St Ursulas Catholic Primary School Welcome to Year

St Ursula’s Catholic Primary School Welcome to Year 5, St Thomas’! 2020 -2021 With God at the heart of our St. Ursula’s family, we welcome all as we learn and grow together.

Dear St Thomas’ Welcome to the Year 5 Team! This year you are lucky to be working with Mrs Marshall, Mrs Hall, Mrs Balcombe and Mrs Caldwell. Mrs Marshall will work with you on Monday and Tuesday. Mrs Marshall On Wednesday you will have PE and Music in the morning and Mrs Balcombe will work with you in the afternoon. Mrs Balcombe On Thursday and Friday you will be working with Mrs Hall. Mrs Caldwell will be your teaching assistant and will be in class to support you all week. We look forward to welcoming you back to school and have started planning lots of fantastic lessons! Mrs Hall Mrs Caldwell

Welcome to St Thomas’! A message from your new teachers Marshall Hi children, I am really looking forward to starting a new school year as your teacher. I lead maths and computing and I also run the Online Buddy club for our school. As you can guess, I really enjoy maths especially fractions. I also like using technology for lessons and like to use the i. Pads to make learning fun! Mrs Hall Hello everyone! I’m so excited to meet you all and start working together in September! I support Miss Gilligan with RE and work with the RE Monitors. My favourite subjects are English and Art. I can’t wait to start some new CLC projects with you all and get creative! Enjoy your summer and I will see you soon! Mrs Balcombe My name is Mrs Balcombe, I will be your class teacher on a Wednesday afternoon. I can't wait to meet you all. For those of you that don't know me very well, I am the Inclusion Manager in the Junior part of the school. As I like to say to all pupils' past and present 'Never give in, never give up!' Mrs Caldwell Hello there! Most of you will already know me from your Year 3 days with me and Miss Gilligan in St John’s …. . And now you’re going to be Year 5 s! Remember that I am here to help you in class and I look forward to working with you all, and having lots of great times together again.

St Ursula’s 5 Star Code of Conduct 1. To have faith and let God be our guide. 2. To respect our school and our planet. 3. To show kindness to everyone through our actions. 4. To be loyal, honest and understanding of others. 5. To keep trying our best - Never give up!

Our Values • Faith • Respect • Kindness • Community • Resilience

What will we be learning in RE ? Autumn Term Family - Domestic Church Belonging -Baptism/Confirmation Loving -Advent/Christmas Spring Term Community -Local Church Relating -Eucharist Giving -Lent/Easter Summer Term Serving -Pentecost Inter-relating -Reconciliation World - Universal Church

What will I be reading this Year?

What Science topics will I be learning about? Topics • Animals including humans • Reversible and irreversible changes • Earth and space • Life cycles of animals and plants • Forces • Changes of State • Eco-school topic

What Maths topics will I be learning about? Topics: • Place Value • Addition and subtraction • Multiplication and division • Fractions, decimals and percentages • Measure – area and perimeter • Co-ordinates • Bar and line graphs

What CLC topics will we be exploring? Topics • Tudors and Stuarts • Ancient China • Stop-Motion Animations • Egypt • Engineering • Africa

What Sports will I be playing? Topics Basketball Rugby Hockey Gymnastics Tennis Athletics Rounders

What will I be learning in PSHE ? This Year we will be becoming a BOUNCE BACK! School. During our sessions each week we will be focusing on these key messages: Bad times don’t last. Things always get better. Stay optimistic. Other people can help if you talk to them. Get a reality check. Unhelpful thinking makes you feel more upset. Think again. Nobody is perfect – not you and not others. Concentrate on the positives (no matter how small) and use laughter. Everybody experiences sadness, hurt, failure, rejection and setbacks sometimes, not just you. They are a normal part of life. Try not to personalise them. Blame fairly. How much of what happened was due to you, to others and to bad luck or circumstances? Accept what can’t be changed (but try to change what you can change first). Catastrophising exaggerates your worries. Don’t believe the worst possible picture. Keep things in perspective. It’s only part of your life.

• 2020/21 Class timetables will be on the school website for parents to see in September. Class Timetable

Assemblies Monday: Gospel Assembly Tuesday: Class Assemblies Thursday: Hymn Praise Friday: Golden Assembly

We look forward to seeing you in September!