Year 5 Parent Information Evening Upper School Charlton

Year 5 Parent Information Evening Upper School Charlton Primary School

Space: Is there anybody out there? Vikings: Vicious or Valiant? Poor Britain Y 5 Curriculum Natural Disasters India The Ancient Egyptians

Term 1 Topic Web Change in PE: We have Mr. Chadwick for PE this term and he will be teaching Basketball to Year 5. Hockey will now be in Term 2.

Homework Every pupil will be given a Home Learning Book. It is expected that every pupil will complete a piece of home learning each week. Home Learning is a mixture of Literacy and Topic based homework. All activities link to the current topic. Weekly maths homework will also be set each week. Homework Set on… To be handed in on… Home Learning Wednesdays Mondays Maths Fridays Wednesdays

Homework We anticipate that Home Learning and Maths homework should take between 30 -45 minutes each. You can also support your child with their reading, arithmetic, spellings and out-of-school activities such as dancing, music, sports, drama etc.

Star of the day!

TT Rockstars (3 times a week in school)

Spellings Focusing on spelling rules and patterns Enabling exploration and rich discussion surrounding letter patterns, etymology and word families Weekly spelling rule will be launched at the beginning of each week Spelling rule will be revisited everyday throughout the week in a variety of lessons Overview of spelling rules will be sent home via Home Learning Books How can you help? Familiarise yourselves and your children with the words from the Y 5/6 Spelling list Discuss these words and their definition with your children Draw attention to these words when reading with or to your child Model how these words can be used in sentences

Assessing Pupils’ Progress EYES – End of Year Expectations Ongoing informal daily assessments in lessons Parents’ evenings will be an opportunity to discuss these areas with your child’s teacher

PE Kits and Uniform Please ensure your child has their PE kit in school every day in case of impromptu PE lessons. Please ensure all uniform is labelled!

Pencil Cases Pencil cases must be able to fit inside pupils’ trays (7 cm deep and 25 cm wide). All items must be clearly labelled with pupils’ name. All items are the responsibility of the pupil. Please avoid use of biros

Forest School You will be informed of forest school sessions via letter closer to the time.

Healthy snacks for break time All snacks for break times should be a ‘healthy snack’. It may be worthwhile identifying which snack is for break time when packing a lunch box.

Swimming Friday afternoons 1. 00 pm- 3. 15 pm Friday 28 th February Friday 6 th March Friday 13 th March Friday 20 th March Friday 27 th March You will receive a letter in due course. Parent helpers required: 1 per class

General Reminders Water bottles - Please ensure this is labelled with your child’s name and is brought in each day. Coats - A waterproof coat is required daily. Mobile phones – Wherever possible avoid pupils bringing their phones to school. School cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage if phones are brought into school. Y 5 will be leaving school via their fire doors and walking down towards the front of school. No nuts- we are a nut-free school. Please do not send children in with snacks which include nuts.

General Reminders Medication- Please hand these to teachers rather than pupils keeping them in their bags. All medication must be accompanied by a Medical Instruction form which can be downloaded from the website or collected from the office. Inhalers- Please ensure that your child has their inhaler with them at all times and that they have a spare at home. Pupils may not be able to attend visits out of school without an ‘in-date’ inhaler. Update contact numbers – please ensure any changes to your contact details are given to the school office. Making appointments with teachers- if you need to speak with your child’s teacher please make an appointment for before or after school via the office or via your child’s teacher.

Final reminder… Thank you for coming!