North Somercotes CE Primary School
‘Make your light shine so others will see the good that you do’
Year 5
Year 5 Team
Mrs Omidvar & Mrs Knott
Miss Olsen
Miss Williamson
Welcome to Year 5!
Mrs Omidvar will be in class teaching on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; on Thursday and Friday Mrs Knott will be teaching. Miss Olsen will be supporting class every morning and some afternoons.
Expectations
In Year 5 children will bring home a reading book. We expect children to be reading 3 times a week (or more if possible!) and we will check reading diaries once or twice a week. We do ask that an adult signs the reading diaries at least once a week. If it is acknowledged by adults out of school that the children have read 3 or more times a week, a token will be reward for the house teams.
No written homework will be set on a weekly basis, however, we expect reading to be of high priority so that the stamina for reading longer texts improves. A list of the Year 5 spellings will be available on our class page should the children wish to look at these in advance and practice them at home.
The children be able to access their TT Rockstar accounts from home too! There are also some really good free websites for maths games that are accessible too!
Free maths resources:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
https://blog.reallygoodstuff.com/11-free-math-sites-for-kids/
https://nrich.maths.org/
https://mathsbot.com/manipulativeMenu
The above websites gives free access for children to access maths activities from their devices! Give them a try!
Active Spelling List for Autumn 1:
P.E.
Our P.E session with the JB Sports coaches will be on a Thursday afternoon. On this day we will attend school in our P.E. kits.
Our P.E. kit is expected to be:
- Plain white t-shirt
- Black/navy shorts
- Trainers or plimsolls
- Black/navy tracksuit bottoms for outdoor P.E/colder weather.
- Black/navy tracksuit top for outdoor P.E/colder weather.
- No football or sports shirts please.
Class Reading Book
This term, Mrs Omidvar and Mrs Knott will be reading
The Legend of Podkin One-Ear by Kieran Larwood.
Power of Reading
During English lessons each term, we base all of our work around a Power of Reading text. This term, we are focusing our English reading and writing tasks around our class reading book: The Journey by Francesca Sanna
What is it like to have to leave everything behind and travel many miles to somewhere unfamiliar and strange? A mother and her two children set out on such a journey: one filled with fear of the unknown, but also great hope.
SHINE A LIGHT
Our 'shine a light' person for this term is currently:
Brenda Fisher
Born in Scartho, Grimsby, Brenda Fisher was an English long-distance swimmer. In 1951 she broke the women's world record for swimming the English Channel becoming a celebrity and she was given the British Sportswoman of the Year Award.