Head Teacher

Rachel Tomlinson

Deputy Head Teacher

Laura Rostron

Year 5 – Class

Our Year 5 Teachers

In Year 5, your teachers are Jez Richardson & Nafisah Tafseer

Interveners are Vannessa Whithead, Monika Dyl, Aimee-Leigh Whitley-Harris

They are excited about the learning you are doing in this year group.

Your project questions will be:

  • Autumn: Who do you think you are?
  • Spring: Humans or nature: which is most important?
  • Summer: Is war ever right?

Learning Time

There will always be a visual timetable in the classroom.

This is what a day will usually look like:

  • Maths
  • Playworks Break
  • Reading
  • English
  • Lunch and Play
  • Project Lessons

Music

You will learn he cornet this year. Music lessons are on Tuesday morning. Your music teacher is called Mrs Fletcher .

PE/Woodland/BFC

  • Our PE session is on Friday afternoon in each week.
  • Our Woodland session is on Tuesday afternoon each week.
  • The swimming pool is coming in October 2024.

Library Visits

We will visit the library on lots of occasions each term.

Assemblies

  • Monday: R&G, SDGs & UNCRC
  • Tuesday: Picture Book
  • Wednesday: Picture News and I wonder……
  • Thursday: Lyfta
  • Friday: Celebration Assembly

Every week you will learn about a different country, artist, music genre and a poem. Singing Assembly will be on Wednesday afternoon.

Playtime

You will play Playworks games with your friends. These will teach you how to take turns, follow rules, lose and win well and be part of a team.

Lunchtime

  • You will order your lunch in the morning or bring a packed lunch from home.
  • At lunchtime, you will wash your hands and then eat your lunch in the classroom.
  • There will be some time to play out, playing Playworks games.

Toilets

If you need the toilet, ask the teacher at a convenient time.

Trips, Visits & Celebrations

  • There will be a school trip linked to a project.
  • We will go to Young Voices in the Spring Term.
  • We will go and listen to the Halle Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall in the Spring Term.
  • There will be a residential at Low Beckside Farm in the Autumn Term.

People may visit our class to help with our projects.

We will celebrate Christmas, Eid, Fathers’ Day, Mothers’ Day, World Book Day, Harvest, Easter, birthdays and lots of other events during the school year.

End of the day 

  • There will always be a story at the end of every day.
  • At hometime, your teachers will take you onto the playground to meet your parents. Please make sure your teacher knows who you are leaving with at the end of the day.

Home Learning & Reading Books

  • You will get home learning on Monday. It will be on Seesaw/Century Tech.
  • Your reading book will be changed every Friday but you should bring your home reader in every day.

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Aimee-Leigh Whitley Haris

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