Dear Parents and carers,
Welcome to year 5! We have had a great start to the new school year. The children all looked incredibly smart and were ready to learn. We thought it would be useful to give you some key information about Year 5.
Water bottles
Please make sure your child has a named water bottle which they bring to school each day - they must only have water in the bottle which they use in the classroom (squash and fruit juice can be brought in for lunchtimes but cannot be drunk in the classroom as they are very sticky if spilt).
Jumpers
Please make sure your child's jumpers and/or cardigans are named so we can easily return them if they get left around the school or in the playground.
PE
PE will be on Monday and Wednesday. On those days appropriate PE kit should be worn, including appropriate footwear. (eg trainers with shorts and t shirt and when the weather gets colder a sweatshirt and tracksuit bottoms/leggings. Please no jeans, crop tops) We are very lucky to have Sussex Cricket coming to coach the children for the next 4 Wednesdays, starting this week!
Homework
Every Friday we will post an overview of the week on Seesaw so you know what your child has been learning and have some specific questions to ask them. This is a speaking homework which we hope helps you to know a bit about what goes on in school and helps children to consolidate their understanding.
Spelling
We will be attaching a list of spellings for children to learn each week. Initially these will be common exception words from year 1 and 2, and statutory spellings from year 3 and 4 (we know this may seem strange but these words are frequently used and also frequently misspelt, even in year 5 and 6!). We will have a spelling test the following Friday and throughout the week we will help the children identify the words they need to learn and also strategies they can use to effectively remember them. Please support your child with learning their spellings.
Reading
All children should be reading regularly throughout the week. As your child gets more fluent and independent they may want to read alone, in their head, this is fine. However we ask parents/carers to check their child is understanding the story by asking them questions and also encouraging children to check the meaning of words/plots if they are unsure. All children will be give a reading record sheet this week. Once full, it can be brought back to school and exchanged for 2 tokens and a new record sheet. (We will also add a copy to Seesaw in case your child forgets to collect a new one).
Mobile phones
Mobile phones are only needed if your child walking home by themselves. Please fill in the online form below to give permission - https://www.fairlight.brighton-hove.sch.uk/school-office/medicine-administration/mobile-phone-permissions Please read the information carefully and share it with your child. Before allowing your child to bring their mobile phone, please bear in mind that our school does not permit their use for communication during the school day. Phones will sit turned off for the entire day inside a box in a locker.
Walking home alone
This may be something you start to think about as your child gets a little older. If you decide to allow your child to walk home alone at any point during the year please read the information on this link carefully and fill in the form to give your permission. https://www.fairlight.brighton-hove.sch.uk/school-office/medicine-administration/walking-home-permissions-form
Communication with Year 5 team & School
Please check Seesaw every week as this will be the main way we communicate information. Also keep an eye on the school website front page for all whole school updates.
We look forward to being able to meet you all in person at the end of the school day. If there are any issues you need to urgently discuss, please do come and speak to us in the playground or you can email us through the school office or on Seesaw. Thank you for your ongoing support and we look forward to getting to know both you and your children this year.
Best wishes
The Year 5 team
Mrs Garner, Miss Halfhead and Mr Whatman
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Introducing Seesaw our learning platform. Your child will be coming home with an invitation to join a new learning platform, Seesaw. Please click below to be taken to the site.
Seesaw is an online learning platform that is accessible from most electronic devices connected to the internet and addresses some of the issues gathered from our parent feedback from the lockdown : · Printing – worksheets not great - seesaw allows children to edit and adapt worksheets on their devices and submit. · Access - some only could use tablets/phones - Seesaw is accessible from most devices. Over the next few weeks we will be showing the children how to use the new platform in the event of any further lockdowns to help us to improve the delivery of our remote learning. |
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