Year 5 Weekly Blog 06.09.24- ‘The journey of a thousand miles begin with just one step’

What a fantastic start to the new year we have had! Friends reunited and new relationships forming with new teachers- just plenty of smiles all round. The children have taken to life in the upper juniors with real excitement and pride as they have dived straight into the learning, along with their roles and responsibilities.

We began our first day back by coming together as a school in unity with a morning assembly, followed by our first look into the exiting curriculum of Year 5 with a bit of History, where we are learning about Ancient Greece. As promised, we finished the end of the day with the famous parachute (curtesy of Reception) to give both children and staff a chance to get to know each other.

The rest of the week consisted of beginning our English and Maths topics with us focusing on retrieving some key skills such as grammar, punctuation, times tables and place value. It was only fitting that we ended the week in worship together as we celebrated the new year at mass. The children were partnered with their new Year 1 buddies in which they were so gentle, kind and supportive towards.

“Treat others how you would like to be treated”- This is our class slogan for the year in which we aim to promote kindness, compassion and respect towards everyone in what we say and do throughout our daily life.

Photos have been taken throughout the week to capture the children’s first steps in their Year 5 journey- these will be uploaded in next weeks blog after all of the consent forms have been submitted.

Kidsafe

This week, we started up our kidsafe lessons again to go over our rules of these lessons along with our chosen theme for the week. Please read the letter below to see what was discussed in the lesson.

Notices

  • Induction Evening- This will take place on Wednesday 18th September. There will be two opportunities to attend this with them being at 3:45pm-4:30pm and then 4:45pm-5:30pm.

  • Medical and Consent Forms- Please complete these ASAP to allow your teachers to know about any medical requirements that your child has along with consent forms over online publications.


  • Sports Club Opportunities- Information regarding this is available on the sports page of the website. If interested, please complete the forms to register your child for a specific club.

  • School Gates- Gates will open at 8:45am in the mornings and closing at 8:55am. Gates will open up again at 3:15pm with the classroom doors being opened between 3:20pm-3:25pm. You can come through any of the two gates both in the morning and afternoon.