Welcome to Year 5 Alder
Focus of the session • To share information about Year 5 • Maths focus – how can you help at home. • English focus - how can you help at home. • Any questions
Routines in Alder Class • Each pupil should arrive into school with the correct equipment for the day. • This should include: – Planner – Art shirt (Monday) – Technology Apron (Monday) – PE kit (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Alder Timetable
Our Curriculum: • Autumn 1: Earth and Space • Autumn 2: Natural resources • Spring 1: Ancient Egypt • Spring 2:Ancient Egypt • Summer 1: Local history • Summer 2: Local history
Half Termly Overview One of these will be sent home each half term so you know what we are studying.
Rewards • Schools 360 points. These are awarded online and pupils can use these to spend on creating their “Avatars” – Bronze Award: Bronze sticker – Silver Award: Silver pencil – Gold Award: Headteacher’s Certificate – Platinum Award: Treat out of the lucky box. • Star of the Week – this is announced in our year group meetings on a Friday and in celebration assemblies. • Class raffle – children collect raffle tickets for the weekly draw – generally chocolate!
Our Behaviour Policy.
We are all here to learn.
Attendance • We want every pupil to achieve their potential. • We would like to work with you to help improve attendance for pupils. • Anyone who has attendance below 94% will automatically be flagged up by the EWO and be asked to provide evidence for absence. ATTENDANCE IN THE LATENESS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL YEAR Attendan Learning Minutes late Learning ce Rate Days Missed each day Days Missed 100% 0 5 3 95% 10 10 6.5 90% 19 15 10 85% 29 20 13 80% 38 30 19
Homework • Maths homework: – This is issued on a Thursday and due on the following Tuesday. • English homework: – This is issued on a Friday and due on the following Tuesday. – Spellings: given on a Friday for the following Friday. • Other subjects: – This will be issued once a half term. HOMEWORK SHOULD TAKE NO LONGER THAN HALF AN HOUR.
Outside achievements Please let us know about any achievements outside of school. Bring certificates, medals, pictures into school and we will celebrate these in assemblies.
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The Year 5 Schemes of Work are supported by Textbooks. There is one for each term.
www.activelearnprimary.co.uk Each pupils will receive a unique username and password. To access the sire they will also need the school code which is rccm
Tasks can be found in the ‘My Stuff’ Section. Pupils can start to personalise their site by choosing their online world. There are four to pick from.
coates / Access the Primary section measure of the site www.mymaths.co.u k
Pupils access their homework through their Portal
The site can also be used for private study Select a subject area Each subject area has a number of associated ‘sub’ areas
Select an area for study. Click on the board icon to launch a lesson and the lamp to launch an activity
This lesson has one objective and there are 8 slides in the presentation. The slides will be a combination of demonstrations and pupil participation.
To access MyMaths on a tablet or iPad, simply download the Puffin Academy App from the Apple or Android store to your device. Puffin Academy is a free, mobile and tablet Flash browser. Once downloaded, the quickest way to access MyMaths is to open the Puffin Academy browser and search for MyMaths in the search bar.
All pupils also have School360 logins. The ‘Resources’ section of this site Contains links to information for all subjects and there a wealth of Maths games and activities.
Other useful websites • BBC Bitesize • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/ • This is an interactive site, aimed at children, containing games, revision sheets and quizzes • Numeracy Workout • www. numeracyworkout .co.uk • Mathsphere • http://www.mathsphere.co.uk/ • This site has a section dedicated to parents. • Skillswise • http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/ • This site contains fact sheets, activities, quizzes and worksheets. • Nrich • http://nrich.maths.org/public/ • The Nrich Maths Project Cambridge,England. Mathematics resources for children, parents and teachers to enrich learning.
The easiest ways to help? Be positive about Maths. Encourage exploration. Encourage children to see the relevance of Maths. Exploit opportunities. Maths should be fun!
English At Richard Coates CE School How to help with: • Reading • Spelling • Handwriting
Reading in School A rich variety of reading throughout the school day to inspire children to love reading and to prepare them to be life-long readers.
We achieve this through: • Shared reading • Guided reading • 1-1 reading • Reading for pleasure • Reading in curriculum subjects • Promoting reading at home (Bug Club books and on-line books)
Bug Club • This is our main reading scheme within school. • It has coloured bands which the children move through to ensure that they make good progress in reading. • All children will have access to these books both in print and on-line. They will bring them home and change them every week. • Reading books will also be allocated on-line – use the Active Learn log-in. • Some older children will read books from the class library or from home; the teacher will check that the children are reading books that are enjoyable and suitable for their reading level. • However, all reading is valuable so encourage any sort of reading at home!
Shared Reading Whole class reading of a stimulating picture book, story, novel, poem or non-fiction writing. Pie Corbett’s Book Spine - books which promote enjoyment of reading; rich vocabulary, characters and plots. Talk 4 Reading / Book Talk - promoted in all shared reading sessions.
Guided Reading Ability groups of children reading with the teacher or teaching assistant. Focusing on the targets the children are working on in their reading. Groups of about 5 or 6. Reading, discussing, looking for clues, learning new vocabulary, analysing punctuation and its effects.
Reading for Pleasure We plan for this to happen every day in school. Children read their own choice of books guided by the teacher. Class library and the reading areas are located inside the classroom. A quiet atmosphere with everyone reading in class and enjoying it! Teacher or Teaching Assistant may listen to reading during this time.
Reading across the Curriculum Children find facts fascinating! Reading is promoted in every subject, linked to the topic or themes being studied in Science, History, Geography, PE, Maths. A great way to add to children’s vocabulary.
Enjoying reading at home Read at home with your child as often as you can. Find a quiet time when you can sit quietly together with the book and share it. Talk about the story- get your child to explain the main events, tell you about the characters, encourage them to state their likes and dislikes. Read stories aloud to your child. Put lots of expression into your voice and try to make it fun. Read everywhere: menus, adverts, magazines, cook books, rules of a game, metro timetables…
Spelling • Spelling rules will be taught in KS2. • High frequency and unusual words will also be taught. • Children will be using a variety of methods to learn spellings. • e.g. phonics, using root words, learning mnemonics, using shapes of words, learning about prefixes and suffixes.
How to help with spelling • Tell your child not to worry about weekly spellings. • Learn a couple each day and tick them off. • Use ‘Look, cover, write, check’ and encourage your child to say the letters and sounds as they write. • Use post-its, wipe-boards, chalks, gel pens, highlighters, posters and ipads/tablets to make it more interesting.
Handwriting • We use the ‘Letter Join’ handwriting scheme from EYFS to Year 6. • You can access it at home. • Log-in details will be provided tonight. • Can use laptop or tablet. • Please encourage your child to have a go. • Encourage sitting up in their seat, forming letters corrrectly and using a sharp pencil or handwriting pen.
How to help summary • Talk about books and read every day with your child • Try to approach spellings in a fun and light-hearted way. • Encourage your child to access the on-line resources: Active Learn (Bug Club and Phonics Bug) and Letter Join. • Reward, encourage and celebrate! Then repeat this all over again!
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