Welcome to Year 5

1. Welcome to Year 5

2. Year 5Team Mrs. Murray - Earhart Ms. James – Columbus Ms. Lander – Senco Group teacher

3. School Times Gates open/ soft start at 8.45 am Register closes at 9.00 am Learning finishes at 3.15 pm

4. Punctuality give your child the best start to their day!

5. Attendance Good attendance is important to ensure good progress Attendance below 90% is now categorised as persistent absenteeism Term time leave will only be authorised in exceptional circumstances

6. Uniform · Bottle green sweatshirt with school logo · White or green polo shirt · Pinafore dress, grey skirt or trousers · Black or dark sensible shoes · Plain white/grey/black socks tights · Plain black/white or green hijab PE Kit—Plain, St Mark’s green or white t-shirt, plain dark coloured or white shorts, plain tracksuit, black plimsolls No jewellery unless for religious reasons Uniform at St Mark’s In preparation for the new academic year in September please can I remind parents and carers of the school uniform expectations. 

7. Topics in Year XXX

8. P.E. Tuesday & Thursday and Music on Thursday

9. Trips and Visits Thorgil the Viking Ealing Liberal Synagogue

10. How well is my child doing? • Parent consultations • Informal meetings with parents • Report to parents

11. Assessment We will be assessing children against end of year objectives set out in the National Curriculum During the year we will be assessing whether your child is on track to meet those objectives At the end of the year children will be assessed using the following:

12. Home Learning What? When? • English: daily reading – to be recorded in reading records. Spelling words to learn. • Weekly grammar or reading comprehension activity. • Maths: weekly times tables practice and a task relating to the topic currently being studied. This may be on a worksheet or on ‘mymaths’ website. • Topic: An open ended topic-related task once each half term. Y5

13. English Teaching Year XX • Reading • Guided Reading • Each class has a daily session. • Will read with the teacher or other adult multiple times each week. • Other activities include pre reading and comprehension questions.

14. Reading at Home • What we ask of you: • 20- 30 daily reading. • Reading diary in school everyday. • Ask your child about what they’ve read. • Initial or comment the diary each day. • Talk about and enjoy books at home and read aloud to your child – whatever age they are!

16. Writing Power of Reading Quality texts which stimulate writing in a range of genres

17. Writing Lessons involve: • Discussion and drama • Deconstruction of examples • Teacher modelling – shared writing • Clear success criteria • Opportunities to improve and edit writing • Guided writing groups • Feedback and support from the teacher

18. Handwriting • All children are encouraged to write in the cursive style. • It facilitates flowing handwriting. • It aids punctuation by joining all letters except capitals. • It aids spelling by developing a motor memory of joins. • This is the letterformation of ourchosen handwriting style: • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z • a b c d e f g h i j k l m n op q rs t u vwx y z

19. Grammar in Year 5

20. How grammar is taught: • Explicit teaching of new concepts • Use of No Nonsense Grammar • Finding examples in texts • Teacher modelling during shared writing • Embedded during independent writing

21. Spelling in Year • What is taught: • Common exception words • A range of spelling patterns – taught across the year • How spelling is taught: • Use of No Nonsense spelling • Patterns taught weekly and embedded during writing lessons • Common exception words practised during writing lessons • 5 spellings sent for homework • Handwriting practise • Weekly dictation • Eg It was a ____________ winter day.

22. As part of Ealing’s new PSHE scheme we will teaching the PANTS rule which is a campaign for protecting children by the NSPCC. https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/

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24. Any questions?