Year 5 2020 - 2021

Mrs Whiteside

Mrs Button

Welcome to Year 5

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Mrs Whiteside & Mrs Button

Autumn Term 2020

We are so delighted to have everyone back in school looking so well and happy. We had a fun filled couple of days in Class Five. We said Goodbye to last year's Class Five's and welcomed this year's new children during our 'hop up' session. It has been wonderful to be back together. We all enjoyed seeing our friends, sharing news and reconnecting as a class.

We were absolutely thrilled to meet you all during our 'Hop-up' hour and we are looking forward to beginning our journey with you. We have many exciting new things to learn and discover and are so excited to get started!

We know the beginning of a new school year may feel daunting after such a long time away from school but we will do everything we can to make sure your time in Class 5 is enjoyable and fun and that you will grow in confidence as well as gaining new knowledge and skills along the way.

For our first unit of study, we will look at the beautiful Oliver Jeffers book entitled 'Here We Are.' We will explore planet Earth, our solar system and the world around us amongst other things. This book will be studied throughout the school and will provide lots of opportunities for everyone to reflect on recent experiences and how they have made us feel.

Please check the class page regularly for updates and photographs of what we have been getting up to in class.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to ask at the school door or email the class address at:

classfive@stjeromes.sefton.org.uk

Mrs Whiteside and Mrs Button.

Class Five Responsibilities

Class Five will receive spellings on a Friday allowing them to practice for their spelling test on the following Friday.The back of the spelling sheet includes a place for children to look up and write down the meaning of each word. The completed spelling sheet must be returned to school on Friday mornings.

Children are encouraged to be prepared for each day of school life. P.E. is on a Tuesday and a Thursday. On P.E.days children should come to school wearing their P.E. kit with joggers or shorts , a sweatshirt and trainers.

Purple Mash

St. Jerome's has access to a brilliant online software package called Purple Mash. The children's user names and passwords remain the same and this can still be accessed from home.

To log in simply click on this link: https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stjeromesl37

Enter your details and you should be taken straight to the home page. Here the children can access all the content which covers the entire curriculum. The children are encouraged to use whatever activities they wish and save their work which on approval could be placed on our Class Five Display Board.

The software will be used for homework at different times throughout the year.

Maths web links

Here are a number of links which will be extremely useful for your child concerning Maths. Including websites that we currently use for homework throughout the year.