Ellen MacArthur Class

Year 5

2024-25

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 30 children.

Miss Blackwell is our teacher and Mrs Hill, Mrs Meakin, Ms. Bennett and Mrs Bunkle help us throughout the week.

Class Dojo

Keep up to date with all the news and events both in MacArthur class and across the whole school through Class Dojo. Follow this link Class Dojo  or scan the QR code below. 

Curriculum - What are we learning?

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

Knowledge Organisers

Autumn

Newsletters

Autumn

Useful Information

PE days are Wednesdays and Thursdays. 

Your child needs to come into school on their PE days (Wednesdays and Thursdays) wearing their 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 an English homework sheet and a maths homework sheet.

Spellings are given out on a Monday and your child will be tested on these the following Monday. 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)

 https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/

Welcome Booklet

Year 5 Parent and Carer tips for Reading

Useful Websites