Welcome to Year 5!

Newton Class – Miss McCabe with Mrs Perry and Mrs Scotto

Curie Class – Mrs Cripps with Mrs Doherty

Today’s Meeting

•Growth Mindset• ‘Juniors’• Reading•Homework• This year’s topics• PE• School Dinners• School Trip/Class assembly

We are a Growth Mindset School

What does this mean?

Juniors – Years 3,4,5 & 6 • Mrs Cripps is our Juniors Team Leader• Our school day begins at 8.40 a.m.• Registration is at 8.50 a.m.• Shared assemblies, play times and lunch

times.• School shop on the playground each day. • Any money in a named envelope please.• Water bottles – access all day.• Feel free to provide your own snack.• Good behaviour rewarded with ‘Team Points’

or ‘Golden Time Point’.

‘Ocean Diaries’ - Reading• Every Friday, we will check the ocean diaries for

reading and parent/guardian signatures. • Diaries will be checked on a weekly basis, if there

is something that needs to be brought to our attention we ask children to make us aware.

• Please ensure that your child reads at least three times a week (ten - fifteen minutes) and sign in the diary to let us know.

• Three signatures = one reading stamp = extra ‘Golden Time Point’

• The children are responsible for handing in Ocean diaries and changing their own reading books in the mornings.

Golden Time

• Each child automatically gets 5 points every day•The children can lose points for making the wrong decision, but can also earn them. For example, being helpful around the school.• Golden Time is on a Thursday afternoon•To participate they have to have 20 points or more•If they have between 16-19 they only receive half of their Golden Time•Children with any less than this don’t participate in Golden Time• Children can choose how they wish to spend their Golden Time by picking an activity•Every class teacher and teaching assistant offers a different activity for the children to choose from

Homework

• Maths homework will usually be one of the educational Maths games.

• The maths is set each Friday, due in the following Thursday.

• Children will complete their Topic or English homework in their Homework books.

• Homework will then be marked and returned ready for Friday’s new homework.

Topics

• Living Things• Poles Apart• Our commonwealth (each class

will study a country)• To The Stars• Ancient Greeks• Adventure!

Our first key text for EnglishThere’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom –

Louis Sachar

PETerms 1 & 2• Tuesday (Gym) and Friday (Rugby &

Athletics)

PE Kit• White or purple t-shirt• White or black shorts• Black pumps• Spare socks• Jogging bottoms

School Dinners• Children choose (on the day) if they would like

a school packed lunch or a hot dinner.• Two counters in the hall serving hot meals.• Salad, fruit and fresh water available.• The kitchen is nut-free.• ‘Pupil premium’ - government funding.

Registering for free meals could raise an extra £1,300 for the school. Please complete the free school meals registration form.

School Trip

Wildwood – Living Things Workshop(tbc)

Class assembliesNewton – Thursday 8th October

Curie – Thursday 22nd October

What can you do to help?

• Read with your child regularly.• Ask your child questions about our

key text in English.• Help them to complete their

homework each week.

Thank you for attending and we look forward to getting

to know you all!

Any questions?