Year 5 - Red Kite and Buzzard

Hello everyone and a very warm welcome to Year 5 from Mr. Wintle and Mr. Murphy! 

Class teachers:

Mr. T Wintle (Red Kites) - twintle@bestacademies.org.uk

Mr. M Murphy (Buzzard) - mmurphy@bestacademies.org.uk      

Teaching Assistant: 

Miss. J Chandler                                  

Key Information

PE Lessons: Thursdays and Fridays. PE kits are to be worn to school on these days.

Swimming Lessons: Thursdays for Red Kite class (Mr. Wintle) and Fridays for Buzzard class (Mr. Murphy). Swimming kits are to be brought to school in a separate bag. Children are allowed to bring trainers to walk to swimming in and a pair of tracksuit bottoms to wear after swimming to return to school. 

Water bottle - Please ensure your child is bringing in a named water bottle every day.

Stationery - In year 5 your child is allowed to bring in a pencil case with their own stationary in, though this is not a specific requirement, it is encouraged to give the children a sense of responsibility as they get older. Pencil cases will be kept in the children's individual lockers and are to be used when the teacher advises. Stationary needed for daily lessons is provided.

Reading Books - Reading books and records should be brought to school daily. We encourage children to read every day to support the development of their reading fluency and exposure to rich vocabulary. Please ensure you are encouraging your child to independently complete their reading record and that you do sign it too. When children have completed reading a book, they then complete a quiz on Accelerated Reader to achieve reading awards, before choosing a new book.

Homework

Homework will be set every Friday and due the following Wednesday. If homework is incomplete, we do ask parents to email the teacher or contact the school to explain the reason for this. 

Reading comprehension, grammar and punctuation – Children will use targeted practice books. We ensure that homework is relevant to children's learning in class with elements of varied content. Children will be advised which pages they are expected to complete.

SPAG.com will be used for online learning and children are provided with login details.

Maths - This will be set on a weekly basis. Maths tasks are set on MyMaths and/or in the Targeted Practice book. The children will be advised which tasks they are expected to complete.

Spellings - Spellings are given out on a Monday and the children will be tested on these on following Monday. Children will be sent home with a homework sheet attached with their weekly spellings.