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
National Poetry Day 2025!
Let me be first to say, What a fabulous way! To have fun with rhymes And have a wonderful time On National Poetry Day! It was great to see the whole school enjoy National Poetry Day, with lots of fun activities going on in different classes. We even had poetry recital...
Elms Homework 3.10.25
Elms homework this week is as follows: CGP Books English – 10&11 Adverbs for possibility Maths - p16 & 17 Square and Cube Numbers Reading Plus – 5 texts to be completed by Thursday. Time is given in class and children are usually able to complete 3-4 in class;...
Supporting Gateshead Foodbank – Harvest Help for Our Community
Dear Parents, Carers and Children, As part of our Harvest celebrations, we are supporting Gateshead Foodbank by collecting donations to help local families in need. We would be very grateful for any contributions of non-perishable food items. Tinned meat and fish...
Cross country
We are so proud of our students who took part in the recent cross country event — they all did incredibly well and showed fantastic determination and sportsmanship throughout the races. A huge congratulations to one of our Year 3/4 students who achieved an...
UKS2 Space Talk
Last week, Year 5 and 6 were lucky enough to have a visit from Jamie, Miss Clough’s son. As part of our Science topic this term, we asked Jamie to come in as he has a special interest in Space and works at RAF Flyingdales where satellites are tracked. He told the...
Fantastic Teamwork at the Tag Rugby Tournament
A huge well done to all the students who took part in the recent tag rugby tournament — what an incredible display of teamwork, determination, and school spirit! Team A delivered an outstanding performance, winning all of their group games and securing a well-deserved...
Elms Explore Square Numbers
This morning in Elms, we have been exploring square numbers. We used counters to represent the arrays of the first five square numbers, before applying our understanding to fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions. We worked together well with our partners....
Elms Homework 26.9.25
Elms home work this week is as follows: CGP Books English – p8&9 Maths p18&19 Reading Plus – 5 texts to be completed by Thursday. Time is given in class and children are usually able to complete 3-4 in class; the remainder are to be completed at home. Daily...
What is the Solar System?
This week in our science lessons, Elms, Oaks and Beeches have been learning more about our solar system We worked together in groups to learn about how the Solar System was formed. We explored questions such as how many stars are there in our galaxy and why the earth...
Elms Homework 19.9.25
Elms home work this week is as follows: CGP Books English – p6&7 Modal Verbs Maths p12&13 Written Adding and Subtracting Reading Plus – 5 texts to be completed by Thursday. Time is given in class and children are usually able to complete 3-4 in class; the...
UKS2 Computing: Flat File Databases
This half term, Elms, Oaks and Beeches will be learning about flat file databases in computing. This week was our introduction to the topic, where we learnt key vocabulary such as field and file. We learnt about how databases store and organise data, and how we can...
Elms Homework 12.9.25
Elms home work this week is as follows: CGP Books English - p4&5 Nouns and Verbs Maths p7&8 Place Value in Big Numbers & Ordering and Comparing Reading Plus - 5 texts to be completed by Thursday. Time is given in class and children are usually able to...