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Year 5 Newsletter (January 2024)

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Year 5 Newsletter | January 2023


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Welcome back!

We hope you had a peaceful Christmas break and are looking forward to a new term in Year 5. We hope you are all refreshed and ready for the term ahead. We are pleased to welcome back Mrs Heed to our year 5 team, who will be teaching in 5H on Mondays and Tuesdays. 

Our updated team...

Mr Brown - 5B class teacher 

Miss Howse - 5H class teacher

Mrs Heed - 5H class teacher 

Mrs Aldous - Teaching assistant 

Miss Burch - Teaching assistant 

Mrs Strowger - Teaching assistant 

Mrs Richardson - Teaching assistant

Mrs Blazer - PPA teacher

Mr Arthur  - PPA teacher 

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PE 

5B PE - Wednesdays

5H PE - Wednesdays

Swimming

The year group will be split into two groups. Half of which will be swimming for half a term, the other half will remain in school and have their second PE lesson. Please see Mr Walton's letter about swimming for further details. 

PE kit reminder 

A reminder that our uniform policy for PE kit is a plain white or navy t-shirt and navy or black shorts/jogging bottoms. School jumpers can be worn. We are also suggesting that children who wear earrings do not wear them on PE days. Also, those with long hair must tie their hair back and earrings must either be taken out or covered with tape. 


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Our Spring Curriculum

Literacy - The children have been enjoying Skellig, and we are continuing with this book for another few weeks. After that, we will be looking at a picture book called 'The Journey'. It is about a family of refugees, and often provokes meaningful and emotional conversations. 

Maths - We will begin with a recap of the four operations, before moving onto fractions. Fractions can be an area which causes confusion with children, however we will be using lots of visual and physical resources to help us learn. 

Science - We will continue to explore materials and their properties, and look at how materials can change state. We will then begin our Space topic - this is always a favourite!!

History - The children have been enjoying learning about the Anglo-Saxons and have really developed their interest in this period of history. Our next unit, The Vikings, follows on from the Saxons on the historical timeline. The children are going to love the gruesome content! 

R.W.E - We are turning our focus back to Islam during the first Spring half-term, looking at Muslim's beliefs on Akhirah - life after death. 

DT - We have a very exciting brand-new topic to introduce to you. For the first half-term, we will be looking at the company Dyson and exploring some of their products. We will focus on their design techniques and even have the opportunity to look at and analyse some Dyson products. We can't wait for this one!!

Art - After our DT project, we will return to Art and be exploring the world of Pop Art, with a main focus on the work of Andy Warhol. 

Computing - We will be delving into the world of computer systems and networks. Lots of technical vocabulary and skills will be learnt during this unit. 

Music - Our two units during the Spring term are titled 'Life Cycles' and 'Keeping Healthy'. During these units, children will be exposed to contemporary music from the 19th century, and look into the Baroque period of opera. 

French - Mrs Blazer will teach the children about French foods and towns. 

More information on our curriculum can be found on the school website. 


Homework & Spelling Tasks | Blakedown Primary School

We will still be setting two pieces of homework each week. Maths homework will be set weekly on Mymaths.com. Logins to this website can be found in the children's journals. For literacy, we will be using CGP revision books. The children will write page numbers in their journals. Homework will be set on a Thursday and is expected to be completed by the following Wednesday. We have been pleased with the number of children completing homework so far this year, and would ask you all to continue to encourage your children to read daily and practice their spellings. 


Finally... 

We are really looking forward to the upcoming term. We are looking into the possibility of a school trip, if we are able to get anything booked we will let you know as soon as possible. 

As always, we are readily available to chat and discuss any concerns you may have with anything. 

Kind regards, 

The year 5 team