1. Welcome to Year 5 Thank you for coming today

2. General Routines Register is taken at 9:00 Daily run
Maths and English every day in AM
Theme in PM
PE on Wednesday and Thursday
Monday – spellings and homework diary check – please have these everyday
Important to let me know if any messages in them
Once a week we will complete maths club and mental arithmetic

3. Start and end of the day
Children can come into the classroom from 8:45 onwards
Independence – will have a morning activity to complete
Children to be dismissed from classroom or outside

4. Year 5 – High expectations

5. Maths Numbers to million
Addition and subtraction – 4 digits, rounding, problem solving
Multiplication and division – factors, prime numbers, 4 digits, 10s numbers, square and cube, solve problems
Shapes – 3d, angles, properties of rectangles
Measures – convert metric, perimeter, volume

6. Maths club Times tables Will be tested on Friday- may be flexible
Starting from beginning – check for gaps

7. Writing Spell year 5 words Prefix and suffixes Silent letters Hyphen
Homophones
Relative clauses
Commas, brackets, dashes
Modal verbs
Active and passive voice

8. Reading Explain purpose How the author has used different devices
Make comparisons
Inference
Facts and opinions
Retrieve and record information
Summarise
Discuss books

9. Theme – Which ruler would I like to be ruled by
Theme – Which ruler would I like to be ruled by? Broad and balanced curriculum answer a big question.

10. Homework
Reading (at least 3 times per week). This will be monitored weekly and recorded in Homework Books. Reading Rewards will continue.
Reading in the classroom – class reader, reading reviews
Spelling Practising spellings weekly – scores from tests recorded in Homework books. Tested on a Friday. Will be spelling pattern taught and own personal high frequency words
National curriculum words
Learning timetables and Mental arithmetic
Regularly practise the above every day

11. Communication and consistency

12. Classroom rewards and rules

13. Dates for diary 17th September – highwayman visit, letter coming
Cat tests – beginning 14th October
Parents evening – 14th and 17th October

14. Questions