Welcome to Year 5!

Your teachers are:

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

Mrs Drew (Miss Barriball):    hannahbarriball@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk

Year 5 Weekly Update

• 3rd April - 19th April - Easter holidays

• 20th April First day of Summer term and donation day for the jumble sale

• 23rd April 3.30pm Jumble Sale - fundraiser for Jenda school in Ethiopia and Stratton Primary

• 11th May Year 4 and 5 bake sale

• 18th May Beach day with 2-minute Beach Clean group for Oak

• TBC Beach day with 2-minute Beach Clean group for Rowan

We have made it, and it's so lovely that spring seems to have sprung just in time to lift everyone's spirits. This week, we perfected our sci-fi stories featuring a robot who goes rogue, and the children came up with some wonderfully imaginative ideas about technology turning against its creators. There were some great examples of writing designed to build tension, from short, sharp sentences to eerie descriptions of malfunctioning machinery. On top of that, lots of children have almost perfected speech punctuation, which is notoriously tricky, carefully placing inverted commas around spoken words and remembering to start a new line for each new speaker.

We have also had a week of statistics in maths, and it was lovely to do some real-life maths that the children could see the point of. They have practised reading, creating and interpreting graphs, including bar charts and line graphs, as well as two-way tables – bus and train timetables, for example, where they had to work out journey times and connections. Today, we had our last arithmetic paper of the term, and they all smashed it, showing real determination and resilience despite being tired and just looking forward to the holidays.

Thank you so much for supporting the children on Tuesday during the project afternoon. It's great to see so many parents and grandparents coming along, and the children really enjoy talking about their frankly amazing creations.

This afternoon, we ended up with an outdoor session (interrupted by the invacuation, obviously), during which the children had to do some orienteering to find clues for a word search. They worked in small teams, using maps and following directions, and it was a lovely way to burn off some end-of-term energy while still keeping their brains active.

Have a great Easter, and don't forget to read Mrs Glasby's headteacher newsletter for all the latest school news and reminders.

Mrs Chappell and Mrs Drew

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.