Croeso i Blwyddyn 5

2024-2025 

Your teacher's this Year are

Mrs Thomas, Mrs Mottershead and

Miss Atter (PPA)

PE

Wednesday – Outdoors

Kit –T-shirt, shorts/leggings or tracksuit bottoms & trainers.

Please remind your child to bring their kit.

During the colder months please make sure children are wearing warmer clothes for when we are working outside.

School starts at 8.55am and finishes at 3pm.

Attendance matters - make sure your child is in school every day!

Fruit Tuck Shop

FRUIT: Every morning, the children can buy fresh fruit or boxes of dried fruit from the fruit trolley for 30p or £1.50 for the week.

WATER BOTTLES: We want to continue to reduce the number of bottles we throw away so please encourage your child to bring a water bottle to school. We will label these and they can keep this in class and have a drink when they need it.

Can children please only bring water to school.

Home Reading

The children will bring home their ‘Home Readers’ on a Monday but are able to change their books when they are finished.

If books are not returned/lost there is a charge of £3 for a new book.

We use a number of websites that can help your children with spelling, reading and maths. They can be accessed through their Google Classrooms on HWB.

How you can help your child

Listen to them read or encourage them to read books, comics, magazines or newspapers independently.

Support them to do research on a theme, to work out maths questions or to learn spellings for homework.

SUMMER TERM

Our topic this term is ‘ME, MYSELF & I’. 
the children have been discussing lots of exciting things they would like to do during the Summer term on this topic. 

If you’re child would like to do any activities at home in their free time linked to our topic, here are some ideas/activities which they might enjoy. 

HOMEWORK TASKS
 

Creative Writing & Literacy

1. Autobiography Snapshot – Write a one-page autobiography including key events in your life so far.
    
2. My Life in Ten Sentences – Summarize your life in exactly ten interesting sentences.
    
3. Letter to Future Me – Write a letter to your future self in Year 10.
    
4. Who Am I? Poem – Create a poem that describes your personality, hobbies, and dreams.
    
5. Interview with Me – Write a Q&A-style interview with yourself, as if you’re a celebrity.
    

Art & Design

1. My Identity Collage – Make a collage using images and words that represent who you are.
    
2. Self-Portrait Challenge – Draw or paint a self-portrait with added symbols that represent your interests.
    
3. All About Me Shield – Design a personal coat of arms that reflects your values, family, and hobbies.
    

Speaking & Listening

1. All About Me Presentation – Prepare a short presentation or video introducing yourself.
    
2. Family Interview – Interview a family member and share something new you learned about your background.
    

ICT & Research

1. Timeline of My Life – Create a digital timeline of your life using a free online tool or paper.
    
2. My Culture Project – Research and present about your cultural background or heritage.
    

Maths & Data

1. Me in Numbers – Create a poster or chart showing numbers that represent you (e.g. age, number of pets, shoe size).
    
2. Survey: Favourite Things – Survey your classmates or family about their favourites and compare to your own.
    

PSHE & Wellbeing

1. Strengths & Goals Journal – Write about your strengths and set 3 goals for the year.
    
2. What Makes Me Unique? – Reflect on what makes you different from others in a positive way

Spring – POWER

During this topic, learners will learn about the concept of Power and identifying the different types of Power in society.

We will have the opportunity to discuss different examples of Power.  We will be covering topics such as: The Power of leaders in History, The Power of Nature, The Power of Words and The Power of Art, these are just some examples.

How you can help your child

Listen to them read or encourage them to read books, comics, magazines or newspapers independently.

Support them to do research on a theme, to work out maths questions or to learn spellings for homework.

 HOMEWORK TASKS

     CLICK HERE TO WATCH SOME CLIPS ABOUT POWER.

You could design a poster or leaflet, paint a picture, produce a PowerPoint, make a model, write a biography or even cook something related to the topic!

The topic is your choice – but you may be inspired by some of the following ideas: -

• Create a poster showing all the electrical symbols you know and what they mean. Make the poster bright and colourful by adding a border, title and pictures

 • Research the person who invented the light bulb and create a fact file about him. This could be presented in any way you desire!

 • Make a list of all the objects in your house that use electricity and explain what the electricity makes the object do

 • Find out about the different ways power stations generate electricity

• Find out about building and designing eco houses. Design your own eco house and label it with its energy saving features and sustainable materials. Perhaps you could make a model of your house?

• Produce a poster or leaflet with interesting facts about electricity. Think about animals, our bodies and the weather!

• Make a poster or leaflet about how to save electricity

Autumn – World at War

During this topic, learners will discover the history of Wales and why Welsh culture is of such importance.

We will have the opportunity to learn about how people lived during the War and what life was like.  We will be covering topics such as: which countries were affected by the wars, rationing, evacuation.

Our Class Charter...

• We have the right to be respected ….to do this we will listen to each other.
• We have the right to keep things private.. to do this we will not share information to others without their permission.
• We have the right to be listen to and taken seriously…. to do this we will take turns and pay attention when others are speaking.
• We have the right to to be safe…. to do this we will be kind to others and looking after each other.

We expect our Duty Bearers to

• Be good listeners

• Be respectful

• Be helpful

• Build our independence

Blwyddyn 5 2023-2024

Your teacher's this Year are

Mrs Thomas, Miss Vaughan and Mr Trend

AUTUMN TERM

During our SUMMER TERM our topic is 'May the Force be with you!'  We are very excited to learn about lots of exciting things this term for our topic.  These are some of the ideas which the children have given about what they would like to learn as part of our Pupil Voice.

• Researching natural disasters
• Making a storm
• Volcano investigations 
• Racing cars and forces
• Making a storm dance
• Sketching natural disasters
• Investigating paper boats
• Marble racing
• Magnets
• Designing and making balloon rockets

During the Spring term our Topic is 'Our Heritage' We will be looking into the past and discovering Our Heritage.....Where we came from? Where it all started?  What life was life in the Victorian times?

During our pupil voice the pupils were very enthusiastic about what they would like to learn about during the Spring term.  

These are some of ideas....

• How is different sports played in Wales?
• Who are the famous Welsh people?
• How many people live in Wales?
• What and where are the castles in Wales?
• How many people live in Wales?
• What are the most popular foods eaten in Wales?
• Who was the first King in Wales?
• What was  the first language?
• What are the famous landmarks in Wales?
• Who were the Victorians?
• Where did coal come from?
• What was Wales famous for?
• What were schools like many years ago?

We are looking forward to learning lots of facts about Our Heritage.

Our P.E. days are Wednesday's and Friday's so please ensure you bring your kit to school.

Here are some photos of the wonderful work we have been doing.....

During the Autumn term our Topic is 

'To Infinity and Beyond' 

The pupils want to find out the following.....

• what does the galaxy look like?
• how big are the stars?
• what are the stars like?
• which is the biggest planet?
• are there animals on the moon?
• how far is the moon?
• what are the names of the galaxies?

We are going to have PE lessons on  Wednesdays so please bring your PE kit to get changed into.