Year 5 Parents Meeting
Welcome to the
Helping your child reach for the stars!
Learning Gains Success
Mrs Kate Wyatt 5W
Mr Matt Smythe 5S
Mrs Gail Jones 5J
Mrs Jess Unitt Teaching Assistant
Mrs Sam Colloby Teaching Assistant
Miss Howard Integration Assitant
Children will also work with:
Miss Lisa Milnthorpe PPA
Mrs Jo Sheridan
Mrs Julia Phillips School Learning Mentor
Mrs Jo Green SEN
Mr Steve Crees Forest school
Mr Tim Atkins
The Year 5 Teaching Team...
Healthy School
Healthy School Standard/Healthy food/snacks
Children at Lyndon Green are expected to eat healthy
snacks only! Fruit, crisps or cereal bars at break. Only
fruit for afternoon
Water bottles Every child in year 5 should have a water
bottle in school from Monday Friday. Take these home
on a Friday to be cleaned. Sports caps preferable.
Learning Enhancements
Home/School diary
To be completed daily & signed by parents weekly
- Handed in every day
- Teacher will sign once a week
Please use the diary as a way of communication.
Homework requirements
*Reading 4 times a week signed by an adult
*English Once a week (sent home Friday to be
back for Tuesday)
*Maths Once a week (sent home Thursday to be
handed in on a Tuesday)
Policies
Readiness for school Wearing the correct uniform
Attendance/Punctuality It is very important to be on time
and to have the best attendance possible in Year 5
Contact with school (home/school diary/office/teacher)
Behaviour and care policy
-Being assertive
-New bullying policy
Medicines/Inhalers The office should be informed of any
medications to be taken by children
The Year Ahead
Autumn Term
!Princes,
Peasants and
Pestilence
!Time Traveller
Spring
Term
!Stargazer
s
!Beast
Creator
Summer
Term
!Scream
Machine
!Alchemy
Island
OUR CURRICULUM
ENGAGE
Children engage in purposeful and contextualised learning experiences;
in and outside the classroom.
DEVELOP
Children develop knowledge, understanding and subject skills required to
progress their learning through quality differentiation and focused learning
tasks and experiences.
INNOVATE
Children are given the opportunity to innovate by applying their knowledge,
skills and understanding through a challenging provocation, using their own
and negotiated ideas.
EXPRESS
Children express and evaluate their knowledge, understanding and skills,
as outcomes of the learning in different memorable forms including using a
variety of media and technology.
PRINCES, PEASANTS
AND PESTILENCE
ENGAGE
Visit from Discover History Medieval workshop
Examine signs and symptoms of the black death
Medieval dances
Look at how the plague is depicted in poetry
DEVELOP
Look and draw a range of herbs and discus their properties
Examine the lifecycle of eas and rats
Find out about the Flagellents
Block printing
Look at the role of Knights
INNOVATE
Use skills learnt during develop week to investigate a modern day out break of the Plague. Work
in a group to produce an outcome
EXPRESS
Look at other outbreaks of the black death throughout history
Summaries events from the 14th century
How was the black death cured?
Events/Dates
8.9.14 Medieval work shop
12.9.14 Welcome meeting
15.9.14 Cooking workshop (2 classes)
16.9.14 Cooking workshop (1 class)
29.9.14 Cooking workshop parent Inspire
30.9.14 Cooking workshop parent Inspire
1.10.14 Cooking workshop parent Inspire
13.10.14 Cooking workshop (2 classes)
14.10.14 Cooking workshop (1 class)
21.10.14 Parents evening 4-6
23.10.14 Parents evening 5 7
HALF TERM 27.10.14 31.10.14
5.11.14 7.11.14 Whitemoor Lakes Residential
18.12.14 Christmas Service morning
- Class parties afternoon
19.12.14 Break up for Christmas!
Any questions?
There is a brief time now for general questions.
For more personal questions please make an
appointment to see the class teacher, if necessary,
prior to parents evening.
Thank you for coming to
support your child and our
school.