1. Welcome to Year 5 Teachers – Miss West and Miss Hindson
Teaching Assistants – Mrs McKessy, Miss Elderfield, Mrs Pereira

2. What do Year 5 learn? Timetable
NB Timetables are flexible and subject to change
Day
Registration & Assembly
9.25 – 10.30
Playtime
10.45 – 12.15
Lunchtime – 1.25
1.25 – 2.30
2.30 – 3.30
Monday
Maths
English
Handwriting/Spelling
ICT
RE/PSHE
Tuesday
MFL PE
Wednesday
Science
Thursday
Topic inc. History/Geography/Art/DT/
Music
Friday
Guided Reading
P.E.
Games
Golden Time

3. Staying Safe on line
We take this issue very seriously at Brookburn Primary. Internet and social media safety is taught to all year groups at the beginning of the school year. We have school-wide safety features, but if anything gets past the filters, students are taught to switch off the screen and report to a member of staff immediately.
Our digital code – Zip it, Block it, Flag it.
We value your support in keeping children safe online by urging you to supervise your child’s on line presence at home and to regularly check your privacy settings on social media sites.- for more info see the IT section of our website under the curriculum tab.

4. Golden Rules Golden rules in every classroom
Expectations around School
Traffic light behaviour system
Golden Time
Golden Assembly
Verbal recognition

5. Attendance and Punctuality
School doors open from 8.50am and close promptly at 9am.
Once door is locked all children must enter school via the main entrance to be recorded as late.
Doors open to dismiss children at 3.30pm and are locked at 3.40pm. Any children not collected will be sent to the office where their parents will be contacted. Note the different use of doors at the different times of the day.
Persistently late/poor attendance- a record is kept in the class register, parents are contacted. Learning sessions not attended significantly impact on children’s learning and are recorded as unauthorised absence in the register. Please be aware that the Local Authority monitor unauthorised absences and, where appropriate, will issue penalty notices or consider prosecution in the magistrates court.
If your child is experiencing any problems that may be affecting their attendance or punctuality, then please contact their class teacher or the office.

6. How to Help at Home Daily reading.
Reading books will be changed by children when they need to – no set day (we will monitor)
Times Tables
Sum Dog.
Homework – handed out on Friday for return the following Wednesday.
Weekly spellings - handed out Friday to be learnt by the following Friday.
Spelling lists
Look at ‘The Class Blog’ and encourage children to comment.

7. Homework
Homework is set each Friday and is expected back in on the following Wednesday.
Presentation of homework should match standard done in school
Homework is always acknowledged but not necessarily marked in detail – purpose is to reflect and reinforce children’s learning in school.

8. Spelling We are introducing a programme called No Nonsense Spelling
The focus of the programme is on the teaching of spelling, which embraces knowledge of spell- ing conventions – patterns and rules; but integral to the teaching is the opportunity to promote the learning of spellings, including statutory words, common exceptions and personal spellings.
Tips for learning spellings at home
Learning at home needs to be an extension of the practice in school. We will send a list of words home each week for children to learn
Look at the spelling pattern and use the suggested strategies to support your child to learn them
We will assess the spellings in context, for example: learning spellings in a given sentence, generating sentences for each word, assessing through unseen dictated sentences
We will focus on ensuring that your child then applies the correct spelling in his/her writing. .

9. Medium Frequency Word List
above across almost along also always animal any around asked baby balloon before began being below better between birthday both brother brought
can't change children clothes coming didn't different does don't during earth every eyes father first follow
following found friends garden goes gone great
half happy head heard high I'm important inside jumped knew know lady leave light might money morning mother much near never number often
only opened other outside own paper place right round second show sister small something sometimes sound started still stopped such
suddenly sure swimming think those thought through today together told tries turn
turned under until upon
used walk
walked
walking watch where while white whole why window without woke
woken word work world write year young

10. Y3/4 Word List accident(ally) actual(ly) address answer appear arrive
believe
bicycle
breath
breathe
build
busy/business
calendar
caught
centre
century
certain
circle
complete
consider
continue
decide
describe
different
difficult
disappear
early
earth
eight/eighth
enough
exercise
experience
experiment
extreme
famous
favourite
February
forward(s)
fruit
grammar
group
guard
guide
heard
heart
height
history
imagine
increase
important
interest
island
knowledge
learn
length
library
material
medicine
mention
minute
natural
naughty
notice
occasion(ally)
often
opposite
ordinary
particular
peculiar
perhaps
popular
position
possess(ion)
possible
potatoes
pressure
probably
promise
purpose
quarter
question
recent
regular
reign
remember
sentence
separate
special
straight
strange
strength
suppose
surprise
therefore
though/although
thought
through
various
weight
woman/women

11. Y5/6 Word List category cemetery committee communicate community
Competition
conscience*
conscious*
controversy
convenience
correspond
criticise (critic + ise)
curiosity
definite
desperate
determined
develop
dictionary
disastrous
accommodate
accompany
according
achieve
aggressive
amateur
ancient
apparent
appreciate
attached
available
average
awkward
bargain
bruise
embarrass
environment
equip (–ped, –ment)
especially
exaggerate
excellent
existence
explanation
familiar
foreign
forty
frequently
government
marvellous
mischievous
muscle
necessary
neighbour
nuisance
occupy
occur
opportunity
parliament
temperature
thorough
twelfth
variety
vegetable
vehicle
yacht
restaurant
rhyme
rhythm
sacrifice
secretary
shoulder
signature
sincere(ly)
soldier
stomach
sufficient
suggest
symbol
system
guarantee
harass
hindrance
identity
immediate(ly)
individual
interfere
interrupt
language
leisure
lightning

12. Assessing children’s progress
Assessment Fortnight
Over 2 weeks teachers will assess children and will discuss progress/targets with each child. This will be followed by Parents’ Evenings so that we can share children’s individual targets with parents. Therefore, we have realigned Parents’ Evenings to fit more appropriately with teacher assessment cycles to ensure parents and teachers are working together towards meeting children’s targets.

13. Topics Our topics for the year will be – Mayans Second World War
Manchester and other European cities
Anglo-Saxons
Investigating Rivers

14. Science Properties and Changes of Materials Forces Earth and Space
All Living Things

15. Computing Internet and E-Safety We are Game Developers
We are Cryptographers
We are Artists
We are Web developers
We are Bloggers
We are Architects
Homework will occasionally be posted via the blog. The Year 5 blogs contain links to useful maths and literacy websites.

16. Trips Stockport Air Raid Shelters (13th Nov 2017) – WWII
Longdendale (21st May 2018) – Investigating Rivers
Chorlton High School – Transition links

17. Year 5 Extras Brookies Eco Buddies Music Reading Buddies
Chorlton High Links
Bikeability
Shakespeare project

18. Reminders Book bags – brought daily
PE bags – bring in on Monday and stay in school
Labelling – please label clothes with children’s full name
Lost property – encourage children to be responsible for their possessions
Jewellery – watches and stud earrings only (must be removed for PE)
PE Kit - black or navy shorts/jogging bottoms/leggings and a white t-shirt – trainers for outside, pumps for inside

19. How to get in touch
Face to face on class door with either teacher or TA
Send a note in with your child
Arrange an appointment with admin
Parents evening: Mon 20st, Tues 21st Wed 22nd November and 12th, 13th, 14th March

20. Thank you for listening!
Please take a leaflet.
Thank you for listening!
Any questions?