Year 5 - Mrs Graves

'Where everybody is somebody'

Homework reminder 

Similar to last year, your child will be set homework which links with the learning taking place within the classroom. We encourage you to support your child with the tasks which have been set, alongside listening to your child read at least three times a week. 

NB: If your child is struggling with their homework, please ask for help.

Maths

• Given out on a Monday -  to be handed in the following Monday.
• 10 minutes of TTRockstars each week (this will support your child's learning and overall understanding).

Reading

• Your child needs to read at least 3 times a week, with their reading record book signed by an adult.
• Your child’s reading book and records MUST be brought in daily, to monitor reading between home and school. We value any comments made by parents/ guardians in relation to reading.
• Reading records will be collected in every Wednesday to monitor that your child is reading to an adult at least 3 times per week with a signature to show this. 
• Reading at home, as well as school, is a fantastic way of supporting your child’s learning. Discussing books and providing meaningful reading opportunities outside the classroom

Spellings 

• Spellings and an activity will be given out each Friday, to be returned the following Friday to be tested.
• The activities are there to help your child understand the meaning of the word. 

P.E

• Monday - Outdoor (weather permitted) / Wednesday - Indoor
• Your child will need black/ navy shorts, white T-shirt, joggers and a long-sleeved top with plimsolls or trainers. 
• For safety reasons, pierced ears covered, if unable to take out and long hair to be tied back. 

Christmas Hamper Raffle

Our theme for the Christmas Hamper for our class is Christmas Eve Treats. Please bring a donation for the hamper on Friday 29th November when pupils are allowed to wear non-uniform in return for their donation. Hampers will be raffled at the Christmas fair on Friday 6th December. Thank you. 

Book Swap

We have been taking part in a Book Swap today to raise awareness in the importance of developing a love of reading and to raise money for the School Council to purchase new playground equipment. The children enjoyed shaing their books before swapping with each other. As you can see below, they were all happy with their choices.

Up and coming events...

27.9.24 - Cake Sale  - to raise money for Macmillan  - Main hall, afterschool. 

2.10.24 - Orienteering (Map work)

               Share a poem (Assembly)

7.10.24 - Bikeability week

10.10.24 - Hello Yellow (Healthy minds)

16.10.24 - Visit to Nene Park (Rivers)

National Poetry Day: October 3^rd 2024

Aiming to inspire a love of poetry, we will be celebrating National Poetry Day on Thursday 3rd October. This event provides a fantastic opportunity to explore and celebrate poetry. From engaging with familiar poems we love, to the creative fulfilment of crafting new works.

To celebrate the profound art of poetry, an art form that has the power to inspire, console, and captivate, we will be sharing a collection of poems in class over the next few weeks. I will provide a link to the poem we read on this page to be shared at home also. We began today with one of my personal favourites The Listeners by Walter De La Mare.