Welcome to the Year 5 Page
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- Miss Davies - Giraffe Class
- Mr Dickie - Tiger Class
Useful Information
Homework - Homework will be given out on a Thursday and is due in the following Tuesday. Homework in Year 5 will be English, Maths and Spelling. Children are expected to learn their times tables and these are practised daily.
Reading - Children are expected to read at least 5 times a week at home. Please record reading at home in reading records. Reading records will be checked daily. Their achievements are shown on their class reading tree. Every child has an apple on the tree which moves around as their days reading at home increase. It becomes very competitive to be the first one to reach the 'Golden Apple'!
PE - We have 2 PE lessons per week. Please ensure PE kit is in school (including a change of footwear) Monday to Friday.
Below is information about our learning this term as well as links to useful websites to support learning at home.
Spring 2 – Take One Book
This term we are using the story of The Watertower by Gary Crew. The story, which takes place in a small rural town called Preston in Australia, is about two teenagers exploring a sinister watertower on Shooter's Hill. The boys choose to go swimming in the watertower, but when one of them loses their shorts, the other goes to his house to get him some more. But during that time when the other boy is on his own, something happens to him...or does it?
We will be using the text to focus on writing our own version of the story and then later using it as a stimulus to write newspaper reports about the event.
Please have a look at the Knowledge Organisers in the Curriculum Documents tab above to find out more about our learning this term.
Useful Websites to Support Learning
Here are some useful links that you can look at. The links to videos / activities are listed below: