1. Year 5 Information Evening s45nafzal@sharmans-cross.solihull.sch.uk s45agreen@sharmans-cross.solihull.sch.uk

2. Year 5 Team Miss Boon- 5TB Mrs Afzal & Mrs Green- 5AG Mrs Harrison- 5CH Mrs Ali- Year 5 Teaching Assistant Mrs Davies- Year 5 Learning Support Assistant

3. Communication Home School Diaries- children bring in to school & take home everyday. Diaries signed for Monday to be checked and signed by the teacher. Notes to teacher in diary. Newsletter every Friday- website. E-safety agreement/ class rules/ diary agreement signed by children and discussed with parents. Diaries stamped when children have read in a group.

4. Homework Approximately 30 minutes daily. Set every Friday- available on the website. Includes spellings and x tables & ‘mymaths’, reading comprehensions, grammar tasks and research. Reading Target Bookmarks Feedback given in different ways.

5. Spellings Focused on a rule/ pattern/ topic words. Once a month children will create spelling list from mis-spelt words from their books. Spellings given out and tested on Monday. Chn self mark & record scores in diary.

6. Key Dates: York Parents Meeting: Monday 21 st October 6.30pm Year 5 Performance: Monday 18 th & Tuesday 19 th November York: Wednesday 12th to Friday 14th March 2014 Bikeabilty: Monday 31 st March- Friday 4 th April

7. Family Literacy Workshops 5TB: Monday 20 th January 9:30am 5CH: Tuesday 21 st January 9:30am 5AG: Thursday 23 rd January 9:30am

8. Curriculum Autumn- Water Hams Hall WaterAid Speaker Outdoor Learning- building rafts Geography- Rivers RE- Symbolism of water Art- Monet Science- Changing States (Water Cycle)

9. Wednesday Afternoons Spanish- Senora Martinez The Arts- ‘Shuffle’ Artis Community Project- Mrs Gale

10. Curriculum Spring- Near & Far Space Centre Trip: Date TBC Science- Space Art- 3D Planet Collage ICT- Planet 10 History- Vikings & Romans

11. Curriculum Summer- The Circle of Life All about Me Sex & Relationships Education History- TBC

12. Marking Symbols Gap Tasks- detailed one per unit.

13. Marking Symbols √ A tick where work is correct. ? A dot or question mark if a mistake is made or the meaning isn’t clear sp Spelling mistake V A verbal comment was given I The work was done independently (only used when achieved along side an adult) S Support was given. Initialled by the adult ^ Word or phrase missing P Missing punctuation _ Underline letter to indicate the need for a capital letter // New paragraph is required T √ Target achieved/AF achieved TNew Target gr A grammatical mistake

14. PE Kits 5TB- –Indoor PE on Monday –Outdoor Games on Thursday 5CH- –Indoor PE on Friday –Outdoor Games on Thursday 5AG- –Indoor PE on Friday –Outdoor Games on Thursday Badminton- –Tuesday lunchtimes- starting Spring/ Summer Term –PE Kits in school at all times.

15. Assessment APP- Reading, Writing & Maths Single Level tests (SLTs)

16. Q&A ?