Welcome to Year 5!

We would like to warmly welcome your child into Year 5 and we are very excited to support them as they begin their journey in Upper KS2.

At Red Hill, we have three Year 5 classes:

5A- Miss Alpha

5P- Miss Dolbear

5GC- Mrs Gallagher and Mrs Choudhury

 

Our year group TA is Mrs Dwyer

Curriculum

Please click below to see the curriculum map for Year 5 as well as the topic web for this half term. These are working documents however, so they may change as we progress into the term. The Year 5 Curriculum Meeting slides are also below.

Y5 Curriculum Meeting

Y5 Curriculum Map

Reading

In Guided Reading, we are looking at the book: Shackleton’s Journey.

English

In English we will be looking at formal letters, dialogue in narratives and poetry.

Maths

Maths this half term will be focusing on place value as well as addition and subtraction.

Supporting your child with their learning at home

Weekly homework sheets will be posted on class dojo. Homework will be sent home every Friday in their homework books, and should hand them back into school every Wednesday.

Weekly homework includes:

Maths-  A short maths challenge linking to the week’s learning. Children should also log into TTRS (https://ttrockstars.com) and practise their multiplication recall.

Spellings- Children will have 8- 10 spellings sent home linking to a spelling pattern being taught in class. These will be tested in the spelling session on a Wednesday morning.

Topic (Science, Geography, History, Art or DT) - some questions linking to the topics being taught in class. Please ask your children these questions and get them talking about all the incredible learning that is taking place in classrooms.

Reading- Reading should be completed a minimum of 3x a week, but ideally for 10 minutes each evening. This can be completed with an adult, or children can choose to read independently. All reading sessions needs to be recorded in their reading records, along with a comment which should be brought into school daily.

PE

5A PE- Tuesday and Thursday

5GC PE- Tuesday and Friday

5D – Tuesday and Thursday

PE kits (as outlined in the uniform letter):

• Plain t-shirt in house colour (red, blue, green, yellow) P.E. t-shirt with the embroidered badge can still be worn
• Navy shorts/skort, tracksuit bottoms or leggings/cycling shorts
• Trainers or plimsolls
• Navy sweatshirt or hoodie (iron on badge can be applied but not necessary.

No football kits to worn to school. If children have a club after school, they need to bring this into school in a bag to change into before or after the club.