Y5 Parents’ Meeting 2018 Mr Jackson WELCOME! Aim: To tell you what you need to know about Y5. Please sign the attendance sheet.

Before September Transfer meeting with Mrs Elliott Discuss medical info./friendships/ attainment/behaviour Shuffle-up morning for children – Thursday 5th July

The teachers in Year 5 Mr Jackson Miss Manaton (Tuesday pm) Miss Cooper (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday A.M.) Sports Coach (Wednesday pm) Tom Baker - PE (Mondays term 5 and 6)

Expectations and equipment Pencil case Protractor/Compass/Handwriting pen/marking pen (Blue/Pink) Full PE kit and trainers Reading book and reading record Home learning folder (on specific days)

Class Routines Every day - Maths, English, Collective Worship and quiet reading time (15 minutes) Every afternoon – either: History/Geography/Science/RE/Art/D&T/ Computing/PE/Music/PSHCE/MFL Mondays and Thursday– PE kit (first week please have in all week as days may alter) Choir (anyone can join!) *A precise timetable will come home with the children in September.

Maths and English Following the mastery curriculum for Y5 Age-related expectations for Maths and English (working towards, expected, greater depth) More information is available on the school website

TOPICS Topic webs are sent out with newsletters at the start of each long term.

TOPICS Term 1: Space Term 2: India Term 3: Ancient Egypt Term 4: Life Cycles Term 5: Houses and Homes Term 6: Vikings All topics are very cross-curricular. Topic webs are sent out with newsletters at the start of each full term.

Home learning Weekly home learning tasks given out and collected in the following week. The children will all be given a home learning folder – please ensure they use these. It will usually contain: Spellings A weekly Maths and English task At school - spelling and mental arithmetic test each week There is also an expectation that children will read every day at home and to parents regularly and learn times tables.

Projects Usually related to the topic and will cover different subjects. It is much more open-ended and designed to allow the children choice and challenge in their learning at home. There will usually be one project per term and the children will have around 4 weeks to complete them.

The Year 5 Calendar Term 1 - Bath Children’s Literature Festival - trip to Herschel Museum - visit St Mary’s Church for RE Term 2 - India Day (in school) Term 3 - Ancient Egyptian Day (in school) Term 4 - SRE lessons with the school nurse Term 5 - Dean Field Residential trip Term 6 - Viking Day (in school) - KES activities day - Sports Day

Deanfield Residential April Activities High rope activities – on centre site (Jacob’s ladder, zip wire, leap of faith) Archery – on centre site Canoeing– by mini bus to a lake Rock climbing and abseiling – on centre site Night walk

Any questions?

Thank you.