Welcome to Year 5's class page

Here is where you will find out more about our classes: Mekong, Amazon and Orinoco!

Welcome back to school Year 5! We have some fantastic topics to teach you about this year and we cannot wait to see what you think of them. 

Please click this link to get to the Year 5 learning page to hear all about what you will be doing during your time in Year 5. 

If there are any questions or concerns that you or your child may have, please let us know: send a note in with your child; call the office (0117 377 3087); or, email the office with 'FAO: 'Class Teacher' (whitehallp@bristol-schools.uk) if you don't see us at drop-off or pick-up time. We want all of the children to have a great year in Year 5 and quickly settle back into school life, so please don't hesitate to come and talk to us!

Mekong Class

The Mekong is drying up. What now? - 360

Class Teacher: Mr Brown

Amazon Class

Traveling the Amazon River | CNN

Class Teacher: Mr Lacassin

Orinoco Class

Orinoco River Stock Illustrations – 90 ...

Class Teachers: Mrs Verber (Mon-Weds) and Mr Owen (Weds-Fri) 

We have four incredible support staff members working in Year 5 who will provide daily classroom support and run targetted interventions:

Mr Arafat

Miss Roud

Miss Aya

Mr Jarell

Miss Pucci

Year 5 support staff will rotate around classes to ensure we all know each other brilliantly.

PE

Children will participate in PE both indoors and outdoors each week. Please ensure your child has a full change of clothes suitable for physical exercise and trainers for each PE lesson. 

School PE kit is available to buy from the school office.

Children are expected to dress appropriately for the weather. All long hair must be tied up and earrings removed or covered during all lessons. 

 

Children wear PE kits on the days they have PE.

Orinoco Class: Weds – Indoor/Fri - Outdoor

Mekong Class: Weds – Swimming/Thurs - Outdoor

Amazon Class: Thurs – Indoor/Fri - Outdoor

Please also ensure children bring a reusable water bottle to school.

 Frodsham Weaver Vale Primary School: Spelling and Grammar

Homework

Spelling homework will be set each week on a Friday and will be collected the following Friday. The words given will be words that children will have spent time learning during the week. All and any efforts to complete homework will be celebrated!

Reading

In Year 5, we love reading and have got some glorious topic books! All children read regularly in school: they read weekly in whole class guided reading, once every 3 weeks one-to-one with an adult and are given opportunities to read independently, often. We also share a class story at the end of every day linked to our topic.  We give children opportunities to change books regularly. We encourage children to discover books they enjoy so if your child is a free reader, and is enjoying a particular novel at home, they are welcome to bring it to school to read during the day.