Year 5 Parent Information Meeting

1. Year 5 Parent Information Meeting Tuesday 18th September 2018

2. Agenda • Staff • Curriculum coverage • Specialist lessons • Homework • Classroom rules and expectations • Communication and Year 5 information • Questions

3. Staff • Liam Peters – classroom teacher • Erin Calderwood – classroom teacher • Mrs Kate Bodell – Spanish teacher • Mr Joao Deus – P.E. teacher • Mr Mark Hewitt – Head Teacher • Mrs Fenella Bosomworth – SENCO & classroom teacher

4. Curriculum coverage • English - Writing • Biography, non-chronological reports, instructions, diary entry, newspaper, reports and posters • English - Reading • The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan • Maths • read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1 000 000 and determine the value of each digit • count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1 000 000 • add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction) • identify multiples and factors and common factors of two numbers • know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers • multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one- or two-digit number using a formal written method • compare and order fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number • identify, name and write equivalent fractions of a given fraction, represented visually, including tenths and hundredths • convert between different units of metric measure (for example, kilometre and metre; centimetre and metre; centimetre and millimetre) • identify 3-D shapes, including cubes and other cuboids, from 2-D representations • solve comparison problems using information presented in a line graph

5. Curriculum coverage • Topic: Pharaohs • Ancient Egypt - History • Drawing artefacts; headwear; Hieroglyphic amulets and jewellery – Art and design • Clay water carriers; Egyptian food; model tombs and pyramids – Design and Technology • Human and physical features of Egypt; The River Nile; Tourism – Geography • Moral issues; Customs and beliefs; Role playing Egyptian citizens - PSHE • R.E. • Who is Jesus? • Why is Remembrance Important?

6. School Trips • British Museum - Pharaohs • Science Museum IMAX Cinema – Stargazers • Hyde Park with Royal Parks – Beast Creator • Holland Park Adventure Playground – Scream Machine • Kensington Garden Allotments - Allotment • Notting Hill - Allotment • Remembrance visit – Why is Remembrance important?

7. Specialist lessons • Spanish – Thursday • PE – Thursday and Friday • P.E. kits are to be worn on Thursday. Full school uniform is to be worn on Friday with the P.E. kit brought in a bag. This is part of the Secondary School preparation program that will be implemented throughout the year across Years 5 and 6.

8. Homework All home learning is sent home on a Monday. All home learning is due the following Monday. Students will mark their homework with a teacher on a Monday so as to maximise learning opportunities from mistakes made whilst completing the homework.

9. Homework • Reading for 30mins every night • 5 Mathletics tasks • Weekly spelling words • 1 Punctuation, grammar and spelling task/page • 1 Reading comprehension task/page • Pharaohs home learning task due 15th Oct 2018

10. Classroom rules and expectations • Behaviour Chart • House Points • Classroom Agreement • Consequences

11. Communication & Year 5 information • Notes in or attached to Homework Book • Meetings – email appointment via office

12. Questions

13. Year 5 Parent Information Meeting Tuesday 18th September 2018