Welcome to Year 5!
The Year 5 Team for 2024/2025
Class Teacher - Mr O'Sullivan in Beech Class
Trainee Teacher- Mrs McCarthy in Beech Class
Class Teacher - Miss Shine in Maple Class
Our LSA (Learning Support Assistants support the class teachers) is Miss Sells.
Our SSAs (Special Support Assistants work with individual named children) are
Mr Sabetian, Mr Shankland, Miss Vass
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Our Year 5 Class Parent Reps are:
Beech Class - Heather Gershater & Patricia van Vollenstee
Maple Class - Antonia Plumridge & Helen Younger
Year 5 Reminders 2024-2025
PE day: Wednesday (Autumn Term 2024)
- PE kit will need to be worn on Wednesdays
- Named black shorts/skorts (not cycling shorts), school T-shirt, trainers, school PE jumper, green/black jogging bottoms (not leggings) and sports socks
- Swimming – trunks, one-piece, towel, goggles, cap, suitable bag (named)
Homework - Google Classroom
To be sent out weekly on Thursday, due in the following Tuesday:
- Maths homework
- Mental maths 5 squared – to be practised 4-5 times per week
- Learning Passport – optional half termly tasks
- Reading at home – record signed 3 times per week, discussing what your child is reading. House points awarded
- Spellings – sent out on Thursday and tested following Thursday.
Units of study (Kapow)
- History - What was life like in Tudor England?
- Geography - What is life like in the Alps?
- Art - Drawing – I need space
- D&T - Making a pop-up book
- D&T - Digital world – monitoring devices
- PSHE- Health – Nutrition and food / Emotions
- Music - Sea shanties
- French – Monster pets
- PE – Netball / Health-related exercise (Beech – swimming)
Trips and Other Events
- Swimming: Autumn and Spring terms
- Tudor-themed visit (TBC)
- Cooking – developing a recipe (D&T)
- PE Festivals at The Amersham School:
- Tuesday 8th October (Basketball)
- Tuesday 21st January (Netball)
- Tuesday 29th April (Cricket)
- RE visit to local churches of CSP: Spring Term
- Spacedome indoor planetarium workshop (date TBC)