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
Maths in UKS2
This term UKS2 have covered a variety of different objectives in maths from converting between units of measure, understanding properties of shape, understanding position and direction, understanding perimeter, area and volume and interpreting statistics. Year 6 are...
Me Presento – UKS2 Spanish
This half term, children in Upper Key Stage 2 have learned how to talk about themselves in Spanish. They have practiced conversational Spanish and spoken about where they live, their age and their name. Children have had lots of opportunities to work on the speaking...
Another Fantastic Year at the Dance Festival!
On Tuesday, a group of children form year 5 and 6 were lucky enough to attend the Gateshead schools Dance Festival. The children had put weeks of hard work into after school practices to learn their routine. The theme for the event was 'Equality' and we chose to...
Windy Winners!
A huge well done to all of our winners this week: 'Top Effort and Top Writers'. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can. Class Top Effort Top Writer Handwriter ...
Rehearsals in full swing!
The last few weeks KS2 have been practicing their singing in preparation for the Easter service next week! The musicians were excellent, sign squad were brilliant and Year 5 were great with their speaking parts. We are now looking forward to the real thing! Article...
Year 5 Homework 22.3.24
Year 5 homework this week will be in CGP books. English- p.24 and p.25- Prepositions Maths- p.66 and 67- Angles Homework is due in on Thursday and must be completed by then.
Comic Relief at Windy Nook
Staff and children at Windy Nook made a great effort on Friday to support comic relief, with many wearing red to support the day. Children shared their best jokes in a competition which saw a winner chosen from each class. As well as the show of support in clothing...
Science Week 2024
Last week the children all took part in this year's science week. This year the theme of British Science Week was time and the children had lots of fun across school taking part in different live lessons and mini practical investigations, some of which were related to...
Year 5 Homework 15.3.24
Year 5 homework will be in CGP books this week. English- p.21 and 22- Conjunctions Maths- p.10 and 11- Rounding and Roman Numerals Reading- record regular reading of a range of books and 2 x reading plus texts. Homework is due in on a Thursday and any children who...
#LetGirlsPlay Celebration Day
On Friday, we celebrated a national event by taking part in the #LetGirlsPlay campaign. This campaign is designed to help get more girls involved in football and address some of the gender inequalities that currently exist. As part of this day, children had an...
Windy Winners!
A huge well done to all of our winners for both this week and last. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can. Class Top Effort Top Reader Handwriter Dragonflies Haroon...
Year 5 Homework 8.3.24
Year 5 homework this week will be online. English- Google Classroom- make your entry for the Blazing the Trail Olympic Fact File. There is guidance and examples of this attached to the task. Maths- Conquer maths- converting units Reading- Regular reading including...