Year 5

Welcome to Year 5!

Mrs Barac (5B), Miss Wright (5W) and Mr Trice (5T)

Year 5, like every school year, is busy, action-packed and rewarding. We have exciting topics, lessons, activities and trips planned. We continue to develop our independence as learners, our growth mindsets and our resilience through making and learning from mistakes. We look forward to seeing what the year has to offer and we want the children to have an exciting and fulfilling year.

Please keep an eye on this page for updates of things coming up!

Key dates for Year 5 Autumn Term

Games: Monday

PE: 

Wednesday - 5T

Thursday - 5B

Friday- 5W

• Thursday 5th September - First day back, Meet the Teacher
• Friday 6th September - Hook Day (non-dress up)
• Friday 20th - Dahlicious Day
• Friday 27th September - Times Table Rockstars Day
• Saturday 28th September - Gayhurst Cross Country
• W/C Monday 30th September - Assessment week 
• Monday 30th September - Individual School Photos
• Friday 18th October - Harvest Service
• Monday 21st October - Parent Book Look
• Tuesday 22nd October - Parent Book Look

HALF TERM

• Wednesday 6th November - Parents Evening
• Thursday 7th November - Parents Evening
• Monday 11th November - Sibling School Photos
• Thursday 14th November - National History Museum Trip
• Friday 15th November - Children in Need Mufti
• Monday 25th November - RE Immersion Day
• Friday 13th December - Year 3 Christmas Show
• Thursday 19th December - Christmas Jumper Day

Bikeability: Three week schedule. 

1st Week: 7th -11th October

2nd Week: 14th - 17th October 

3rd Week: 21st - 24th October

Please check back regularly for updates

Kit days

As per last year, the children are welcome to come into school dressed in their PE kit on the days they have PE, Swimming and Games. Children should have full school PE kit, earrings need to be taken out or taped up and watches should be removed. 

PE and Games (Autumn 1):

All three classes - Monday (Games).  PE for 5T is Wednesday, 5B is Thursday and 5W is Friday. Games and PE will normally be outside during the Autumn term so please ensure your children have coats or equivalent in colder weather.

Home Learning Tasks

These will be set after October half term. Please use this page to keep up to date with what your child is being set. The children will all have log ins in their reading record.

Reading and weekly spellings however will start from Monday 9th September.

Reading at home

Reading is so important! In Year 5, we would like the children to be reading every day for at least 10 minutes. The children should record their reading sessions in their online reading record (link above). Children can read to someone or to themselves or a mixture of both. Please do discuss what your child is reading with them, for instance what they think of particular characters, what they predict might happen next and why, their likes, dislikes, puzzles and questions about what they are reading. Encourage them to use VIPERS when discussing what they have read.

Vocabulary

Inference

Prediction

Explanation

Retrieval

Summarise

It is also important that children read a variety of texts. They do not just have to read stories. They could read newspaper articles, poems, plays as well as many others. This will allow children to see different language styles and vocabulary. Each child will bring home a banded book (unless they are free reader) and they should read and discuss this book before changing it at school. They can of course read a range of other books as well as this school reading book.