Dear Parents/Carers

Welcome to Y5. We hope you had a fantastic holiday and a lovely rest; we are very excited to start a fresh year of learning and growing. The Y5 team this year consists of Mrs A Taylor, Mrs S Lavin and Mrs S Taylor (TA). On a Wednesday, your child will also be taught PE by Isaac and French/ Art/ DT by Mrs Thorley. Please read on to find out what we will be covering in our first term.

Maths - This term in maths we will be covering place value, addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division.

English - Our class novel will be ‘There’s a boy in the girls’ bathroom by Louis Sachar’.

Your child has been given a Spelling Planner, which needs to be in school each Friday to glue in the new spellings. Spellings will be tested each week on a Friday.  

Shortly, your child will be given a Spelling Frame login, which will enable them to practise their spellings at home or on the move.

Handwriting remains a priority and we will be working on our handwriting weekly. 

Writing – We will be working on PVPG (place value of punctuation and grammar) for the first half term. Towards the end of this half term, we will be working on pieces of writing including a non-chronological report on Space and writing our own festive limericks.

Reading is so important! We ask that your child read at least 3 times a week at home, this needs to be recorded in their reading record by an adult.

We recommend that your child changes their reading book between 6-7 times each half term to ensure that they are making steady progress with their fluency.

We have three taught reading lessons a week which will be focused on developing vocabulary, retrieval and inference skills.  

Our geography focus will be on The UK and we will be asking children to bring in a shoebox at the end of the unit to display an element of their learning as a visual diorama.

Science - This term in science we will learn about Earth and Space. We will be sending home a moon diary to record the phases of the moon as you see them. This might be a nice opportunity for you to complete this as a family and discuss what is seen.

We are hoping to be running our annual star-gazing event as well as going on our first school trip to Jodrell Bank, which you will hear more about soon.

PE –Please ensure children come to school in their PE kits every Wednesday. Their kit consists of a white, navy or gold polo shirt, navy/black shorts or tracksuit bottoms and trainers. Swimming will be on a Thursday this term. Please ensure that your child comes to school in their full uniform and bring their swimming kit.

Your child will also have weekly sessions of computing, music, My Happy Minds (PSHE) and RE.

Homework – your child should have received our half term menu for homework already. Can we remind you that this is optional, however, we ask that you encourage your child to be using TTRockstars, Spelling Frame and reading on a regular basis.

We are sure to have a fantastic year and thank you for your continued support.

 Yours sincerely,

Mrs A Taylor and Mrs S Lavin

Communication

Urgent messages can be passed to the teachers via the school office, by phone (0161 3384290) or e-mail (admin@stalyhill-jun.tameside.sch.uk).

If you wish to contact the teachers with non-urgent information / questions then please speak to your child teacher at the classroom door.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.