1. Y5 Parents’ Meeting 2017 Miss Kirkpatrick
WELCOME!
Aim:
To tell you what you need to know about Y5.
Please sign the attendance sheet.

2. Before September Transfer meeting with Mrs Elliott
Discuss medical info./friendships/ attainment/behaviour
Shuffle-up morning for children – Friday 30th June

3. The teachers in Year 5 Miss Kirkpatrick
Mrs Bradley (Music – Wednesday pm)
Sports Coach (Wednesday pm)
Tom Baker - PE (Mondays every other half term)

4. Expectations and equipment
Pencil case
Full PE kit and trainers
Reading book and reading record
Home learning folder (on specific days)

5. 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 Wednesdays – PE kit
Choir (anyone can join!)
*A precise timetable will come home with the children in September.

6. 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

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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) - Christmas play 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

12. Deanfield Residential 11th – 13th 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

14. Any questions?

15. Thank you.