Year 5 Newsletter
Welcome Back
A big welcome back to all the pupils! The teachers, Miss Bostan and Miss Dooley, have been hard at work
preparing for the new term and getting the Year 5 classrooms ready.
Curriculum
This term, Year 5 are studying Tim Peake, an inspiring British astronaut, as part of the RESPECT curriculum. We can’t wait to learn all about space and the solar system, and take part in class missions to experience some of the challenges astronauts face. We will need to show determination and resilience to overcome these challenges. Our fantastic class novel will be ‘Cosmic’ by Frank Cotrell-Boyce, which is a hilarious and exciting contemporary story about an eleven-year-old boy competing for the chance to go into space!
Home learning
To help support your child at home, we encourage parents to read with their child daily. Frequent reading will enable your child to increase their language fluency, comprehension skills and reading stamina and will help with all areas of the curriculum. Children should bring their reading books into school every day.
Support with homework where possible would help enable your child to progress further throughout the year.
Please take a look at our fantastic homework menus, which you can find on the school website. English and Maths homework is given out on Thursday and is due in the following Tuesday. We also ask that the children practise their times tables as often as possible to help consolidate their skills.
Another excellent way to support your child at home, is by practising spelling their high frequency words or practising the spelling rule they are being taught that week. Please see the attached letter for more information.
General information
PE sessions are every Wednesday. For safety reasons, please ensure that your child brings appropriate
footwear for these lessons and does not wear earrings. If studs cannot be removed, they should be covered by
a plaster.
Our Year 5 Team –
NB – Miss Bostan, Mrs Maguire, Mrs Lowton
JD – Miss Dooley, Miss Gillespie, Miss Connolly
If you do have any concerns or need more information, please speak to one of the class teachers on the
playground before school, or make an appointment through the school admin office.
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