Welcome to Year 5

The adults working in Y5 are:

Miss Broderick – Class Teacher

Mrs Peace – Teaching Assistant

Miss Colley - Teaching Assistant

Mrs Moore - Teaching Assistant

Mrs Guy – PPA cover on Wednesdays

Spelling Shed

We will be continuing to use a scheme called Spelling Shed for teaching spellings. Every Friday, children will continue to be tested on their spellings. Their weekly rule can then be practised by playing games online and earning points – new spellings are available online every Friday evening and a paper copy of their spellings is given out on Monday.

 Your child’s Spelling Shed login can be found in the first page of their reading record.

Reading

Reading is still a key part of our curriculum and children will each bring a reading book and a reading record home. Even though your child is now in Year 5, listening to them read, is still as important as ever as it helps them to improve their fluency and pace. Please listen to your child read at least three times a week and then fill in their reading record.

PE

Children should bring their PE kit to school in a bag on PE days.

Year 5 have PE EVERY ALTERNATE Thursday.

Swimming is EVERY Monday (commencing in January 2025) and they will need to bring their swimming wear, towel and a bobble for long hair as it needs to be tied up for these sessions.  They will also need £1 for a locker.

Seesaw

We will be using Seesaw this year in order for parents to be able to view some of the work that children have been completing during lesson time. Seesaw will also be used to allow teachers to communicate with parents more easily and may be used to occasionally set work for the children.

Your child’s Seesaw login can be found in their reading record. Your family code for Seesaw has been sent home as a separate letter.

Please let school know if you are struggling to connect to Seesaw so we can help you with this.