Welcome to Elms
We are the Elms and always have fun and work hard in Year 5. Our teacher is Mrs Hope, who is accompanied by Miss Henderson in the mornings and Mrs Bulch for our English lessons.
Resources:
https://www.conquermaths.com/login/
Important information:
Homework will be given out on a Friday and returned the following Thursday (Maths, Grammar and Reading – there is also online homework too, which includes Conquer Maths and Reading Plus).
Spellings are expected to be practised regularly over the week. They will be tested in line with our unit planning – this may not be weekly.
P.E. is on a Thursday – children are expected to come to school in their kit (white t-shirt, black short/joggers, school jumper/cardigan and trainers).
If your child is having a school lunch please ensure that payment is now done through our online payment service.
Online Homework and Information
Investigating Forces in UKS2
This half term, in UKS2, we have been looking at forces as part of our science curriculum. We began by learning about how gravity was discovered and looked at how it was measured using a newton meter. We then looked at air resistance and how this could be sometimes...
Liz Million visits Windy Nook!
Yesterday, Liz Million came to Windy Nook for the day to share her amazing knowledge on illustrating. She worked with the whole school in workshops across the day. Liz began to share her story to the children about how she is from Darlington, went to university in...
Year 5 Homework 17.5.24
Year 5 homework this week will be in the CGP books: English- p.40 and p.41 Maths- p.38 and p.39 Homework is due in on a Thursday. Any homework not completed by then will need to be done during golden time on Friday.
Year 5 Homework 10.05.24
Year 5 homework this week will be in CGP books. English- p.21 and p.22 Maths- p.72 and p.73 Reading- 2 x reading plus texts and regular reading of stage books at home. Homework is due in on a Thursday. Any children who have not completed their homework by Friday will...
UKS2 Take a Trip to Felling!
This term in geography, UKS2 have been looking at trade. In class, we learnt about how trade has changed over time and what is classed as local, national or international. We then had the opportunity to go out on a fieldwork trip where we looked at the different types...
Online Safety Parent Information Session
Last week, we held our online safety parent information session which was hosted by our safeguarding partners, Clennel Education Solutions. The session included key messages about how to keep our children safe online. A number of useful resources and links were...
Year 5 Homework 2.5.24
Year 5 homework this week will be in CGP books. Maths- p.24 and p.25- written multiplication and division English- p.94 and p.95- Homophones Homework is due in on a Thursday. Any children who do not complete their homework will miss golden time on Friday.
Cricket Tasters
On Friday, we were very lucky to have Mr Mawson back in school to deliver some cricket taster sessions. Mr Mawson now works for Durham Cricket and came in to give the children a taster of a cricket session. He did a range of different activities and games with all...
Year 5 Homework 26.04.24
Year 5 homework this week will be in CGP books. English- p.18 and p.19- Trickier Relative Claus Maths- p.14 and p.15- Mental adding and subtracting and rounding and checking. Reading- 2 x reading plus texts plus at least 10 minutes reading per night recorded in your...
Y5 Crank It Up Project Gets Underway
This week, the children in Year 5 have been introduced to a STEM challenge set by the Beamish Museum. In the first session we had a visit from Beamish where they explained the challenge: to make a toy crane out of K-Nex pieces. There are a number of rules as a team...
Year 5 Homework 19.4.24
Year 5 homework this week will be in CGP books. English- p.56 and p.57 apostrophes. Maths- p.6 and 7- place value and counting backwards. Reading- 2 x reading plus texts and regular reading of stage books at home. Homework is due in on a Thursday. Any children who...
Easter Service at St Albans
Once again our children excelled at St Alban's Church for our Easter service. Everything from musicians, Sign Squad, Singing and especially the Year 5 children who narrated the service was excellent. We would like to that St Alban's Church and Rev. Danie for allowing...