Year 5 Weekly Overview

Week Beginning: Sunday 16th February 2025

Thank you from Year 5

After a busy half term, the Year 5 team would like to say a huge 'Thank you' for all of your support. A term, which has been filled with Singing Sand Dunes trip, Blue Pearl camp, baking, assemblies, Charity day and Mental Health Week!

We hope you have a restful mid-term break and look forward to welcoming the children back to school on Sunday 16th February, for our Green Day.

DATE CHANGE: Green Day - Sunday 16th February

Due to matters beyond our control, Green Day will now take place on Sunday 16th February

As part of our 'Are we damaging our Earth?' topic, Year 5 will take part in a 'Green day'. This will be a day dedicated towards understanding how we can act contribute to the sustainability of our planet, as global citizens.

The children are invited to wear either green clothing or clothes made fom recycled materials. (The more creative, the better!)

In the lead up to this day, we ask that parents can collect any recycled bottles, cardboard, toilet paper rolls or yoghurt pots for some of the activities we have planned.

On Thursday 20th February, parents are invited to come into class between 7:30am and 8:00am to look at some of the children's work from Green Day. We look forward to welcoming you.

Spring Fair - Friday 21st February

We are very happy that our inaugural Spring Fair will run on Friday 21st of February and we need your help! Please sign up to the Year 5 activity (Adventure Playground) by clicking on the following link :

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mVO5QyRljSoT5tYtgB8YVWTqqYO-g6f4RTSdPJb7YTo/edit?usp=sharing

You can sign up for as many or few slots as you would like but please do not sign up over a slot that has been taken. Should you wish to volunteer but all slots are taken, Miss Forrest will send out an additional sign up if required closer to time. School fairs are a wonderful community event and they can't run without your generous support. Thanks in advance.

Swimming change

As you will be aware the swim split change for KS2 will be happening after the half term break. This is from Sunday 16th February 2025. From this date the girls will be swimming.
Please ensure your daughter has the following with them for their swimming days:

- DESS Swimwear
- Towel
- Flip flops
- Goggles
- Swim cap (if their hair is longer than their chin)

Please ensure pupils come in their PE kit on swimming days. Also please note these groups will be swimming until Thursday 27th March 2025.

Year 5 parent curriculum map

Year 5 class assemblies

Below are the dates of the Year 5 class assemblies:

5C - Thursday 27th February

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

Library

Books can be returned in the mornings between 7:15am and 7:30am or during the children's weekly library lesson.

Learning Objectives Covered this Week:

English

-To create definitions for nouns of a historical period

-To draw inferences such as characters' feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions.

-To make inferences such as inferring characters' feelings, and justifying inferences with evidence

Reading Unit Objectives

- Prediction and explaining how the meaning of words is enhanced through the choice of words

-Explaining the meaning of words in context and explaining how the meaning of words is enhanced through the choice of words, inference

- Making inferences and using evidence from the text

Mathematics

-Equivalent fractions and decimals (hundredths)

-Equivalent fractions and decimals

-Thousandths as fractions

Science - Life Cycles

This week, we will be learning about mammals.

Topic - Are we damaging our Earth?

This week, we will be focusing on our 'Green Day' initiative.

Photos

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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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