Welcome to Year 5!

Your teachers are:

Mrs Chappell:     carolinechappell@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk 

Mrs Drew:    hannahdrew@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk

Weekly Update: Friday 2nd October 2026

Important Dates:

w/c 5.10.26 Rowan Class Swimming Week

22.10.26 Halloween Disco

26-30.10.26 Half term

2.11 and 3.11 INSET days (no children in school)

What a week it has been in Year 5! We have packed so much into the last few days, from saving lives in the pool to diving deep into huge numbers.

Oak class has been absolutely fantastic in the pool this week. We have had lots of swimming, and the highlight was definitely today when we practised our life-saving skills in our pyjamas! It was a great challenge, and we saw so much improvement from everyone over the course of the week. A huge well done to all of Oak for your effort and resilience.

Next week, it’s time for a change. Oak will be returning to normality in school, whilst Rowan class will be taking their turn to swim. We can't wait to see what Rowan achieves!  

In Maths, we have dived into the world of rounding! We have been learning how to round numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, and even 100,000. It has been a tricky concept, but everyone has shown great determination and made real progress. Keep up the hard work, Year 5!

Our History lessons have been fascinating as we learned about the three main reasons for the end of the Great Plague. Fortunately, we are now past all the gruesome bits, which we know some of you will be relieved to hear!

The creativity has been flowing in English! We have finished our final writes for our 'fairy tales with a twist', and we are absolutely loving reading them. The imagination on display is fabulous – well done, everyone!

It was lovely to meet so many of you for parents' meetings.  Thank you all for making the effort, it is great to be able to share what we are doing in class and to learn more about you and your families.

Finally, well done to those who managed to get all their homework done!  We're so pleased that Mymaths is working for you all.  Remember to get in touch if there are any issues with logging in etc.

Thank you for your continued support and well done to the children for all your hard work!

Have a lovely weekend, 

Mrs Drew and Mrs Chappell

HOMEWORK

Reading:
Please can your child read 5 times a week, preferably out loud. They have a reading log which will be checked every Friday morning so please make sure their reading has been logged. Please ensure their reading book comes in every day.

Maths:
Mymaths.  This will be checked on Friday.  All children should now have log in details but please get in touch if you're struggling to locate them!

Spelling:
We will check the Spelling Shed online logs every Friday. This assignment involves them playing 10 spelling games (there are 10 questions per game) linked to their learning in school. If you encounter any difficulties, please let us know as soon as possible.

Important messages/information:

SPARE SHOES:
Please put spare trainers in your child’s bag. In the event of rain, wet play and PE are result in wet, damp shoes. Thank you.