Year 5

Welcome to Year 5!

Our class teachers for 2019-2020 are:

Mr O'Sullivan in Beech Class.

Miss Thorn (Monday and Tuesday) and Mrs Franklin (Wednesday to Friday) in Maple Class

Our LSA (Learning Support Assistants support the class teachers) is Mrs Salmon.

Our SSAs (Special Support Assistants work with individual named children) are Mrs Patrick-Smith and Miss Smerdon.

Our Year 5 Class Parent Reps are Nicola Mclean (Beech Parent Rep) and Katie Mills (Maple Parent Rep).

Reminders - Academic Year 2019-2020

PE kit: Wednesday

Beech Class are swimming 1^st half term and Maple Class 2^nd half term.

Please ensure your child has their PE kit at school ready for use and that all clothing is clearly named. Children should have indoor and outdoor shoes. As the children will often be taking part in PE lessons outside, a warm jumper would also be recommended.

Homework

• This year the children will have three homework books: one for Maths, one Learning Log and one Spelling Book.
• Maths  – to be given out on Thursday and due in on Monday
• Topic/Literacy – Learning Log to be given out on Thursday and due in on Monday. There may be circumstances where the Learning Log homework will take place over two weeks.
• Spelling – given out in paper form in the spelling homework book on a Wednesday and tested the following Wednesday
• Reading 3 times per week – ask your children questions about what they are reading and encourage them to read more often.
• 5² mental maths – given out and tested weekly

Please ensure that you write a comment in your child’s homework book if you have any questions or comments. This will allow us to determine whether the work is of an appropriate level. We will respond to these comments and questions.

For further guidance and support please go to the homework and learning logs area of our website at:  https://www.csgvillageschool.org/homework-1/

Junior School Homework Email Addresses:

Each class in the Junior School now has an email address to use to send in electronic versions of homework. These are only for sending in homework and no emails will be replied to so please do not use these addresses to communicate with staff.

Year 5: BeechHomework@csgvillageschool.org or MapleHomework@csgvillageschool.org

Pencil case contents:

• Pencil
• Pencil sharpener
• Ruler (30cm)
• Rubber
• Handwriting pen (no biro please)

• (Colouring pencils/pens

Handwriting: Resources and information about supporting your child’s handwriting can be found here:  https://www.csgvillageschool.org/literacy-corner/

Year 5 Timetable