Year 5 2020 - 2021

Mrs Whiteside

Mrs Button

Welcome to Year 5

from

Mrs Whiteside & Mrs Ashton

Autumn Term 2020

Welcome back and we hope you had a fabulous half term break even though the weather was not what we had hoped for.

We are moving on to a geographical focus this half term and our key questions are all about climate change and its effects on the planet. This follows on well from our work on the beautiful Oliver Jeffers book 'Here We Are' which we looked at right at the beginning of the new term.

We know that school may feel daunting after such a long time away due to the first lockdown. However, we are now back into the swing of things and will continue to 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.

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 Ashton.

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.

Maths and English Homework will be given on a Friday. Maths Homework should be completed for the following Tuesday and English for the following Thursday.

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.