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Welcome back!

We hope that you all had a wonderful half term and are ready for another jam-packed term! 

 This new term brings with it an exciting topic for the children: Deadly Pole to Pole.  In this Geography unit, we will learn all about lines of latitude and climate zones before moving onto studying how human have adapted to live in their environment.  Extreme environments that we will focus on will include desert and polar regions.  In Science, we will study our solar system in detail, including the movement of planets in relation to the Sun and the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth.

 Reading

 Reading is an important skill and is used in all areas of the curriculum. To help us to continue to develop the children’s reading skills, we would like to remind you to try and hear your child read for at least 15 -20 minutes, at least 3 times a week and sign their reading record.  This can be their class book or a book from their Lexiled reading list, which can be found by logging into Reading Pro.  As a reward for reading regularly, children can work towards their reading bands (reading journals are collected in and checked on a Wednesday). Many children in Dreaming Dragons have achieved their Bronze Reading certificate and band and are on their way to gaining their silver medal or have even achieved their silver medal!  Thank you so much for all of the parents/carers at home for supporting your child with this.  The reading certificate bands are as follows: Bronze 50 reads, Silver 100 reads, Gold 150 reads. We have a few children who have nearly achieved their Gold certificate and band which is just incredible! We will be announcing the Platinum challenge shortly. Keep up the super reading Dreaming Dragons!

Targets

 READING

SCIENCE

Homework

Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.  Only the weekly spelling will be added to TEAMS.    

Weekly homework will be as follows:

Spellings will be handed out on a Friday via TEAMS to be tested the following Friday.  The expectation is that they will get 5 or 6 correct every week.  You can also find SPRING 2 spelling overviews for Group 1 and Group 2 on Teams in ‘files’.

Each week, children who hand in their spelling sheets by Wednesday will receive a reward. All children who complete this spelling part of their homework to a high standard, will receive five extra minutes of playtime at the end of afternoon break each Friday.

Spelling club is open every break time for children who wish to complete their spelling homework at school, or children who would like to practise any tricky spellings with a member of staff.

E-safety

This half term’s E-safety content will focus on copyright law. We will learn what this means and why it is important to acknowledge any images, songs or text that has been copies from particular sources.

Water Bottles & PE Kit

Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

 This half term, indoor PE will be on a Wednesday afternoon and outdoor on a Thursday afternoon. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed. No football kits please.

 If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help then please do not hesitate to ask.

Diary Dates

 Tuesday 28^th February-Rare diseases day- non uniform day, wear stripy or rainbow coloured clothes.

Thursday 2^nd March – World Book Day – dress in a book inspired costume.

Monday 6^th March – Big Write visit to the Church- change of footwear and a coat will be needed.

Friday 17^th March – Red Nose Day (details to be confirmed)

Thursday 16^th March and Tuesday 21^st March – Parents evening

Monday 19^th June –class assembly for parents during school time (pm). Time TBC.

Miss Ireland, Miss Stewart and Mr Minton

Welcome back!

 I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas break and are ready for another busy term!  This new term brings with it a new and exciting topic for the children:  World War Two.  During this unit of study, we will start by identifying the cause of the war before focussing on the Battle of Britain in 1940 including the Blitz attack.  We will also take a look at why some children were evacuated to the countryside and the impact of this.  Furthermore, different types of shelter and rationing will be studied.  We will make links to various texts including Goodnight Mr Tom, by Michelle Magorian, Wave Me Goodbye, by Jacqueline Wilson and The Piano (visual short).

Reading

 Well done for continuing to read at home. Reading is an important skill and is used in all areas of the curriculum. To help us to continue to develop the children’s reading skills, we would like to remind you to try and hear your child read for at least 15 -20 minutes, at least 3 times a week and sign their reading record.  This can be their class book or a book from their Lexiled reading list, which can be found by logging into Reading Pro.  As a reward for reading regularly, children can work towards their reading bands (reading journals are collected in and checked on a Wednesday).  Many children have achieved their Bronze 50 reads certificate and reading band and children are now working towards their Silver 100 reads certificate and band. Keep up the reading Dreaming Dragons!

Targets:

Reading

Science

Homework

Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.  Only the English worksheet activity and weekly spelling will be added to TEAMS/DOJO.    

Spellings

 Spellings will be handed out on a Friday via TEAMS to be tested the following Friday.  The expectation is that they will get 5 or 6 correct every week.  You can also find Spring 1 spelling overviews for Group 1 and Group 2 on Teams in ‘files’.

 Each week, children who hand in their spelling sheets by Wednesday will receive a reward. All children who complete this spelling part of their homework to a high standard, will receive five extra minutes of playtime at the end of afternoon break each Friday.

 Spelling club is open every break time for children who wish to complete their spelling homework at school, or children who would like to practise any tricky spellings with a member of staff.

 E-safety

This half term’s E-safety content will focus on Privacy and Security online. We will learn about understanding what the term secure password means and how to create one. How our information may be shared with others and understanding what app permissions are.

Water Bottles & PE Kit

 Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

 This half term, indoor PE will be on a Wednesday afternoon and outdoor on a Thursday afternoon. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed.

 If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help then please do not hesitate to ask.

 Miss Ireland, Miss Stewart and Mr Minton

 Welcome back!

I hope that you all had a wonderful half term break and are ready for another jam-packed one! 

This new term brings with it a new and exciting topic for the children:  La Dolce Vita.  In this geography topic, we will focus on the Mediterranean region of Italy.  We will start by developing our map skills and understanding the countries which make up Europe.  We then delve into the impact of tourism on Italy (both positive and negative) focussing predominantly on the Alps.  Rather excitingly, we also take a look at how earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur and link this to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii in 79 AD.

To help us to continue to develop the children’s reading skills, we would like to remind you to try and hear your child read for at least 15 -20 minutes, at least 3 times a week and sign their reading record.  This can be their class book or a book from their Lexiled reading list, which can be found by logging into Reading Pro.  As a reward for reading regularly, children can work towards their reading bands (reading journals are collected in and checked on a Wednesday).  When the children have achieved 50 reads, which have been signed by an adult at home, they will be awarded with their Bronze Reading bracelet/band during celebration assembly.  We have many children who have nearly reached their Bronze award, which is fantastic! Keep up the reading Dreaming Dragons!

Targets:

Reading

Science

Homework

Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.  Only the English worksheet activity and weekly spelling will be added to TEAMS.    

Spellings 

Spellings will be handed out on a Friday via TEAMS to be tested the following Friday.  The expectation is that they will get 5 or 6 correct every week.  You can also find Autumn 2 spelling overviews for Group 1 and Group 2 on Teams in ‘files’.

 Each week, children who hand in their spelling sheets by Wednesday will receive a reward. All children who complete this spelling part of their homework to a high standard, will receive five extra minutes of playtime at the end of afternoon break each Friday.

 Spelling club is open every break time for children who wish to complete their spelling homework at school, or children who would like to practise any tricky spellings with a member of staff.

 E-safety

This half term’s E-safety content will focus on Online Reputation. The children will search for information about a specified individual online and summarise the information found. Within this unit, we will discuss that the information found may not be accurate and understand that people may make judgements against others on the information that they find.

 Water Bottles & PE Kit

Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

This half term, indoor PE will be on a Wednesday afternoon and outdoor on a Thursday afternoon. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed.

If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help then please do not hesitate to ask.

Miss Ireland, Miss Stewart and Mr Minton

Dreaming Dragons

 Newsletter – Autumn 1

Welcome back to a new academic year!

A warm welcome from the Year 5 team - Miss Ireland, Miss Stewart and Mr Minton.  We hope that you all had a great summer holiday and the children are raring to go and keen to start Year 5.  We are sure that this year will be a positive one filled with lots of learning and fun.

 We kick start this year with a new topic based on the groovy Greeks!  In this topic, we will be exploring when the ancient Greek civilisation began and ended and look at the main time periods it can be split into.  We will then study the significance of Alexander the Great and how he developed the ancient Greek empire.  To conclude this unit of work, we will learn all about the legacies left behind by the ancient Greeks, for example, democracy and the Olympics to name but a few.

 To help us to continue to develop the children’s reading skills, we would like to remind you to try and hear your child read for at least 15 -20 minutes, at least 3 times a week and sign their reading record.  This can be their class book or a book from their Lexiled reading list, which can be found by logging into Reading Pro.  As a reward for reading regularly, children can work towards their reading bands (reading journals are collected in and checked on a Wednesday).  When the children have achieved 50 reads, which have been signed by an adult at home, they will be awarded with their Bronze Reading bracelet/band during celebration assembly!  You can do it Dreaming Dragons!

Targets: Reading

Science

Homework

 Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.  Only the English worksheet activity and weekly spelling will be added to TEAMS.    

Spellings

 Spellings will be handed out on a Friday via TEAMS to be tested the following Friday.  The expectation is that they will get 5 or 6 correct every week.  You can also find spelling overviews for Group 1 and Group 2 on Teams in ‘files’.

 Coming soon, will be a copy of the words that children need to spell correctly in Years 5 & 6.  Some of these will be sent home for the spelling tests, but you may want to work through them with your child as they will need to use them in their writing during Years 5 and 6.

 E-safety

This half term’s E-safety content will focus on Health, well-being and lifestyle. The children will describe ways in which affect well-being both positively and negatively. Within this unit we will describe tips or advice to promote health and wellbeing with regards to technology.

 Water Bottles & PE Kit

 Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

 This half term, indoor PE will be on a Wednesday afternoon and outdoor on a Thursday afternoon. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed.

 If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help then please do not hesitate to ask.

Miss Stewart, Miss Ireland and Mr Minton