Meet the Teacher Year 5 Meet our team

Meet the Teacher Year 5

Meet our team Miss Peters Ms Adams Miss Higgins Mrs Mc. Carthy

How Year 5 are staying safe. We wash and sanitise hands as soon as we get to school (destination washing) and at regular intervals throughout the day and before eating snacks and lunch. We stay in our bubble and do not mix with other bubbles, including at lunchtime. Classrooms are cleaned at lunch and at the end of each day. This includes, tables, chairs and any resources used. Toilets are cleaned twice daily. All door handles are cleaned x 3. Lessons have been taught on social distancing and personal hygiene & will be regularly referred to. Self-regulation is through an emotions chart so we know how pupils are feeling at the start of each day and who may need additional support to settle and feel safe.

Things to know Personalised homework will be set on google classroom every Friday and due in on Monday. DO NOT BRING IN COMPLETED HOMEWORK! This is to minimise risk of transferring infections between home and school. Spellings will also be uploaded on Fridays and will be quizzed on the following Friday. Please, please support your child to read every night. For a child to really excel at reading and writing they need to read regularly. Books will be handed out on Fridays. Due to COVID-19, when they are returned we will put them in bags and isolate them for a week before returning to bookshelf.

PE P. E days are Monday and Friday On these days pupils are asked to arrive in school in PE kits. (Dark jogging bottoms and dark trainers). Every day they can wear dark jogging bottoms and trainers if you prefer as we are starting each day with an aerobic fitness programme outdoors.

Reciprocal Reading & English In year 5, children complete daily reciprocal reading lessons where we work as a class and individually to understand the meaning of a wide-variety of texts. We will also have a class novel which will be used for some reciprocal reading sessions as well as reading for pleasure. The children will have daily GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) lessons with the specific areas that we study directly related to an upcoming or current piece of writing. The children will complete several pieces of writing over the term each of which will relate directly to our current topic.

Our year overview maths This half term we will be completing a recovery curriculum which focuses on prior learning and we will be consolidating any missed year 4 learning. Once pupils are ready, we will move onto teaching year 5 outcomes through our maths scheme called Maths No Problem.

Our awesome curriculum for the year. . . This half term our recovery curriculum will cover missed outcomes and recap key learning from year 4 whilst slowly moving on to the Year 5 curriculum. Please see the school webpage for the overview of the topics which cover all of year 5 s topic based learning.

Aim high! Presentation- We have very high expectations of all pupils and encourage pupils to take pride in their work. Times tables- children will be recapping their times tables up to 12 x 12 Word lists- children will be given a word list every Friday. This will be their spellings throughout the week. Each spelling list will follow the same spelling pattern to support memory and learning.

Interventions Every pupil progresses at their own pace, so we will plan to challenge and support to ensure that we meet the needs of them all. Classroom structures and practices will be established to enable participation for all and interventions will be targeted towards Literacy, Numeracy, Social Skills and Emotional Regulation.

Positive Behaviour Management Structure, understanding and encouragement Calm structured Pause - take a deep breath rooms Attune - what is going on Label - discuss calmly and quietly Ground Rules Model - give them strategies Exceptionally hard work and exemplifying Structure, understanding and Consistent hard work and a clear demonstration of the Christian values of encouragement Chr compassion, respect, perseverance, nd trust. Golden Certificate/ Golden Sticker/ Prize forgiveness and trust. Silver Sticker Working hard and being compassionate, respectful, persevering, forgiving and trustworthy. Bronze Sticker Where possible each day begins afresh * Calling out, getting out of their seat, distracting, not co-operating, etc. Reflection sheet home Repeatedly not following instructions, name calling, rudeness, refusal to work, etc. Parents contacted/ Alternative Lunch Behaviour Chart Walking out of class, racism, bullying, swearing, stealing etc. Meeting with Parents/ In School Exclusion/ Fixed Term Exclusion

Things to do at home. Children have received their logins for Reading eggs and Mathletics, regular practise using these websites at home will support the development of key skills. Homework will be set every Friday on the Year 5 google classroom page and should be completed by Monday morning. If your child does not have access to a computer at home, send me an email and I will provide a paper copy for them (which is not to be returned to school).

Message from Matt Hipperson HT At St. Luke’s we see parents as a very important partner in helping your child to achieve the best they possibly can whilst feeling emotionally cared for and secure and we hope that all of this information is answering a lot of your questions but if you have anything about the school as a whole (please email your teacher if is something about their class) then please email me on: ht@st-lukes. newham. sch. uk

Safeguarding at St. Luke’s - if you have any concerns see one of our team below Matt Hipperson HT & Designated Safeguarding lead Fiona Norcross DHT & Deputy Safeguarding Lead Debbie Phillip family Support Worker Sarah Martin Learning Mentor & After School Lead

Thank you! Any questions? Please email on y 5@st-lukes. newham. sch. uk