Welcome to Class 5, Miss Coote is our Year 4/5 teacher.
Class 5 Information
Curriculum Overview – To see what Class 5 will be learning this term please see the document below.
Class 5 Parent Curriculum Overview Spring 1
Individual Targets – All children will be given curriculum targets for reading, writing and mathematics.
Reading – It is expected that the children bring their reading book into school on a daily basis along with their homework diary. These books should be brought into the classroom when they come to school in the morning and taken home daily. It is extremely important that our children are reading both at home and in school on a daily basis and then regularly complete the Accelerated Reader quiz for that book.
Spellings – This year we are beginning to use Spelling Shed for our spellings – please bear with us whilst we assess the children and get it up and running and working smoothly. Each child has been provided with a Spelling Shed login which they can use to login and practise the spellings that they have been assigned. The more the children practise their spellings in Spelling Shed the more points and rewards they earn. Spelling tests will take place on Tuesdays and the teacher and children will go through the spelling rules and strategies for learning their next set of spellings effectively on Wednesdays.
Times Table Rockstars – Learning the multiplication tables is very important and plays a huge part towards a child’s ability to learn and carry out more difficult mathematical concepts. All children are provided with a Times Tables Rockstars login and should use this regularly to practise and develop their times table knowledge. The more children practise, the better they get and the more rewards they earn.
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check – This is a statutory assessment which is carried out in June and assesses Year 4 pupils’ Multiplication Tables knowledge. Please click on the link below to download the Information Booklet for Parents.
Information for Year 4 Parents Multiplication Tables Check 2025
Homework – Homework tasks will be assigned on Friday and should be completed in their homework book any time up until the following Wednesday. The homework that the children receive is to reinforce/consolidate the work already covered in class. At times additional homework may cover other subjects of the curriculum, for example Science, History, Computing, Art or Geography. Homework may also take the form of practising skills using online games.
Parent Consultations – We offer an opportunity for parents to discuss pupil progress with their class teacher twice a year. Appointments are made via our Arbor communication system during the Autumn and Spring Terms which allow parents to indicate a preferred appointment time and date.
PE Bags/Days – PE days in Class 5 Tuesday and Wednesday. Please ensure pupils bring their PE bags to school at the beginning of each half term and leave it in school and that they include both outdoor and indoor PE kits, which they will then bring home every half term. *Please note: on PE days earrings must be removed for health and safety reasons and PE sessions will currently take place outdoors wherever possible. If for any reason your child is unable to take part in PE activities, please send a note to the class teacher. In the Autumn 2 and Spring 1 terms Year 5 will swim every Tuesday afternoon and will need to bring a swimming kit consisting of a one piece swim suit or trunks (not shorts), a towel and swimming hat which is essential. Goggles are permitted, but are not essential. Year 4 children will swim on Tuesday afternoon in the Spring 2 and Summer 1 terms.
Uniform – Please could you ensure that all items of uniform are clearly labelled. Any pieces of uniform that are found unnamed will be placed in the Key Stage 2 lost property box.
Water Bottles – The children should each bring in a water bottle to school. This should be cleaned and filled at home and taken home each day. Please ensure it is clearly named.
Newsletter – You should receive a weekly newsletter every Friday. Copies are emailed and also available to download from the School News section of the website.
Have a look at what we’ve been learning…
Powering the Future Project
Powering The Future Project As part of a ‘Powering up the Future’’ project that we are doing with the Centre for Life, we investigated gears and turbines. We discussed what renewable energy is and why we need to move towards it. We then talked about how a wind...
Baking
Baking This week, we finished our cookery unit by baking pizza pinwheels! The class worked well in their groups and produced some delicious pizza pinwheels at the end of it! We discussed how we could alter this in the future to reflect different cultures and how we...
Finding Percentages
Finding Percentages To help us understand percentages and know that they mean ‘parts out of 100’, the class used clear hundred square grids and placed them around the school building. They then calculated the percentage that that object took up within the grid e.g.,...
Making Our Own Switches
Making Our Own Switches This half term, in Science, we have been working on creating our own series circuits. This week, the class were given two split pins, a paper clip and a piece of card. They were tasked with trying to create their own sliding switch and push...
Sewing
Sewing Our first session learning how to create a running stitch was a success. We’ll be continuing to practice our sewing skills before creating our own fabric advent calendars.
Our Solar System
Our Solar System We began by learning how the solar system was first formed and how the planets orbit the sun. We then ordered the planets out on the field and learnt that the inner rocky planets are closer to the sun, whilst the larger gas giants are much further...
Binchester Roman Fort
Binchester Roman Fort Class 5 walked in the footsteps of Roman soldiers through the remains of a commanding officer’s house and learnt about the importance of Roman bathhouses. Inside they managed to see one of the most intact hypocaust, or underfloor, heating systems...
Poetry Writing
Poetry Writing This week, Class 5 have been working on tankas and kennings. They produced some lovely poems. Here is an example of one of our tanka poems that were written this week.
Class 5 Assembly
Class 5 Assembly Class 5 have been very busy in class learning about being safe online. We recapped the SMART acronym to remind us how to be safe online and who to talk to if there was an issue. We also explored scams as it was the theme of this year’s Internet...