Friday 12th January 2024
Year 5 - Spring Curriculum Newsletter
A warm welcome back to the Spring term from the Year 5 team! We hope you find this letter informative; please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries using our inbox: year5@broadford.havering.sch.uk
Homework:
Our expectation at Broadford is that every child should do the following every night:
● 15 minutes reading to themselves or an adult (signed in the reading record)
● 15 minutes practising spellings in their spelling book
● 15 minutes rehearsing times tables facts (including multiplication and division)
Sumdog and Times Table Rock Stars:
Every child has now received their login details for Sumdog and Times Table Rockstars, which means they can access their accounts outside of school. Both websites offer valuable resources that can support your child’s learning in maths so please encourage your child to use them.
Spellings:
Spellings will be given out on Mondays. The children should practise their words every evening. Spelling books and reading records must be brought in on Fridays, which is also when the weekly test happens. This will be closely monitored.
P.E Lessons, Swimming and Forest School
Almond and Lime classes will have PE lessons every Thursday afternoon. Children are expected to come to school in their PE uniform - black/grey/navy shorts or trousers and a white polo shirt. Please ensure all PE kit items have a name clearly on them.
This year all children will participate in Forest School, which will also take place on Tuesday afternoons. In preparation for your child's first session, please send into school, for your child, a pair of tracksuit/jogging trousers and a pair of welly boots/old trainers/walking boots, in a named carrier bag. These can stay in school. Please make sure that children have weather appropriate attire, so that they can fully enjoy the sessions, even on a rainy day!
Oak class will be swimming every Wednesday from the 10th January 2024. Children in Oak class should come to school in their PE kit on Wednesdays.
Children will require:
● swimming trunks or one piece-costume
● a swimming hat (please write your child’s name in large letters on the outside of the hat with a permanent marker)
● towel
NB: Watches must not be worn during swimming sessions
Reading Books
As reading is such a priority, we will try to make sure children’s books are regularly changed and every child will read 1:1 with an adult at least once a week. Please remind the children to let any adults know if they need to change their book and that it is their responsibility to bring any old reading books back to school. The children are strongly encouraged to read books from the 105 books to read at Broadford list. The children all have trackers for these books which the teacher will check off for them.
School Uniform
It has been wonderful to see the Year 5 pupils return to school looking very smart in their school uniform. Please be reminded that the school colours are grey and navy. All school uniform is available through Premier School Wear.
Key Dates
Curriculum Information
We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this term below. If you would like to make any suggestions of what you or your child would like to learn in relation to the topics taught, please inform your child’s class teacher. We welcome any suggestions you may have.
We look forward to meeting you over the next few weeks; please do come and see us if you have any questions at all or if you would like to offer yourself as additional support on any upcoming trips.
We look forward to the year ahead and are sure it will be full of fabulous learning experiences!
To contact us, please send an email to: year5@broadford.havering.sch.uk
Yours sincerely,
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