SPRING TERM (2021)
Dear Parents and Carers,
Firstly, I would like to thank you for your continues support over the past few months. As you already know, schools will be closed until, at least, February half term. We must remind you that although the school building is closed, learning and teaching must legally occur each day. You must ensure your child is attending his/her virtual classes and completing any work set. Do please support us by helping your child to set up a home learning routine.
Try to stick to school timings as much as possible. I have outlined an example based on the school day below.
8:00- 9:00 - Breakfast and gentle exercise
9:00 -10:15 - AM Registration (compulsory), Whole class reading and Arithmetic
10:15-10:30 break
10:30-11.30: Catch up session on Google hangout (compulsory), English activities (writing, grammar, drama) / SPAG activities
11.30-12.30: Maths activities
12.30-13.30: Lunch time
1:30- 2:20- PM Registration (compulsory), Topic, Science, music, cooking, designing etc
3:30 More exercise/meditation/reading
Miss Moore will continue to deliver her ICT lessons every Wednesday's between 9am-10.00am. This will be followed with PE with the PE coaches at 10.30 am so please make sure you child is wearing comfortable clothing so they can fully take part in the lesson.
This half term, our topic is called 'Walls and Barricades'. The children will explore a variety of walls around the world, the impact this has hadon the lives of the people as well as exploring the impact of the Apartheid regime on the life of South African people and Nelson Mandela's human rights campaign. I have attached our Medium Term Plan and some suggested website you can explore with your child.
If you got any questions or need additional support, please do not hesitate to contact me: zshire1.206@vittorialgfl.org
Miss Shire
WELCOME !
Welcome to the new school year. Your Year 5 teacher is Miss Shire and your Teaching Assistant is Miss Jacqueline Hayden. We are very excited about welcoming you all back on Monday 7th September 2020. We have been busy making arrangements for the children’s return to school and look forward to be seeing you all back!
P.E.
Year 5's P.E. lessons will take place on Wednesdays. Please ensure your child has the correct P.E. kit, including plimsolls/trainers, to participate in the lessons.
Reading record
Reading Records needs to be signed daily as part of the Home-School Reading Agreement.
Homework
Homework in Year 5 is given out on a Friday and returned on a Wednesday (unless stated otherwise in special circumstances). Please make sure you child brings their homework in on time, as it is beneficial to our learning at the time. In addition, please ensure your child learns their spelling list for the week as there is a weekly spelling test.
Miss Shire
Year 5 (2019/2020)
How to contact Miss Shire
Hello Year 5,
I hope you are all slowly getting into the routine of home learning. I thought it would be lovely to see some of the home learning that has been going on over the past few days. If you would like to share any of your AMAZING work you have produced, feel free to email with your name and I can share this on our 'WOW WORK' classroom section, which will be updated weekly. If you unsure how to email this across, ask an adult or an older sibling to help you with this. I am looking forward to see your fantastic work :)
Email: zshire1.206@vittorialgfl.org
You can still ask me any questions or share your concerns/worries on our Google classroom Stream and i will respond as soon as possible.
Miss Shire