Year 5 Mrs Zoë Renner-Thomas Meet the teacher Year 5 Mrs Zoë Renner-Thomas

Year 5 Meet the teacher Introduce myself Welcome to Year 5 – key features / events of the year. Year 5 timetable Topics for this term Planned trips Homework expectations Behaviour in Year 5 Attendance and punctuality Questions

Introduce myself Mrs Zoë Renner-Thomas Taught Year 5 at BJR for the last 2 years. Also KS2 Leader, Pupil Premium Champion and PSHE Subject Leader. Previously taught Year 4 at a similar-sized faith school in Catford. BA(Hons) English Language and Literature. Worked in publishing for many years, first in Childrens’ publishing and then academic publishing . Postgraduate Certificate in Education 2012-2013

Welcome to Year 5 – key features / events of the year High expectations Improve Year 5 reading and writing. Improve times tables and mathematical reasoning and problem solving.

Year 5 timetable

Topics for this term Term: Autumn 2014

Potential Trips Imperial War Museum HMS Belfast Bexley Cinema

Homework expectations Reading 3x per week Mathletics 1-2 pieces of maths 1 reading comprehension task Handwriting

Homework expectations How will homework be communicated to children and families? Differentiation What happens if children don’t do homework? When is it given and due back?

Behaviour in Year 5 Year 5 5 Cs Consideration, Compassion, Courtesy, Commitment and Care. Class rules Green – Yellow – Red Golden time and green all week stickers.

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Attendance and punctuality Attendance and punctuality is very important for your child to have a successful year. For our children to gain the greatest benefit from their education it is vital that they attend school, on time, every day the school is open unless the reason for the absences unavoidable. Punctuality – 08:45 Early work

Families will be informed about what is going on is school by… School website Sometimes letters will be given out Alerts to your phone whenever you get an email including newsletters Texts for urgent messages Notices printed and displayed on the noticeboard @BJRSchool

Questions