Class 16 is made up of 25 wonderful, unique Year 5 pupils. Our Class Teacher is Mr Meares and across Y5 there is a great team made up of Mrs Bailey and Mrs Brookes.
If you have any questions or concerns, the best time to catch us is after school or via our year group email – THPYear5@nclt.ac.uk.
Our P.E days are Wednesday and Friday. Homework and spellings are due every Friday.
“It is important to remember that we all have magic inside us.” ~J.K. Rowling
P.E.
Kits to be in school at all times but our PE days will be Mondays and Fridays.
Homework
Homework is set weekly on a Friday and is due in the following Friday. This will alternate between English and maths (set once a fortnight by your child’s maths teacher). Spellings are sent home weekly.
Spelling
Every Friday spellings are collected, tested and a new set will be sent home. You will find these in our school planners. It is very important that spellings are practised and transferred into writing.
Reading
In Class 18, we are all working hard to achieve our Reading Reward. To do this, we need to read at home as much as possible to get lots of Starbucks Reading tokens. To help your child earn their reading tokens, record this when you read with them at home. Please ensure that they read at least 3 times a week but remember…the more the better! Reading will be checked every Tuesday but school planners should be in school every day.
Children should aim to read at least 3 times each week — but remember, the more they read, the better! Reading records will be checked every Tuesday, and school planners should be brought into school every day.
If every child in Class 16 reads at least 3 times in a week and the class achieves 100% reading participation, the children will work towards earning a special class reward. If they achieve this consecutively for 3 weeks in a row, the class will get to vote for a reward of their choice!
Possible rewards could include:
- A movie afternoon
- A multi-sports session
- An arts and crafts afternoon
- Extra playtime
- A trip to the local park
- And many more exciting choices!
Thank you for your continued support in helping your child develop a love of reading.
What we’ve been learning
Their Call of Duty … Their Finest Hour… Autumn Term
This term we will be learning all about World War 2 and the impact that it has had on society today. As part of our topic, the children will be learning about life during war time and imagining themselves as an evacuee, about rationing and why this was implemented and understanding the Blitz (to name just a few things!). We will also be looking at some more mature topics such as the holocaust which will allow the children to work on their discussion and empathy skills.
There will be lots of cross-curricular work taking place, particularly linked to English and Mathematics.
