Year 5
Our teachers are: Mr Stage in Beech Tree Class and Mrs White in Willow Tree Class
Our teaching assistants are: Mrs McDavitt, Mrs Dougall, Mrs Field and Mrs Balestra
Autumn 2022
Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome back to year 5 for what will be another busy, exciting and challenging term at Great Dunmow. This term’s experiences for the children are as follows:
In English, year 5 will be focusing on the book ‘Friend or Foe’ linking to their Battle of Britain topic. During our lessons, we will be using a range of writing tools specific to different text types. This term we will focus on clause structures, accurate punctuation and ensuring accurate use of a thesaurus to make our writing interesting and engaging for the reader. We will also be improving our reading comprehension skills through group and whole class shared reading sessions. This will aim to develop our vocabulary and understanding of a variety of texts.
In Maths, year 5 will be concentrating on number, developing our knowledge of place value and the written methods for the four calculations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). To develop the children’s arithmetic skills, we will also be completing an arithmetic assessment every Friday. We aim to improve our scores weekly through accurate recall of times tables up to 12 x 12 and a secure understanding of written methods.
General Information
Please make sure that children come to school with all the relevant P.E equipment: shorts, T-shirt and appropriate footwear for indoor activities and a tracksuit and trainers for games sessions. No jewellery is to be worn at any time during PE sessions and long hair needs to be tied back. Children will not be permitted to borrow kit from other children. Please let us know if your child is unable to partake in any PE lesson.
In addition, please ensure your child has a water bottle in class.
P.E days will be as follows:
- Monday (Indoors)
- Friday (Outdoors)
Both classes will be given the following homework via Google Classroom on a Wednesday to be completed by the following Wednesday:
- Reading – Children will need to read for at least 10 minutes every night.
- Maths and Grammar - This will be set on SATS companion each Wednesday.
- Spellings - This will be set on Spelling Shed.
Please let us know if you are unable to access the internet at home as we can then make other arrangements for homework.
Upcoming Events in Year 5
Battle of Britain WOW Day – Friday 16th September 2022
Beech Tree Assembly- 4th October 2022
Willow Tree Assembly- 19th October 2022
If you have any further questions, and wish to speak to us, please do not hesitate to see us.
Mr Stage and Mrs White