pm….in the hall
Monday 1st October – Public Holiday….no school
Tuesday 9th October – 3-Way Conferences 3pm-7pm….please sign up soon via The Gateway (all children need to attend)
Thursday 11th October – 3-Way Conferences 3pm-7pm….please sign up soon via The Gateway (all children need to attend)
Friday 12th October – Dress Casual Day for community chest….plese bring in a donation
Friday 12th October – last day before October half-term break
Monday 22nd October – back to school after October half-term break
Wednesday 24th October – PTA AGM
Friday 26th October – Year 5 Trip to Crossroads….you will need to please grant permission via The Gateway soon
Tuesday 30th October – Year 6 Bake Sale….please bring in some coins to buy some treats to support our PTA
Friday 2nd November – 5C Class Assembly…..9am start in the hall, all 5C parents welcome
Monday 5th November – school photos
Tuesday 6th November – school photos
Friday 9th November – sibling photos
Monday 12th November – Mandarin Parent/Teacher Consultations….please sign up via The Gateway soon
Wednesday 14th November – Mandarin Parent/Teacher Consultations….please sign up via The Gateway soon
Tuesday 19th-23rd November – Year 5 Camp Week
Wednesday 21st November – Mandarin Parent/Teacher Consultations….please sign up via The Gateway soon
Friday 23rd November – Mandarin Parent/Teacher Consultations….please sign up via The Gateway soon
Tuesday 27th November – Mandarin Parent/Teacher Consultations….please sign up via The Gateway soon
Friday 7th December – PTA Christmas Disco Year 4-6
Wednesday 12th December – Christmas Concert 7pm
Friday 14th December – last day before Christmas break….12pm finish
Snacks – Some of the children have been coming in with some very healthy snacks already but please do try and include healthy snacks as much as possible. Snacks which are high in sugar can lead to difficulties concentrating due to their quick release of energy. Some good ideas might be fruit, wholewheat crackers or low sugar yoghurts. These healthy snacks not only support their body development but can also improve their attention span too.
Sleep – As always, it take a little time for the children to readjust to their early mornings after a long summer holiday. Please do try and help them get as much sleep as possible. 9-10 year olds should be aiming for around 10 hours a night.
Uniforms – The children all look fantastic in their school uniforms! Just a few reminders…purple socks on uniform days, white socks on PE days, please try and have the children wear summer uniforms rather than winter (it’s still incredibly hot!) and obviously wear PE kit on their designated days and can you please make sure they have their own school hat for play times and PE activities. Oh and please don’t forget that the children need white trainers for their PE lessons…….Mr Teahan has already noticed some non-uniform shoes.
- 5F PE days – Wednesday and Thursday
- 5C PE days – Monday and Friday
- 5D PE days – Monday and Friday
Hair – can the girls (and boys if necessary) please try and wear their hair tied or back at school. It’s still really hot out there and it is always good practice to keep our hair out of eyes and off their work. And, lets face it…nobody likes anyone’s elses hair on them! Hair tied back for PE lessons is particularly important too please.
Stationery – thanks for helping to sort out the children with all the required stationery items. Can you please check in with them to see what bits and pieces they still need to purchase? Many children don’t have a whiteboard eraser, this is very important. A piece of felt, an unused kitchen sponge or even an old (clean) sock will suffice.
Learning Centre – On days where the children visit the learning centre with their class, they will need to bring their book bags if they wish to borrow books. These days are as follows
5D – Monday
5F – Tuesday
5C – Thursday
A huge well done to 5F who started our yearly assemblies off in style. They did an absolutely fantastic job, especially as it is so early on in the year. Thank you to all of you who made it along to support. Again, a big well done 5F!
We had a great laugh at the comedy workshop, watching different comedians perform. The children learned about stage presence and where comedians get their material from as well as having the opportunity to perform themselves. It was terrific to see the children have the confidence to stand up in front of an audience and share their own ideas.
Central Idea – Artists can use a process to express messages and ideas.
- the tools and techniques artists use (form)
- how messages are interpreted and conveyed (perspective)
- how can I improve my work (responsibility)
- patterns and relationships of tenths and hundredths
- the patterns of 6+ digit numbers and how they are represented
- creating, describing and visualising 2D and 3D shapes
- transforming shapes
- locating points on a grid
In strand maths we continue to reinforce the appropriate use of technical vocabulary connected to shape and we are encouraging children to use this in a variety of contexts to find, name, describe and distinguish between different shapes.
Writing Focus –In writing this week, we have continued to look at sentence formation, in particular, the placement of words and the impact this has on the focus of sentences. We have looked at the identifying features of clauses and understanding their application. Students have been encouraged to work on building good quality sentences to improve the flow and flair of their writing.
5C- Karan Mukhi Santino
5D Anna Yeung
- Read the Weekly Update
THE FOLLOWING HOME LEARNING TASKS WILL BE STARTING GRADUALLY AT THE DISCRETION OF EACH YEAR 5 TEACHER….please check in with your own child
- Mathletics – continue with the set tasks
- Spelling – The children are sent home their 10 personal words that they need to learn for the week. The will happen on a Monday for 5F, Wednesday for 5D and Friday for 5C. Please, can a parent (or responsible adult) support the children by...testing them (written or oral), getting them to put their words into interesting sentences (written or oral), discussing the meanings of the words, thinking about synonyms and antonyms of that word, discussing words with a similar meaning etc.
- Reading – levelled home readers will be starting to come home soon. The children will be choosing levelled readers based on their own ability and are expected to read each night for at least 20mins at home with a parent. The children need to record their reading in their Reading Journals and parents can you please sign your child’s journal each night. Journals need to be returned to school each morning to be checked and will come home each evening (except Friday). Children may use Big Universe twice a week (only) as their choice of home reading.
- Mandarin Home Learning– All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.
Mandarin – All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.
