Welcome to Summer Term in Year 5!

Dear Parents and Carers, 

We hope that you had a wonderful holiday. We are looking forward to continuing to work with you and your child this term.

Reading

Our goal is to create confident, fluent, independent readers. We prioritise reading at Nelson School and have very carefully chosen the texts your child will study. We focus on developing automaticity, fluency, vocabulary development and comprehension, explicitly teaching a range of skills to support children in becoming competent and enthusiastic readers. 

We will continue to read Skellig by David Almond as our class reader and in our guided reading sessions, we will be looking at a variety of texts including Adventures of Isabel, The Island at the End of Everything and The Way Past Winter.

Reading for pleasure is actively encouraged in school, and children enjoy daily opportunities to read books they have chosen themselves.  We also visit the school library where children can select a book of interest to them. We recommend that children read for at least 15 minutes each night, and you and your child can record what they have read in their reading records. Discussing your child’s reading with them is important, and comprehension continues to be a focus in Year 5. 

Writing

In English we will be reading The Highwayman and Way Home and these texts will be used to inspire our writing.  Transcription skills will be developed through daily dictation to strengthen writing and spelling fluency.  We will continue to write for different audiences and purposes, exploring how the impact of different grammatical choices empowers the writer to create texts which readers enjoy.

Timetable

We have a busy and exciting term ahead of us with Sports Day, Arts Week and swimming sessions to look forward to!

Please note that our P.E. days are Mondays and Thursdays. Children should come to school wearing their P.E. kit and trainers on these days. For your reference, P.E. kit should consist of school logo P.E. top or a plain white T-shirt, black or navy tracksuit bottoms/shorts, school P.E. hoodie, and trainers.

Stud earrings will be covered with tape during PE lessons for safety. Long hair must be tied up at all times, including during PE. In case children need to change out of their PE shoes due to wet weather, we would like them to bring a spare pair of shoes (these do not need to be school shoes) and socks in a labelled bag. These may be kept at school or brought in on PE days only  

Home Learning

We will continue to use CGP books for homework.  Century is still available for your child to use and the site will tailor nuggets to the child’s independent learning journey.  As you are aware, your child can access the Morphs spelling game at home; please encourage them to use it!

If your child is unable to access the internet at home, please let me know.

Morning Routine

The school gates open at 8.35am and we expect all children to be in their classrooms by 8.40am. Children can come straight into the classroom and we request that adults leave the site promptly. Please remind your children to place their packed lunch on the trolley by the Year 5 door

Snacks

Children may bring their own fruit/vegetable snack which can be eaten at break time.  Please remember that we are a healthy and nut free school.

Medication 

Please ensure that your child’s teacher has any relevant medication and that this medication is up-to-date. 

We hope your child will have an exciting summer term. If you have any issues or concerns about your child, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Mrs McDonald