In Year 5 we have developed an exciting programme of study where we follow a creative approach to teaching.

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3 In Year 5 we have developed an exciting programme of study where we follow a creative approach to teaching. We have tried to link up our subjects in order to link learning and make it more meaningful. In order to bring learning to life we have also arranged creative and exciting, 'WOW days to bring the topic to life.

4 This is a fantastic day where the children will be able to dress up and they will be taken back in time through role-play, songs and stories. They will take part in a variety of activities, such as pressing oil from olives to make clay oil lamps; jewellery making; mosaics and even using herbs to cure various ailments. Wow day: History off the page Life in Ancient Greek days Date: Thursday 19 th October 2016

5 Wow day: Tremendous trees trip to Waddesdon Manor gardens

6 Wow day: Visit to the Science museum in London

7 Wow day: The Great Year 5 French Market

8 Wow day: The Young Shakespeare Company workshop (The Tempest)

9 Wow day: Year 5 Garden tea party where we can show off how we have changed our cakes!

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12 We will continue to focus on handwriting this year. As a school we have purchased the Letter join handwriting scheme. Letter join meets the requirements for handwriting stated in the new 2014 National Curriculum framework document. Please use the website to support your child in forming their letters accurately. The office will be sending out a letter to remind you how to log on. Cursive writing helps children write quickly. Children who write quickly generally get more words on the paper and produce better quality content. Cursive writing also helps with spelling as you develop a muscle memory of the movements of each word.

13 In Class 5 we encourage and reward good choices and effort through positive behaviour strategies e.g.: *Super star *Chance cards *Awesome factor *Wow wall *Weekly certificates in assembly If children need to be reminded about their behaviour they may be given: *1. A verbal warning *2. A second warning *3. 5 minutes Playtime payback in classroom with the teacher. This is in line with our Behaviour policy at Stone C of E School. 4. A Time out with the KS2 leader (Mrs Stewart) is given for any more serious incident or if the child is regularly disrupting teaching and

14 Homework will be parent mailed out on a Friday and will be due back the following Wednesday. Each week you will be ed an information sheet that will explain what the children will need to do for homework that week. Spellings will be differentiated so their sheet will continue to be printed and stuck in for them to learn. The children will have one homework book. Homework will follow on from what we have been learning about in class or revisit areas in order to consolidate learning.

15 * In Year 5 they will receive an English/Topic task and a Maths task each week. Examples of the English task could include: - a written task - presentation to prepare/poem to learn etc. * They will also be given a Maths task which will relate to what we have been learning about in class or an online Sumdog task. * Daily practise of times tables is a very important part of your child s homework. They are expected to know all of their multiplication facts and related division facts by the end of Year 4. * Your child will have brought home a set of flashcards of the times table that they are working on. This set of flashcards must be kept in their pencil case as we will be focusing on this at school too. * Please encourage your children to get into a good routine to complete their homework independently and at the same standard as their classwork.

16 *Children in Years 5 are expected to read at least 3 times a week to an adult as part of their homework routine. *This should be recorded in Reading Records. *Comprehension is just as important as fluency and we encourage you to ask your children questions about what they are reading. *In Year 5 we will continue to listen to your child read aloud either as part of a small group session or in a whole class guided reading session.

17 As a class, we will visit our school library once a week on a Tuesday. In this time the teachers and teaching assistants will be supporting the children in selecting appropriate books. Each week your child will be bring home a library book. Once they have completed the grey scheme books they will be considered Free readers and will be expected to read a book of their own choice at home Please continue to read aloud to your child even if they are fluent readers. Read books that are above their usual reading level in order to develop their vocabulary and discuss more complex themes. The classics are fantastic for this e.g. Black Beauty, The Railway Children, Tom s midnight garden, the Wolves of Willoughby Chase

18 How to help your child choose great literature Visit your local library or bookshop. Chat to the librarians or book sellers about great new books for your child to read. Here are some super websites to guide you in helping your child to choose great literature: simply type in your library card number to make use of this site.

19 Parent volunteers We would love your support in listening to children read regularly during the school day. Please see the office staff if you are able to support us with this. Please note that school policy advises that parents do not read with their child s class. We are hoping to open the library at lunch times again this year so that the children can change their books more regularly. If you have an hour to spare, once a week, please see Mrs Stewart after the Meet the teacher session.

20 -In order for every child to feel valued and to improve their speaking and listening skills, there will be a display dedicated to them for a week. - They will need to make a poster telling the other children anything about themselves (e.g. if they have siblings, their hobbies, where they come from; other languages spoken, if they have pets, etc.). -They can include photos or drawings.

21 Once a week (on a Friday) one child will be chosen to complete our special Homework project where they have the chance to tell the class all about themselves and their family. If your child has been chosen to complete this project they will not need to complete the usual written home learning task for that week but will need to learn their spelling words and times tables.

22 PE in Class 5 Mrs Stewart will be taking Class 5 swimming at Stoke Mandeville Pool every Monday in the Autumn and Spring term. Ms Lamb will be taking PE on a Friday afternoon. Please make sure that the children have the correct kit at school on these days.

23 In order for your child to understand what their next steps are, they will be given a target sheet which will be stuck into the back of their English/Topic and Maths books. Over the next few weeks we will be getting to know your children and setting a target for them to work on. Once they have achieved this target we will then work on the next target. At the October Parents evening you will receive a copy of their personal targets and ways to help your child achieve them.

24 In Year 5 most pupils are expected to: Word Reading 1. identify words which are unusual in construction or pronunciation 2. recognise less common prefixes, roots and suffixes 3. recognise a wide range of synonyms and antonyms Reading Comprehension 4. read modern and traditional literature from a range of cultural heritages, including Britain 5. identify some ways in which older texts and modern texts are different 6. review and recommend books 7. make comparisons between books 8. summarise ideas and key points in fiction and non-fiction 9. explain figurative language Target: Writing 1. use paragraphs to organise ideas 2. describing settings and characters 3. Use a range of linking ideas to create cohesions across paragraphs: adverbials of time (e.g. later), place (e.g. nearby) and number (e.g. secondly) or tense choices (e.g. he had seen her before). 4. Use a range of devices to build cohesion within a paragraph (e.g. then, after that, this, firstly). 5. use modal verbs (e.g. might, should, will, must) and other verb forms mostly appropriately 6. use an increasing range of coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or) 7. use an increasing range of subordinating conjunctions (when, because, although, even though, whilst etc) 8. use correctly: capital letters (all uses) and full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, commas for lists, apostrophes for contraction, apostrophe for singular possession, comma after reported clause (in direct speech) 9. use relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that, or an omitted relative pronoun. 10. use mostly correctly: inverted commas, commas for clarity, punctuation for parenthesis (Bracket, dashes and commas) 11. Use further organisational and presentational devices to structure text and to guide the reader including: bullet points, headings and underlining 12. spell most year 1-5 common exception words correctly Target: In order to reach the Age Related Expectations at the end of the year your child will need to have achieved all of the key targets.

25 We will be sending out a copy of the key targets, for Writing, Reading and Maths this year, with all the information covered in this meeting in a Parentmail tomorrow so that you have a clear idea of the expectations for the core subjects and what key objectives your child will need to achieve in order to reach Age related expectations.

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