Year 5 - Chestnut

Welcome to Chestnut Class 2024 - 2025

We are Year 5 and our teacher is Mrs Dunham.

Our class TAs are:

Mrs Bannister Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Mornings

Mrs S. Harvey Monday and Wednesday morning

Miss Keeble every morning

Mrs Roberts every afternoon

Mrs L. Harvey HLTA Monday afternoon

_{Weekly Timetable}

We aim to follow this weekly timetable but is subject to change due special events or children's interests.

 Autumn Term PE

Year 5 will have their PE lessons on the following days:

Monday PE with Mrs L. Harvey

_{Please send your child into school in smart PE kit on a Monday.}

_{This includes:}

_{Blue shorts and White T-shirt.}

_{Navy/blue jogging bottoms and hoodie for all weather conditions.}

_{Suitable Trainers.} 

Thursday afternoon swimming at Hadleigh Swimming Pool.

Sessions are taught by Mrs Dunham and a swimming instructor.

Your child will need the following kit:

Girls: one piece swim suit, swimming hat and towel.

Boys: swimming trunks (no baggy style shorts), swimming hat and towel.

Topics

In the Autumn Term the children will learn the following topics:

History - World War Two children will learn about world leaders, the impact of WW2 on people and the causes of this war.

Science - Autumn 1  Earth and Space 

                                             Autumn 2  Forces

Homework and Home Learning

Homework tasks will be set on Friday and will consist of maths and English work.

Weekly spellings will be set and tested on the following Thursday.

The homework is due in for marking on Wednesday of each week. 

If your child needs any help with their homework please speak to a member of the Year 5 team.

Reading

Reading should be encouraged and be an enjoyable experience, please encourage your child to read on a daily basis - this does not have to be their class reading book.

Autumn Term Project

Theme - World War Two

To support learning about WW2 children will be asked to build a model of an Anderson shelter.

Websites to support home learning