Year 5 Curriculum Meeting Welcome – Bienvenidos Miss Glynn glynnm@stgeorge.es Miss Marin marinm@stgeorge.es

What should my child bring to school? Every day children need to bring: - School reading book -Libro de lectura de la escuela - Library book -libro de la biblioteca de la escuela - Yellow reading record books - La lectura de libros de registro - water bottle -botella de agua On a Tuesday - PE kits Come to school in the correct uniform. Come to school well rested and ready to learn!

Behaviour Policy Política de Comportamiento Positive rewards for children who stay on the green part of the behaviour chart. Recompensas positivas para los niños que se quedan en la parte verde de la tabla de la conducta. Positive behaviour encouraged through earning merit points El comportamiento positivo anima a través de ganar puntos (merits). Orally remind children of the expectations to help them stay on green Por vía oral recordar a los niños de las expectativas para ayudarles a mantenerse en verde

Year 5 timetable

Key points Key objectives from the new British Curriculum. Objectives taught in creative ways that encompass all learning styles. Differentiation to offer support and challenge to each child as they learn. P.E, Music and Art taught by specialist teachers.

CURRICULUM OBJECTIVES YEAR 5 CURRICULUM OBJECTIVES Will be emailed out to parents after the meeting.

Foundation Subjects Geography, History, Art and Design, Music, ICT, DT, P.E taught as per the new curriculum PSHE (personal, social, health and emotional education), also called citizenship. Weekly timetabled lesson Topic webs provide an overview of each half term’s learning.

Year 5 topic web

Maths Key Objectives – Example Building understanding of place value to 6-digits. Formal calculation methods: column addition & subtraction to 5-digits; multiplication of 4- x 1- and 2-digits; division of 4- x 1-digit. Percentages; square and cubed numbers; mixed numbers and improper fractions. Details to be put on website. Science has a heavy focus on these skills so that pupils have the ability to become excellent scientist and are not just learning content

English Key Objectives – Example Wider punctuation: ellipsis, brackets, hyphens, comma use for precision, colons, bullet points. Use modal verbs of obligation: must, should and ought to, have to. To use the present perfect and past simple correctly. Use relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that. Details to be put on website. Science has a heavy focus on these skills so that pupils have the ability to become excellent scientist and are not just learning content

Science Key Objectives – Example Forces. Earth and space. Separating mixtures. Different life cycles of groups of animals. Properties of materials. Investigation skills. Details to be put on website. Science has a heavy focus on these skills so that pupils have the ability to become excellent scientist and are not just learning content

Year 5 Homework Each week your child will be given the following homework: Cada semana su hijo se le dará la siguiente tarea: Spanish twice a week Maths (MyMaths) Spellings (once testing is finished) DAILY: Reading (and recording in yellow log book) Times tables

Homework Please encourage your child to explain to you what we have been learning about at school. Por favor anime a su hijo a explicar a usted lo que hemos estado aprendiendo acerca de en la escuela. Please encourage them to ask us for extra help if they do not understand homework. Por favor, animarles a pedirnos ayuda extra si no entienden la tarea.

You can help and support your child with their homework by helping them to: Puede ayudar y apoyar a su hijo con su tarea, ayudándoles a: Plan what to do and when Planear qué hacer y cuándo Organise their materials, have a quite place to work Organice sus materiales, tener un lugar tranquilo para trabajar

Reading needs to happen often Reading needs to happen often! Children or parents to record what they are reading. Books changed by librarians. Word books issued to help with vocabulary. Children must always have an English reading book in school.

year 5 Reading Lectura -We encourage children to take ownership of changing their own reading books. We still keep a record of books read and read with them to check the correct level is chosen. Animamos a los niños a tomar posesión de cambiar sus propios libros de lectura. Todavía mantenemos un registro de libros leídos y leer con ellos para comprobar se elige el nivel correcto. Your child should read every night/day (20 minutes). Su hijo debe leer cada noche / día (20 minutos). They should fill in their reading record if they have read independently or you can fill it in. Deben llenar en su registro de lectura si han leído de forma independiente o puede llenarlo. You can support your child in their reading by asking them to explain the plot to and describe the characters to you. Usted puede apoyar a su hijo en su lectura al pedirles que explicar el plan para y describir los personajes para ti.

Guided Reading involves Working with small groups Trabajar con grupos pequeños Giving everyone in the group the same text Dar a todos en el grupo el mismo texto Listening to individuals read in a group Escuchar a las personas leen en un grupo Engaging students in conversations about the text Involucrar a los estudiantes en conversaciones sobre el texto Other children in the class participate in independent activities linked to reading, phonics, spellings. Otros niños de la clase participan en actividades independientes vinculados a la lectura, fonética, ortografía.

Contact information Informal chat before/after school Tutorias with us Parents meetings Planners See me after or before school, tutorias every term. Parent meetings if you need additional meeting in October. Reading records and email.

Administrative Questions If you have any concerns or questions: - Send an email: glynnm@stgeorge.es marinm@stgeorge.es Class blogs are being set up. I will remind you of the website address by email: http://stgeorgesprimaryschoolseville.weebly.com/year-5

School website Thank you for coming. Any questions? http://stgeorge.es/sevilla/ Thank you for coming. Any questions? e