Year 5 Information for Parents

1. Welcome to Year 5 Teachers – Mrs Dudgeon, Miss Hulse and Mrs Williams Teaching Assistants – Mrs McKessy and Mrs Pereira

2. How to get in touch • Face to face on class door with either teacher or TA • Send a note in with your child • Arrange an appointment with admin • Parents evening: Mon 21st, Tues 22nd Wed 23rd November

3. What do Year 5 learn?Timetable NB Timetables are flexible and subject to change

4. Weekly Timetable • Literacy/ Mathematics each morning. • PE is on Monday and Friday. • Den Day – Wednesday.

5. Golden Rules • Golden rules in every classroom • School ethos • Traffic light behaviour system • Golden Book • Golden Time

6. Staying Safe on line • We take this issue very seriously at Brookburn Primary. Internet and social media safety is taught to all year groups at the beginning of the school year. We have school-wide safety features, but if anything gets past the filters, students are taught to switch off the screen and report to a member of staff immediately. • Our digital code – Zip it, Block it, Flag it. • We value your support in keeping children safe online by urging you to supervise your child’s on line presence at home and to regularly check your privacy settings on social media sites.- for more info see the IT section of our website under the curriculum tab.

7. Attendance and Punctuality • School doors open from 8.50am and close promptly at 9am. • Once door is locked all children must enter school via the main entrance to be recorded as late. • Doors open to dismiss children at 3.30pm and are locked at 3.40pm. Any children not collected will be sent to the office where their parents will be contacted. • Persistently late/poor attendance- a record is kept in the class register, parents are contacted. Learning sessions not attended significantly impact on children’s learning and are recorded as unauthorised absence in the register.Please be aware that the Local Authority monitor unauthorised absences and, where appropriate, will issue penalty notices or consider prosecution in the magistrates court. • If your child is experiencing any problems that may be affecting their attendance or punctuality, then please contact their class teacher or the office.

8. How to Help at Home • Daily reading. • Times Tables/ Helping your child with maths. Sum Dog. • Homework – handed out on Wednesday for return the following Monday. • Weekly spellings - handed out Wednesday to be learnt by the following Wednesday. • Spelling lists • Look at ‘The Class Blog’ and encourage children to comment.

9. Homework • Days homework is set each Wednesday and is expected back in on the following Monday • Presentation of homework should match standard done in school • Homework is always acknowledged but not necessarily marked in detail – purpose is to reflect and reinforce children’s learning in school.

10. Medium Frequency Word List

11. Y3/4 Word List accident(ally) actual(ly) address answer appear arrive believe bicycle breath breathe build busy/business calendar caught centre century certain circle complete consider continue decide describe imagine increase important interest island knowledge learn length library material medicine mention minute natural naughty notice occasion(ally) often opposite ordinary particular peculiar perhaps popular different difficult disappear early earth eight/eighth enough exercise experience experiment extreme famous favourite February forward(s) fruit grammar group guard guide heard heart height history position possess(ion) possible potatoes pressure probably promise purpose quarter question recent regular reign remember sentence separate special straight strange strength suppose surprise therefore though/although thought through various weight woman/women

12. Y5/6 Word List category cemetery committee communicate community Competition conscience* conscious* controversy convenience correspond criticise (critic + ise) curiosity definite desperate determined develop dictionary disastrous embarrass environment equip (–ped, –ment) especially exaggerate excellent existence explanation familiar foreign forty frequently government marvellous mischievous muscle necessary neighbour nuisance occupy occur opportunity parliament accommodate accompany according achieve aggressive amateur ancient apparent appreciate attached available average awkward bargain bruise temperature thorough twelfth variety vegetable vehicle yacht restaurant rhyme rhythm sacrifice secretary shoulder signature sincere(ly) soldier stomach sufficient suggest symbol system guarantee harass hindrance identity immediate(ly) individual interfere interrupt language leisure lightning

13. Assessing children’s progress Assessment Fortnight Over 2 weeks teachers will assess children and will discuss progress/targets with each child. This will be followed by Parents’ Evenings so that we can share children’s individual targets with parents. Therefore, we have realigned Parents’ Evenings to fit more appropriately with teacher assessment cycles to ensure parents and teachers are working together towards meeting children’s targets. Parents’ evenings Mon 21st, Tues 22nd Wed 23rd November Mon 13th, Tues 14th, Wed 15th March A final opportunity , after reports go out to parents in July.

14. Topics Our topics for the year will be – Mayans Second World War Manchester and other European cities Anglo-Saxons Investigating Rivers

15. Science • Properties and Changes of Materials • Forces • Earth and Space • All Living Things

16. Computing • Internet and E-Safety • We are Game Developers • We are cryptographers • We are artists • We are web developers • We are bloggers • We are architects Homework will occasionally be posted via the blog. The Year 5 blogs contain links to useful maths and literacy websites. http://5a2016.brookburnprimary.net/ http://5b2016.brookburnprimary.net/

17. Trips • Stockport Air Raid Shelters – WWII • Longdendale – Investigating Rivers • Chorlton High School – Transition links • Pantomime • School Visitors – Nurse, Bike Right

18. Year 5 Extras • Brookies • Eco Buddies • Guitar • Reading Buddies • Chorlton High Links

19. Reminders • Book bags – brought daily • PE bags – bring in on Monday and stay in school • Labelling – please label clothes with children’s full name • Lost property – encourage children to be responsible for their possessions • Jewellery – watches and stud earrings only (must be removed for PE) • PE Kit - black or navy shorts/jogging bottoms/leggings and a white t-shirt – trainers for outside, pumps for inside

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