Year 5 - Ellen MacArthur
Ellen MacArthur Class — Year 5 — 2022 - 2023
Hello everyone and welcome to our Ellen MacArthur class page.
We are one of three classes in Upper Key Stage 2. In our class there are 29 Year 5 children
Here you can see what we've been doing and find out about what we're learning.
Miss Kennedy is our teacher on a Monday and a Tuesday.
Mrs Rigby is our teacher on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Mrs Blake teaches us on a Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs Carter and Mrs Hill helps us throughout the day.
Curriculum — what are we learning this year?
Autumn Term – History Focus
Were the Anglo-Saxons or the Vikings better invaders?
Spring Term – Geography Focus
Why are rainforests so important?
Summer Term – Art Focus
Why are people fascinated with space?
For more details please see
https://www.dalestorth.notts.sch.uk/our-dalestorth-curriculum/
Each term, you will receive a newsletter telling you more information about each topic as well as Knowledge Organisers. These provide you with ‘Subject Specific Vocabulary’ and ‘Sticky Knowledge’ that your child will be learning throughout the topic.
Sports Day
Making Coronation Crowns
Tropical Butterfly Park Visit
Spring Term Topic Showcase
Book Week 2023
Our field trip to Sutton Lawn
Number day 2023
Our Sutton library visit
A visit from Captain Deborah Oughton from The Salvation Army
Harvest Festival UPKS2
The day we met Charlotte Henshaw
Knowledge Organisers
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Useful Information
PE days are Mondays and Wednesdays.
Your child needs to come into school on their PE days (Mondays and Wednesdays) wearing their outdoor PE kit. PE will only take place outdoors until further notice. Again, please refer to the school website for details of our outdoor PE kit.
No jewellery is allowed in PE lessons, so if your child has their ears pierced they will either need to take their earrings out for P.E. or cover them with tape/plasters, provided by yourselves, so that they don’t get caught during the lesson.
Homework in Year 5 is given out each Thursday and is due in the following Tuesday.
Each week your child will receive two pieces of homework: Maths and English. Please ensure that your child does their as we will mark this homework together. If your child is struggling with any homework, then please let us know as soon as possible. We are happy to go over homework with individual children. Maths and SPaG guides will be sent home with your child to support their learning at home.
Spellings are given out on a Thursday and your child will be tested on these the following Thursday. The weekly spelling test will have a total of 12 spellings — 10 learnt and 2’unseen’ spellings from previous weeks. Spelling lists are located in the front of your child’s diary and they are uploaded to Spelling Bee (login details are located at the front of your child's diary)
York September 2022
