Welcome to Year 5!

Your teachers are:

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

Miss Barriball:    hannahbarriball@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk

Weekly Newsletter - 5th December 2025

Although we are in December, we are still packing lots into the children's week. In English, the children have planned, written, edited and created a final copy of their own Percy Jackson chapters. The children have been engrossed in this unit and this has really shone through in their writing this week. The children have retold the battle between Percy and the Minotaur, using a variety of fabulous descriptions and action to create gripping chapters. 

In maths, we felt the children needed to consolidate their understanding of equivalent fractions and how to find a common denominator further to support them with ordering 6 fractions or more at the end of the week. This will also stand them in good stead for the rest of the unit. 

In Year 5, the knowledge the children need to have of fractions increases considerably and the children rely quite heavily on their timetables to support them so the more confident they are at recalling these the easier they will find their maths lessons. Please encourage your child to use TTRS as much as possible if they are feeling a bit uncertain with any tables as this really will benefit them right across the maths curriculum.

In history, the children learnt about everyday life as an Ancient Greek and also realised quite how much we are still being influenced by the Greeks today. 

The children also started their week with creating their own vector artwork pieces in computing and enjoyed their hockey lesson. They all get thoroughly stuck into their PE and really enjoy playing mini-games with and against one another.  

As the carol service is approaching, the children have started rehearsing their class songs more this week and today they have also sung all the carols that will be in our service on the day. Plus, the children write their own readings for the service and so in RE this week the children have retold a section of the Christmas story for this. 

Next week, we will be discussing and organising who will bring which items to the class parties on the last day of term. Please look out for this. 

Have a lovely weekend getting in the festive spirit, 

Miss Barriball & Mrs Chappell

Important Dates:

• Tuesday 16th December UKS2 Carol Concert

• Wednesday 17th December – Christmas lunch and jumper day

• Friday 19th December – Christmas party day (non-school uniform and bring a buffet)

• Friday 19th December – End of term

• Monday 5th January - start of Spring term

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. Please ensure their reading book comes in every day.

Maths:
We are asking everyone to complete 10 Garage sessions per week and 5 Soundchecks (15 minutes). Pupils can then play games of their choice once this is complete.

Spelling:
Teachers 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.