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
Year 4 and 5 Football
Year 4/5 Girls took part in a football competition at Swalwell fc, they showed great determination and effort throughout the tournament Olivia scored a great goal for the team. The Team finished 3rd in the competition, well done team Nook. I would also like to say a...
Windy Winners!
This week our awards were for Top Writer and Top Growth Mindset. Well done to all of our winners. Class Top Growth Mindset Top Writer Robins Thea Amaris Owls Ariadne Lucas Nightingales Harry Joel Bluebells Heidi Hamed Tulips Alfie ...
Year 5 Homework 22.9.23
Year 5 homework this week is as follows: English- CGP books- p.13 relative pronouns and p.77 'shul' spellings Maths- p.2 and 3- year 4 objective test Reading- 2 reading plus texts. This homework applies to year 5 children in both Elms and Oaks and is due in by...
Databases in UKS2
This term UKS2 are looking at how to use databases. To introduce the topic, this week the children made some paper based databases. They started by coming up with different animals in pairs and thought about how they could group them. They started by sorting...
UKS2 Homework (15.9.23)
This week our homework is as follows (15.9.23). Reading Plus – Reading Plus two texts Reading Plus Conquer Maths – Complete the tasks (use the videos to help) Conquer Maths English - write your school council speech, either on Google Classroom or paper. Article...
Information for all parents-carers
The power points and pdfs below just contains some information for parents and carers e.g structure of the school day and staffing etc. Please click on the link below to access it or should you require a paper version then just ask at reception: Nursery class parent...
UKS2 Homework (8.9.23)
This week our homework is as follows (8.9.23). Reading Plus – Reading Plus two texts Reading Plus Conquer Maths – Complete the tasks (use the videos to help) Conquer Maths Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to...
Sports Assembly
This morning, we had our sports assembly. Over 120 children have taken part in over 20 sports events this academic year and it was fantastic to be able to celebrate this. Children received medals for the team events that they had represented the school at and some...
90s Summer Festival 2023
Today was the return of the annual Summer Festival at Windy Nook. We decided on a 90s theme and all of the children really dressed for the occasion. Year 6 led the event, painting banners and manning all of the different stations on offer: bubbles; juice and biscuits;...
School Games Day
This week, across the whole school, we celebrated School Games Day. This is a day where we focus on a mass sports event and look at some of the countries involved with it to celebrate sports achievement. This year, we focussed on the upcoming Women's World Cup. In...
Y5 and 6 football
A team of Year 5 and 6 Girls took part in a Football Festival at Gateshead Power League, all students showed great teamwork skills and sportsmanship throughout the football festival. There were some great individual performances from Lily and Lois as they both scored...
Windy Nook KS2 Art Gallery
In celebration of all of our amazing art work created at Windy Nook, on Thursday, we set up our very own gallery! Each KS2 class had the opportunity to create a colourful portrait of themselves that was then displayed in the hall for school and parents/carers to come...