Welcome to year 5!

Your teachers are: Mrs Chappell & Miss Metherell

carolinechappell@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk            grace.metherell@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk

Hello and welcome to Year Five!

Playground Snacks

We encourage children to bring a snack for morning playtime to eat in the playground. The children are allowed to bring fruit or vegetables but please give consideration to a snack that is safe and easy to eat while on the move! Every day, under a government scheme, all children in the YR, Y1 and Y2 are provided with a piece of free fruit/vegetable in class.

Year 5 Weekly Update – Week 6 Summer term 6.6.25

Dates

• 9^th June PTA cake sale
• 19th/20th June – Surf and SUP day – look out for the letter
• 20^th June PTA Summer Fayre
• 10th and 11th July – transition days
• 14th July – 2 minute beach clean day
• 18^th July – last day of the summer term

Year 5 Weekly Update

Welcome back after the half-term break! I hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable time. We’re now on the home stretch—just 6 weeks to go—and the children are working hard to finish the year strong.

We’ve completed our final writing piece and have been deeply immersed in reading about Anne Frank. The children produced thoughtful news reports on the discovery of her diary and its lasting impact on the world today. I’m looking forward to marking their fantastic work over the weekend!  In maths, we’ve been mastering adding and subtracting decimals—the children have shown great confidence and precision in their calculations.  We’ve introduced our new artist focus: Andy Warhol! The class has been learning about his influence on the Pop Art movement, and they’ve started brainstorming ideas for their own reduction print portraits. Exciting creations are on the way!  Our new PE topics are cricket and orienteering—check out the photos to see the children in action! They’ve been developing teamwork, strategy, and coordination skills.  In PSHE this week, we explored legal and illegal drugs as part of the National Curriculum. The children were respectful, mature, and engaged, leading to meaningful discussions about stereotypes and making informed choices.  DT – Coming Soon!  We’ve finally gathered all the materials needed for our DT project on cams and will be organising a dedicated DT day to create simple cam mechanisms. A huge thank you to those who contributed toward materials—your support is greatly appreciated!

As always, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch. Wishing you a lovely weekend!

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Chappell and Miss Metherell

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.

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 15 garage sessions per week (15 minutes). Pupils can then play games of their choice once this is complete.

Spellings homework:
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. Please ensure that your child has logged in and had a go at accessing some of the games in their assignment. If you encounter any difficulties, please let us know as soon as possible.