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
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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)