Welcome to Year 5!

Welcome to Term 1

Writing:

Our writing text this term is Shackleton's Journey by William Grill. An historical fiction text which is a retelling of Shackleton's epic adventure in Antarctica. Originally intending to be the first person to cross Antarctica, the ship Endurance became stuck in pack ice and the crew were forced to survive for months in the harsh conditions. We will be using the text to write three versions of our own version in our focus genre - historical fiction. As well as this, we will write a news report, non-chronological report and explanation text. 

PE

This term in PE, Year 5 will participate in fitness sessions on Tuesdays and swimming lessons at GL1 Leisure Centre on Thursdays.

During fitness, pupils will engage in a variety of activities designed to develop their strength, stamina, speed, coordination, balance and agility. They will explore how each component of fitness contributes to performance in other sports and games, with regular opportunities to apply their learning through targeted exercises.

In swimming, pupils will work towards becoming confident and competent swimmers. They will learn to use a range of strokes effectively and develop essential water safety skills, including safe self-rescue techniques.

Homework

It is important for your child to read every day at home for at least 10 minutes. Your child will also ask you to sign their reading record so they can collect extra dojo points. Your child’s reading book needs to come to school every day. 

Your child has access to Times Tables Rockstars and should practise their times tables as often as possible to support their mathematics. 

The Year 5 team are:

Rauf: Miss Harris

Horowitz: Miss Amey 

PPA cover: Mr Smith 

If you need to contact us at any time, please use dojo in the first instance. We are also available on email to help you further:

Miss Harris (Rauf Class) – lharris@widdenprimary.co.uk 

Miss Amey (Horowitz Class) – ramey@widdenprimary.co.uk  

Website Links

Some useful websites to support your children's learning:

Times Table Rock Stars - Times Tables Rock Stars is a maths programme that takes all the worry out of learning times tables and has a proven track record of boosting children's learning.

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth

Class Dojo - Class Dojo is a global community of more than 50 million teachers and families who come together to share kids’ most important learning moments, in school and at home—through photos, videos, messages, and more.

https://www.classdojo.com/en-gb/

Please provide your child with fresh drinking water in a resealable bottle daily. Squash or fizzy drinks are not suitable. A piece of fruit or vegetables will be a perfect break-time snack. As the weather is variable this time of year please remember to bring a coat.