Welcome to Year 5

Class Teacher: Mr Ascroft

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Stevenson

Welcome to the Year 5 class page!

We are delighted to welcome you back for another exciting year at school and look forward to working with you all and sharing in your successes as we move through the year. In year 5, we work hard and always try our best and together we know that you can achieve greatness and fulfil your potential.

Key information for Year 5

►Reading - Reading underpins all of the learning that takes place at Holy Family and it's at the heart of our curriculum. To support reading, please could all children ensure that they read their school reading book each evening and that their reading planner is signed by an adult. At Holy Family, we encourage children to choose their own read for pleasure book. I am really looking forward to hearing about the books and comics the children have been reading.

►Spellings -New spelling rules and spelling patterns will be taught each week. Every Friday, all children will receive a new spelling list and then we will have a spelling test the following week on Friday. This allows children to have a week to learn the new spelling rules. As well as recalling spelling rules, it is very important that the children understand new vocabulary and know how to apply this in a sentence. 

►Homework - All children will be given weekly English or Maths homework. The given homework will alternate from English to Maths each week. Children will receive homework each Friday and they are required to hand this in on the following Friday. 

►PE - PE will take place every Tuesday and Thursday. All children must have the correct school PE kit of white t-shirt and black shorts. (Track suits may be worn as the weather turns colder). Please ensure that all children have trainers to enable them to fully participate. 

Thank you for your continued support.

Please don't hesitate to contact me at school if you have any questions or concerns.

Mr Ascroft

Remote Learning

What happens if school is closed?

In the event of an emergency school closure, we will provide remote learning for your child from day 2 of the school closure. For information regarding remote learning, please check this page for details of your child's learning provision.

How will parents and guardians be notified abut a school closure?

Parents and guardians will be contacted through email, the school Facebook page and the school website. For more information, please follow the link below.

Adverse Weather Conditions

How your child can access remote learning?

Please see your child's timetable below. These are the lessons your child will be taught remotely.

To access the learning, your child should use the Teams login that they have in the front of the 'Reading Record'.

For further guidance on how to use Teams, please follow the link below.

Microsoft Teams Help Guides

Year 5 have covered reasoning with large numbers which included place value and rounding, integer addition and subtraction and read and interpreting line graphs and timetables.

In Literacy, Year 5 have written their own Historical narrative and published this in the school's Reading Room! The children have also completed creative writes on a diary of an Anglo-Saxon and a newspaper article on the discovery of Sutton Hoo!

Year 5 have been practising to dribble, pass, receive, tackle, create and use space to shoot and plan strategies and use tactics, observing and providing feedback

Year 5 loved their trip to the National Space Centre in Leiciester!

Year 5 have studied Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots to develop their chronological understanding of British history and acquired historical knowledge whilst developing their use of historical concepts to build up a picture of Britain’s past

Year 5 have retold the Moses story, focusing on the two key events of the call and the covenant (the Burning Bush (Ex 3:1-15); the Sinai covenant and the Ten Commandments (Ex 19:3-8, 20:1-17)). They have made links between the Ten Commandments and Jesus’ summary of the law in Matthew’s Gospel (22:36-40), correctly use developing specialist vocabulary to describe what a covenant is, recognising that God made several covenants throughout history, use developing specialist vocabulary to show how the Ten Commandments help human beings live good and happy lives. Year 5 also know that a virtue is a positive habit that helps people live a good life. 

Year 5 have learnt what the sun and Earth are, the phases of the moon, the science behind a day and night, the order of he planets from the sun and more fun facts!