Welcome to Year 5!

Your teachers are:

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

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

Weekly Newsletter - 12th December 2025

We are nearly at the end of term and gearing up for Christmas. We are so impressed with the resilience of the children as we are all feeling very tired. A special mention to Rowan, who coped exceptionally well this week with a range of different teachers. We were all very happy to welcome Miss Barriball back yesterday – fighting fit and well again!

It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the news about Mrs Carpenter. As a staff, we are struggling with this too, and we really appreciate the support you are giving your children at home during this difficult time. One more week to go.

This week in English, we wrote non-chronological reports on bullying. The children showed great sensitivity and insight into this topic, producing some lovely writing. In maths, we are nearly finished our first block of fractions for Year 5. We have been tackling the challenging concept of adding fractions with different denominators, and almost all children rose to the challenge brilliantly.

In history, we compared the two city-states of Athens and Sparta. In Oak Class, it was an even split between those who wanted to be Athenians and those who wanted to be Spartans. In science, we learnt about the presence of water vapour in the air around us and how it can be turned back into liquid through condensation.

Please remember these key events for next week. On Tuesday is the Carol Concert at Stratton Church, with a start time of 1.30pm. Wednesday is Christmas Jumper and Christmas Dinner Day. Friday is the Class Party Day. Please check the school website for food lists and contributions.

There is a lot of illness around at the moment, so please do look after yourselves.

Thank you for your ongoing support. Let's rally for one final week.

Miss Barriball and 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.