Welcome to Year 5Welcome to Year 5Welcome to Year 5Welcome to Year 5

Class Teachers - Mr Rawsthorne Class Teachers - Mr Rawsthorne (5R)(5R)

Mrs McMorn (5M)Mrs McMorn (5M)

P.P.A. cover – Mr Marshall / Mr P.P.A. cover – Mr Marshall / Mr Edgar Edgar

Teaching Assistants – Mrs IsmailTeaching Assistants – Mrs Ismail

Mrs BaxMrs Bax

Miss Mulla Miss Mulla

Associate Teacher – Miss OakleyAssociate Teacher – Miss Oakley

National Curriculum

The new curriculum and how it affects your child’s

education.

Reading• Children will have a guided reading session with their teacher every week;• Additional 1:1 reading sessions will also take place;• We will visit the school library once a week;• Please read every day with your child and sign their homework diary; • Focus should be on retrieval; inference; language and structure; author’s intent and meaning of words in context (encourage the use of dictionaries).

Please refer to the guidance booklet.

The importance of reading across the

curriculum (e.g. mathematics

tests).

Cinema tickets cost £6.50 each. Ayesha and her two friends decide to go to see a film in Blackburn on Saturday morning. Her mum gives her £20 to buy the tickets. How much change will Ayesha receive?

Reading Book Bands We hope that during Year 5 the children will

progress through the following colour bands:

TopazRuby

EmeraldSapphire

Some children may progress beyond these expectations, whilst others may need additional

support to reach these bands.

Writing Expectations

• Composition – sentence structure, text

structure, features of the text-type,

planning, drafting, editing and re-drafting;

• Grammar – tense, sentences (simple,

compound, complex), phrases, clauses,

nouns, verbs, adverbs, pronouns, adjectives,

connectives, conjunctions, prepositions etc.;

• Handwriting – consistent, cursive, correct

formation, accuracy, speed and fluency;

• Punctuation - full stops, question marks,

exclamation marks, speech marks,

commas, apostrophes, brackets, hyphens,

colons and semi-colons.

Please refer to the ‘Expectations

in Writing’ booklet.

An example of writing in Year 5

Mathematics• Number (place value and times

tables);• Shape;• Statistics;• Time and measure;• Mental and written methods;• Times tables;• Presentation and accuracy;• Vocabulary.

Please refer to the ‘Expectations

in Mathematics’ booklet.

Expectations in Mathematics

• Expectations in all areas of mathematics are now at least one year group higher;

• Example calculation:A factory makes 9100 toy bears.

6460 are brown.The others are pink, blue and white.

There are equal numbers of each. How many of the bears are white?

The emphasis in school is on calculations.

Please look for opportunities to support your child with their understanding of shape and

space; converting metric units; telling the time and reading

timetables.

Assessment

• Continuous teacher assessment informs progress, planning, differentiation, intervention etc.;• Pink and green marking indicates

progress and targets;• Half-termly progress tests for Reading

and Mathematics;• Regular assessed pieces of writing.

Assessment without Levels

Working towards…Working at…Exceeding…

year group expectations.

• At the beginning of the year, all children will be working

towards…• At the end of the year, they should

be Year 6 ready.

Expectations

Expectations for Year 5 are outlined in the booklets

provided. These expectations are for the

end of the year.

Creative Curriculum

The majority of the objectives for the Foundation Subjects will be taught

through ‘Topic’ work.

Our topics for this year:•Peasants, Princes and Pestilence;

•Pharaohs;•Stargazers.

P.E.

• Importance of a healthy lifestyle;• Full PE and games kits should be in school at all times;• Children should not wear jewellery;• Please could all items of clothing be

named;• Swimming kit should be brought to school on Thursday mornings.

• Spelling, times tables and mental mathematics tests take place every Friday;• Times tables – rapid recall of multiplication and division facts;• Spellings – commonly mis-spelled words; topic-related and scientific vocabulary; spelling patterns and rules.

Tests

Homework

• Homework, spellings and times tables

are given out on Fridays;• Please allow children to complete homework as independently as possible, whilst showing an interest

in their work and supporting them as necessary;

• Presentation: o neat and accurate;o writing in blue or black pen;o mathematics and drawings in pencil;• All homework should be completed to an acceptable standard and handed in by Thursday.

Punctuality

•Teachers are on duty from 8.40am;

•Registration is at 8.50am - it is extremely

important that children arrive on time;

•Please collect your child promptly at 3pm.

Children who are not picked up by 3.10pm will

go to After-School Club (there will be a charge);

• For children who are persistently picked up late,

there may be a need for referral to Social

Services;

• 100% attendance is our aim. However, if your

child is ill, please ring the absence line, giving

your child’s name and reason for absence.

Golden Time

• Children should follow our Golden Rules and are rewarded for doing so;

• Golden Time is recorded in diaries on a Friday;

• There are additional rewards for children who keep all of their Golden Time for extended periods.

Extended Leave

Government guidelines do not allow leave to be granted.

•Fixed penalty notices (£60 per parent, per child) for unauthorised leave;

•E.W.O. spot visits.

Parent Workshops

• Our very popular parent workshops will once again be offered this year;• Workshop will take place after the half- term holiday; • Dates will be posted on the weekly newsletters.

• We encourage all parents to attend when possible – important information and resources will be provided that will assist you in supporting your child;

• Analysis of data has shown that children of parents who attended workshops did extremely well by the end of the year.

Parent Workshops

Finally…• We look forward to working with you in helping your child reach their full potential in Year 5 and beyond;• We hope your child has a great year both academically and socially. We will do everything we can to make sure they enjoy school; feel safe and comfortable; and develop their confidence.

Thank you for your time.