Th The e Ye Year r 5 Te Team The Year 5 team includes: Miss Morrison Mrs Osman Mrs Delaney
Tim imings ings of of the day Gates open at 8.35 School starts at 8.40 Register at 8.50 Lunch is at 12.30 until 13.30 School ends at 15.15
Un Unif iform orm St Stand andards ards Please ensure children come to school in: • Correct school uniform including appropriate shoes and bags. Small green or red bows can be worn. Other oversized Bows can not be worn. • Other bags such as sports bags or back-packs should not be brought to school. For health and safety reasons children with pierced ears may wear studs, which will need to be taken out or taped up for PE. Watches may be worn, but no other jewellery. However if jewellery is worn for religious reasons then a written note to Miss James is needed.
The Curricul culum m for this is term Children will be learning about Ancient Egypt through the topic of Pharaohs. In English our fiction work will be based around: The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll Creating portal stories going back to the times of Tutankhamun’s discovery. Our non fiction work will link to our topic, it will be research based, with them finding out about every aspect of that time period through questions that they have generated.
Ho Homew ework k for this is ter erm Children will receive homework once a week on Thursday and needs to be returned on Tuesday : • Maths will be MyMaths as before. • English, Topic or Science will be selected from the grid. Children will be tested on their spellings on a Thursday.
The Curricul culum m Ove vervi view w for the Term in more detail il In Maths children will be focusing on: • Place value • Addition and subtraction • Multiplication and division • Fractions etc In all of these areas there will be a strong focus on reasoning and problem solving.
The Curricul culum m Ove vervi view w for the Term in more detail il
Page Turners – recommended by Pie Corbett for Year 5. Books for children to get their teeth into when reading.
Other Good Reads – for Year 5
A Sp Special al Pr Project ct This year Centaurs will be organising a Macmillan Coffee Morning for our school. They will be using their creative skills to: • Advertise the event • Work out how many cakes they need to sell • How to cost the products • Make or buy cakes at school or home • Sell cakes on the day • Calculate how many cakes were sold and the profit made to send to Macmillan.
Visit its s and Exp xperien riences ces Pl Planned for the Year Year Centaurs will be visiting the British Museum to study in- depth about our topic Pharaohs. The date is to be arranged but it will be after half-term. We will be travelling there by train and tube. We will meet at Orpington Station at a designated meeting place before and at the end of the trip.
The Weekly ly Timet etable ble
Target get Sh Sheets ts and In Information ation Pa Packs
Sa Saye yers Croft t – Outdoor r adve ventu ture re This is an excellent opportunity for: team building; trying new things; problem solving and decision making. There are superb educational benefits; Science, History and Geography. It is for 3 days, 2 nights which is good preparation for Year 6 trip for 1 week. Year 5 will be going in term 2 specific dates to be arranged.
Ho Houses and Ho House Po Points ts The Houses and House Points system continues from last year. All children are placed in houses and if they have siblings they will be placed in the same houses. The houses are Redgrave, Farah, Ennis-Hill and Simmonds.
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