Year 5 Weekly Overview

Week Beginning: Sunday 12th January 2025

A Message from Mr Mernagh:

Dear Parents

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable winter holiday, filled with cherished moments with family and friends. As we embark on the new term, I am delighted to welcome you and your children back to school.

This term presents an opportunity to build upon the achievements from term 1 but also focus on some of the gaps that may have presented themselves. Focusing on some of the targets discussed at parent consultation will be a priority.

Looking ahead, this term promises to be vibrant and enriching. We have several exciting events and initiatives planned, which will provide opportunities for our students to shine and for our community to come together.

This week got off to a great start with a class trip to the singing sand dunes. The children were absolutely fantastic as they raised awareness and played their part in keeping Qatar clean. Mr. Jose, the volunteer from DEAP Qatar was incredibly impressed with how consciences the children were in helping clean up the area. Thank you to the year 5 team for making this such a great memory and learning experience.

Thank you for your continued trust and support. I look forward to seeing around the school.

Have a lovely weekend.

Kind Regards,

Mr Mernagh

Head of Middle School

lmernagh@dess.org

Singing Sand Dunes - Beach clean up

On Wednesday 8th January, Year 5 enjoyed a trip to the Singing Sand Dunes where we teamed up with DeapQatar to do a litter pick. The children did a fantastic job and were exceptionally behave from start to finish. This was a fantastic learning opportunity and a great introduction into our topic 'Are we damaging our planet?'

As a result of their hard work and excellent behaviour, we had time for some sliding down the dunes and hearing the renowned humming! You will find many photos in the usual Google Drives.

Blue Pearl trip - reminder

A reminder about our upcoming Blue Pearl over night trip for those who have signed up:

Boys - Sunday 26th January - Monday 27th January

Girls - Monday 27th January - Tuesday 28th January

We will be leaving during the school day at 1pm and returning at 1pm the following day.

The kit list has already been shared and can be found below:

Students must bring:

• their own bedding (sleeping bag, blanket & pillow (optional). Blue Pearl provides tents and foam mats as lining.

• Layered clothing – jeans are not recommended

• Closed sports shoes and socks. Back up shoes in the event of rain is advised.

• Flip flops and sea shoes

• Sports shorts

• Sports pants or leggings

• Cotton t-shirt (short sleeve and long sleeve)

• Warm hoodie depending on the weather

• Rain jacket depending on the weather

• Torch

• Refillable water bottle

• Cap

• Two towels (beach and shower)

• Personal hygiene items (toothbrush, toothpaste, brush, tissues, wet wipes_

• Sunscreen

• Mosquito repellent

Please note: Previously, we communicated a list which included swim wear - this will NOT be needed.

Finally, please ensure that you have completed the disclaimer form and your child has handed this into their teacher.

Homework resumed

Homework has resumed has normal. We gave out Maths and English on Monday which is due in on Sunday 12th January. We will then continue with the weekly homework from Sunday.

Design technology - biscuit tasting!

As part of our new topic in Design and technology, we will be tasting a range of nut-free biscuits (digestives, lotus biscuits, cookies, oreos) to gain research before we think about designing our own. If you do not wish for you child to take part, please contact your child's teacher directly.

Cookery or non-bake ECAS

Please can all children attending a culinary club ECA (cookery or non bake) bring a food container with them to their club in order to transport their culinary creations home!

Year 5 parent curriculum map

Year 5 class assemblies

Below are the dates of the Year 5 class assemblies:

5D - Thursday 23rd January

5A - Thursday 6th February

5C - Thursday 27th February

All assemblies will begin at 12:15pm promptly and will take place in the Small Gym.

Library reopens next week

The library will reopen next week.

Learning Objectives Covered this Week:

English

To capture what was said using reported speech
To write thoughts and speech in role as contrasting characters
To use effective verb choices to write a descriptive paragraph
To use expanded noun phrases to write a first person recount

Reading Unit Objectives

- Making inferences from the text, using evidence

- Retrieval and summarising main points

- Predicting what might happen from details stated and implied

Mathematics

-Multiply a 2-digit number by a 2-digit number

-Multiply a 3-digit number by a 2-digit number

-Multiply a 4-digit number by a 2-digit number

Science - Properties of materials

To test materials - magnetic, transparency and hardness

Topic - Are we damaging our Earth?

This week, we will be looking at sustainability.

Photos

Please use the following links to access photos...

Reminders

Chromebooks

The Y5 children need to bring a fully charged Chromebook to school every day. If you would like to order a Chromebook, please email it@dess.org

In Year 5, children come into class by themselves in the morning. The class teachers and TA’s will be in the classroom ready to greet the children.

At the end of the day, 5A and 5B teachers will bring the children onto the shaded playground area at 2pm (1pm Thursdays) to meet you. 5C and 5D will assemble at the side of block E, outside the 5C classroom. The Year 5 team will be around to point you in the right direction.

Please remember that parents are not to enter classrooms. The school day begins at 7:30am and pick-up is from the shaded playground at 2:00pm. REMINDER: We finish at 1:00pm on a Thursday

Please bring a full water bottle to school each day.
Please bring a hat everyday.

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