Thank you for visiting our class page. In our Spring Term, we will be using the fantastic book 'The Snow Leopard' by Jackie Morris in our English lessons.

History will see us explore Coal Mining within Britain and how it shaped our local community. We plan to visit the amazing National Coal Mining Museum in Yorkshire in June to further enhance our learning.

In science we will be investigating forces all around us, followed by exploring living things and their habitats in the second half of this term.

In PE, we will be doing dodgeball and indoor athletics to develop our body control.

PE

PE will be on Mondays and Fridays this term.

Children should wear a plain white t-shirt and black or dark blue shorts or joggers. PE kit should be bought in a bag on a Monday and left in school all week. Children cannot take part in PE lessons if they are wearing jewellry (including earrings and watches). 

Homework

Children need to read aloud to someone at least 3 times a week and this needs to be signed or initialled int their reading diary.

The children will also receive one piece of English and one piece of maths homework a week, which needs to be returned by Friday. They will also have 10 spellings to learn per week, which will be tested on Fridays.

Reading

Children in Year 5 begin to take more responsibility for their everyday reading, but at this age, it is still crucial that children have an adult to read to and also an adult who can read to them. Many children at this age may be able to decode and recognise words instantly but when you listen to your children read, please ask them questions about the book they are reading - the understanding of the text is what children will eventually be tested on. Talking about books and showing enthusiasm towards reading is an invaluable tool and this is the best way to help our children become excited about new and challenging books. We expect our children to read at least 3 times per week. When they reach certain milestones they will receive rewards which they very much look forward to! Please bring your reading folders to school everyday.

Our Class Reading Book

Our book for this term is 'Crater Lake' by Jennifer Killick .