St Giles C of E Academy

Class 5

Teacher: Mrs Walker

Teaching Assistant: Miss England and Miss Butterfield

 Hello everyone and welcome to the Class 5 page!

Reading

Here at St Giles we really want to develop a love for reading as it is a vital part of children's learning. It is a way to explore new ideas, develop their understanding of the world, expand their vocabulary and have fun. We encourage your child to read as regularly as possible and for you to talk together about the books they are reading. Children can read story books, non-fiction, magazines or even website pages and each time they have a reading session signed in their planner by an adult they can move up on our reading space race. 

If you are looking for recommended reading please see the following websites:

https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks2-school-pupils/suggested-reading-list-for-year-5-pupils-ks2-age-9-10/

https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks2-school-pupils/suggested-reading-list-for-year-6-pupils-ks2-age-10-11/

Mathematics:

White Rose Maths is the scheme that we follow here at St Giles. Throughout the lessons, children will be given the ability to choose their own level of challenge (with obvious encourage and guidance) across both fluency and problem solving and reasoning activities. The ability to recall and use multiplication tables is also very important and to support your child we have subscribed to Times-tables Rock Stars https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student . Your child has a login and will take part in timetables challenges that are matched to their ability, as they progress so will the challenges! 

PE - PE is on a Thursday and Friday, please come to school in PE kit and bring something suitable for being outside.

Note to parents: We try our best to prepare our children through our normal curriculum and for life wider than school.  Remember, it's really important to be at school every day, on time and ready to learn.

Homework:

Each week the pupils will be expected to do the following at home:

• Read at home at least three times a week - you may have a reading scheme book, a free reader or a book for pleasure.
• Complete a Maths piece (which will be uploaded onto Dojo portfolio) to be handed in on the following Tuesday.
• Complete a English piece (which will be uploaded onto Dojo portfolio) to be handed in the following Tuesday.
• Learn spellings each week which will be tested on a Friday in class.

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