Welcome to year 5!

Your teachers are: Mrs Chappell & Mr Daly

carolinechappell@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk            montydaly@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk

Hello and welcome to Year Five!

Weekly update Year 5 team: 28.3.24

KEY DATES:

15th April 2024 – First day back of the summer term

18th April 2024 – Pop up sale raising money for Link Ethiopia

22nd April - Y2 and Y5 cake bake (Spring theme)

In English, the pupils have been finishing and editing their final stories which have been inspired by the heroic legend Beowulf! They have been working on adding description to their tales about a variety of monsters from rock-titans to sea-serpents, all of which are slain by their heroes. The pupils have worked incredibly hard on these stories and we can’t wait to read them!

In maths, we completed our statistics topic by drawing some line graphs and learning about timetables. We also finished the term with some assessments to check on the progress that the children have been making over the year.

In art, the pupils completed their donut designs which were inspired by the artist Eric Joyner. They painted their Modroc donuts with an icing design of their choice. The pupils will be taking these home once they have photographed them with some robots.

We finished our lifecycles topic in science by creating a documentary script detailing everything we have learned this term. The pupils watched a BBC documentary video for ideas and channelled their inner David Attenborough to create some wonderful writing.

Finally, the pupils joined their year 2 reading buddies for an Easter egg hunt to finish the term. All term, the year 5s have been doing a great job of setting a positive example to their younger buddies. Well done!

Check out the class page for some photos of our computing and gymnastics.

Have a great break!

Mrs Chappell & Mr Daly

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.

Please remember to read the Head teacher’s letter for this week.

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:

TTRS is up and running.  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 online logs every Friday. We are now using the 'Spelling Shed' website for our spelling homework. Each week, teachers will set an assignment for your child to complete. 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.

Spring Term Second Half

Our topic this half term will be a history focus, learning about 17th Century London and ,the plague.  In science, we are looking at life cycles and reproduction.  In Art, we are going to learn about an artist called Eric Joyner who was inspired by doughnuts and robots!

In PE this half term, we will be doing athletics and gymnastics.  In year 5, we build up to running a daily mile.