Welcome to Year 5!

Your teachers are:

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

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

Weekly Update: Friday 6th November 2026

Important Dates:

20.11.26 Christmas Fayre

26.11.26 Eden Project Day

15.12.26 UKS2 carol concert

16.12.26 Christmas Dinner day

18.12.26 Christmas Party day

21.12.26 First day of Christmas Holidays

5.1.27 First day back of the Spring term

We've had a short but sweet week in Year 5, but we've packed plenty in!

In English, we finished off our diary entries ready for our final write. The children have worked really hard on these and we're looking forward to seeing the finished pieces. In maths, we've been doing lots of practice with multistep problem solving – the children have shown great perseverance with some tricky challenges.

Our donuts in Modroc are coming along nicely and should be ready to paint soon. Once they're finished, we'll be moving onto this half term's DT topic, so watch this space!

In PE, we've been enjoying hockey, with lots of lovely dribbling and stealing each other's balls! The children have really thrown themselves into it and it's been great to see their teamwork developing.

Reminders:

• Don't forget to pay for the Eden trip on 26th November. We're really excited about it and it will be great to learn about the great Fibonacci!

• Our assembly date has changed from next week to mid-February. Sorry for the confusion – it had been changed everywhere apart from the calendar on the website.

• Homework will be up and running next week, so please keep an eye out for that.

Thank you as always for your continued support. If you have any questions about any of the above, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Drew and Mrs Chappell

CHRISTMAS CARD COMPETITION

Here are the details about the Christmas Card Competition from Ben Maguire (MP):

I am writing on behalf of Ben Maguire MP for North Cornwall, to invite your pupils to take part in his 3^rd Annual Christmas Card Competition, which is open to all primary school pupils. Every pupil at your school is invited to submit a design, and I’ll send a certificate to everyone who takes part.

The winner will win a prize, and the winning design will be used for Ben’s Christmas card this year, which is sent to people across North Cornwall.

I have set out below a few competition details:

• Please send us the original design, not a photocopy.

• Send your designs on A4 paper (although the winning design will be reduced in size and printed on A6.)

• Everything fun, creative, and vibrant is encouraged! (Avoid glitter, glue, cotton wool and other stick-on items – they’re great, but don’t reproduce well once we send the design to print.)

• Please remind pupils to write their full names, school and school year with their age on the back of their designs – otherwise we won’t know who the winner is!

• Name, age, year group and school will be shown on the winning card.

All designs must be received by Thursday 5^th November (but please send them before the deadline, if possible)   Please send all entries to Ben Maguire MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA.

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.