September 2022

To parents/carers and children,

Welcome to 5HJ! 

Hello 5HJ! Welcome to Year 5!  

I hope you are all ready to start the brand new school year! We hope you’ve all had a lovely, restful break and we can’t wait to get started with some fantastic learning over the Autumn term. 

Here is some useful information to help you get settled back into school life. 

Please have a look through our year group's newsletter which I have attached on here which has relevant information about what is going on in school this half term. 

Important information:

Trips: We have planned a few exciting trips throughout the year so please keep a look out for newsletters which will have all the relevant information on there. 

Homework: Homework will be handed out on a Thursday and due back the following Tuesday. If your child is finding the homework difficult, please ask them to speak to myself or Miss Smith before it is due in so we can help support them. We would appreciate your support and encouragement with this too. 

PE: PE will be every Monday afternoon. Your child can come into school in their PE kits. 

Topics we will be covering this half term are: 

Literacy: Letter writing, information texts, newspaper reports, narrative writing and a biography.

Numeracy: Place Value, rounding, addition and subtraction.

Science:  Life cycles

History:  Tudors—examining the War of the Roses, Henry VII and Henry VIII (there will be a trip!)

Geography: Rivers (There will be a trip!)

Art/DT:  Portraits, based on Henry VIII

R.E: Buddhism 

Please have a look at our knowledge organisers so you can see what your child will be learning about. 

We are really looking forward to welcoming you all back into school on Monday 5th September.