Welcome to Year 5 2024/2025

You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!" ― Dr. Seuss

 Class teachers - Mrs Rannard   / Mr Lunt (Tuesday)

Teaching Assistants - 

Miss Mattocks and Mrs Wood.

It is a pleasure to be working with the children and they have begun this year with a very positive attitude and a willingness to learn new things and achieve personal goals. They have shown enthusiasm and commitment to the challenges of Year 5 so far and I know they will continue to do so in the coming months.

This year we have plenty of things to look forward to: Residential to Barnstondale, Mayan workshop, learning the ukulele and cycling proficiency. Further details will be provided nearer the time. 

Water Bottles - It is important that your child has some water to drink throughout the day. Please ensure your child has their name on their water bottle in school. This should be brought home each night to be washed and returned containing fresh water each day.

Uniform - PLEASE ensure ALL uniform is clearly labelled with your child’s name. 

P.E. – P.E. will take place every Monday. The children are to come to school in their outdoor P.E. kit (indoor weather dependent) and when we do yoga and gymnastics (Autumn term) the children are required to wear their green/black shorts or cycle shorts which can be worn under their outdoor kit. The outdoor kit should be a plain dark tracksuit (preferably black) black Summerhill T-shirt  and trainers.

Music - The children will continue with the ukulele this year and this will be on a Wednesday afternoon. Please make sure ukeleles  are in school on this day as we do not have spares in school. 

Homework – This will be put on Google Classroom. The children will get 10/15   spellings each Friday ready for a test the following Friday  and should be practising their spellings every night.

Reading - Children should be reading a little every night and answering questions about the text to check their understanding. The children may change their reading book on a Wednesday. Even if they have not finished their book please return the reading record so we can see that your child has been reading at home and enter them into the Reading Champion draw.

Times Tables - It is imperative that the children in Year 5 know all of their  times tables facts both multiplication and division , I cannot stress how important the tables are in every area of maths and they need to be able to recall this information with accuracy and speed. The children need to practise these so they can recite them quickly in any order and also know the corresponding division facts. As well as Times Tables Rock Stars, Top Marks HIt the Button is a great resource for this. We will complete regular quizzes throughout the week. The children also have a My Maths password for reinforcing what we have learnt in class.

Medication – Any medication required to be administered during the school day can only be done if:

• It has been prescribed by a medical professional 

• It is in the packaging with the dispensary label 

• Required forms have been completed via the school office

 If your child is asthmatic, we need to have a reliever inhaler at school.  We are not permitted to give children over the counter medicines e.g. Calpol. All medication must be delivered directly to the school office for administration

 Over the counter medications cannot and will not be administered.

Attendance and Punctuality - Please ensure your child attends school and please only keep them off if absolutely necessary.   The children must be in the classroom ready to learn not later than 8.50am. The doors will be open from 8.40am.  Holidays during school time will not be authorised and parents will be referred for a penalty notice should they take their child out of school. 

Monies into school - all school based activities can now be paid using the online payment system  - this is our preferred method. If you cannot do this then money must be sent in a sealed envelope clearly named and labelled.

Please keep up to date with what’s going on in our school - use our website and X (twitter) account!

Website

 - www.summerhillprimary.com   

X (Twitter)-   @SummerhillL31

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me via email at; lrannard@summerhillprimary.com or by calling the school office on  0151 526 1343.

Many thanks, 

Mrs  Rannard and the Year 5 team.