Welcome to Year 5
Hello all,
My name is Mrs Cole and I have taught in Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6. I’ve been at St Francis of Assisi for 5 years now and will be teaching Y5 this year.
I wasn’t always a teacher; I have had some other very interesting jobs too. I’ve travelled to and lived in different countries, so can share interesting facts and stories. I enjoy geography and researching into different cultures; you’ll be able to share some of your own knowledge and cultural stories.
I love reading and will be asking you to recommend books for me, as I do the same for you. A funny novel, or an adventure are always a hit. Picture books are also a favourite. RE is a big passion of mine and this year I will be looking after it for Mrs Broughton.
A very warm welcome back to school!
We hope you had a wonderful holiday and are ready for a busy and exciting year ahead. A special welcome to new pupils, parents and staff to our school; we hope you will be very happy here.
I would like to say how pleased we all are to see the children again. This is a very special school and one where we all feel extremely privileged to work.
Welcome to Year 5, where we are all committed to working hard and striving for our best. Our school rules are at the heart of everything we do:
- Listen
- Respect
- Try our best
- Be positive
We have an exciting year ahead with lots of fun, creative learning to ensure we all reach our potential. Reading is one of my favourite hobbies so I cannot wait to share some new texts with you throughout the year and look forward to hearing some of your recommended reads too. As well as that, we have some exciting trips and topics planned!
Together
Everyone
Achieves
More
Best Wishes
Miss Appleyard
Nell Bank – River Study
We had a fantastic trip to Nell Bank Activity Centre in Ilkley. Our main focus was studying a river, having learnt some new knowledge about it in class. We wanted to see what all of these technical terms really meant in the world around us and how they played their part. When we visited the River Wharfe, we had to be very careful as it was already on a yellow warning for flooding but it was a real experience to follow it from the source right the way down to the river – which we were told continued for a whole 60 miles before it then joined with another river.
In the afternoon, we also had the experience of doing some pond dipping where we looked at some of the new life that was starting. We even managed to find a newt!
Finished off with a run round the activity park, it was needless to say we had a fantastic time and consolidated so much of what we had learnt along with finding out some new information too.
Holly reports, ‘It was a really good trip which helped us to learn all about the water cycle and the different parts in it.’
Enoch reports, ‘This was the best trip ever because we learned lots of new things but it was also exciting. The best part was pond dipping!’
World Book Day
Thursday 5th March was World Book Day. We dressed up as a piece of vocabulary. It was a great game to work out who was what word . Some very creative ideas – Miss Appleyard’s favourite has to be Michael with his original idea of coming in reverse (his clothing was on backwards)!
Into University Trip
Year 5 had their first morning with Into University to delve deeper into what a university is. We took part in a range of activities:
- Where we can go to university – this tested our geography knowledge as we had to locate different universities in the UK and place them on the map.
- Where we can stay when we’re at university
- Different courses we can study at university – we cannot believe there are 50,000 options!
Our Positive Action Zone Stars, who listened well, showed respect, were focused and determined were: Levi, Emmanuel & Treasure!
Well done Year 5 it was an inspiring morning!
Amazing Author Visit with Virginia Clay
Year 5 & 6 had the absolute privilege of meeting a ‘real life author’ in school today. We were completely star struck as she entered the building and loved hearing all about her life story and how she came to write the novel Year 6 have used within their english lessons – linked with their Africa topic. Having read her book (Warrior Boy) about London Schoolboy Ben who is heading for Kenya to meet his Maasai family, it was a great delight to hear how we too can write great books like she has. A great relief to also hear that it took thirteen drafts before her book was ready for publishing; some chapters taking her even more drafts! It was also delightful to hear all about her life in Kenya which added further inspiration for the world that is around us.
We then had the luxury of a book signing session too so more of us can read her novel. Look out for the new book she is writing at the moment – hopefully due for publishing later this year!
Aaron’s review: ‘This was the best experience ever! I have never seen a real life author before which made it even more special. She even gave us a spoiler about her new book ‘The Waves’ which I can’t wait to read!’
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/booklists/g/great-books-guide-2019-children-10-to-11-years
Don’t forget if you would like some more help with your choices or to share your enthusiasm for reading our Reading Ambassadors and School Librarians are always on hand!
The Big List of Children’s Authors Doing Online Read Alouds & Activities
The Big List of Children’s Authors Doing Online Read-Alouds & Activities
MATHS– Boys, please go to https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/week-2/ or just google whiterose maths and go to home learning. I will send sheets too, but please watch the videos.
RE – I will send this to you in the post.
English – I’ll also send in post, a little project which I hope you will enjoy.
Science – 2-Rotation Night Day read, watch and try to explain what you’ve learnt
Geography – I will add on Monday when we do this.
Home Learning – these websites are all good for extra learning whilst you’re isolating
| Website | Age Range | Content |
| www.classroomsecrets.co.uk | Early Years – Yr6 | Home learning packs covering English, phonics, maths and practical activities. |
| www.twinkl.co.uk | Early Years – Yr6 | Covers the whole curriculum |
| www.phonicsplay.co.uk | Early Years -Yr2 | Phonics games and activities |
| Early Years – Yr6 | Various activities and video links to many subjects | |
| www.spellingframe.co.uk | Yr1-Yr6 | Some free spelling games |
| www.primaryresources.co.uk | Yr1-Yr6 | A range of activities and worksheets for all subjects |
| www.teachingideas.co.uk | Early Years – Yr6 | A range of activities and worksheets for all subjects |
| www.topmarks.co.uk | Early Years – Yr6 | Wide range of subjects with lots of interactive online activities and games |
| www.crickweb.co.uk | Early Years – Yr6 | Free online education resources and games |
| www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/ | Yr1-Yr6 | Excellent website with a really wide range of subject coverage |
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www.whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/
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Yr1-Yr8 | Free resources and learning videos that link directly with our in school maths curriculum |
| https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ | Early Years – Yr6 | Body Coach – Online exercise videos to keep you active 9am live daily |
| https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/ | Early Years – Yr6 | Free e-readers |
| https://corbettmathsprimary.com/ | Yr1 – Yr6 | Free maths resources |
| https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/teacher-category/primary-resources/ | Early Years – Yr6 | Lots of geography resources |
| https://www.tts-group.co.uk/home+learning+activities.html | Early Years – Yr6 | Free downloadable home learning activities |
| http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/ | Yr1-Yr6 | Daily maths learning |
| https://www.mathswithmum.com | Yr1-Yr6 | Maths videos to help with children’s learning |
| https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj0shfH3pzhrf3dOrSj_pRw | Early years – Yr2 | Phonics based video and dancing |
| https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/ | 0-5years | A government recommended website for Early Years |
| https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75809/12-world-class-museums-you-can-visit-online | All the family | Virtual Tours of 12 museums around the world |
| https://www.stem.org.uk/primary-science | Yr1-Yr6 | Science activity ideas |
Websites currently giving free subscriptions due to school closures
| Website | Age Range | Content |
| www.twinkl.co.uk | Early Years – Yr6 | Wide range of resources covering the whole curriculum |
| www.purplemash.co.uk | Yr1 – Yr6 | Computing and digital skills – free 14 day trial |
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Spelling Shed & Maths Shed |
Yr1-Yr6 |
Children already have log ins for this. Please use their current usernames and passwords.
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Lots of non-fiction e-books to access free: https://worldbook.kitaboo.com/reader/worldbook/index.html?usertoken=Mjk5MzQ6MTpJUjA5MjAxNjoyOmNsaWVudDE2OTc6MTY5NzoyMjE2Mjg4OjE6MTU4NDM4MDExMzA2Mjp1cw==&fbclid=IwAR2pwHf6d30wVXcDUq0zL5DOZ_lVLGkelBWEwpXTWDmwDrdajrkw8OAWBwY
To the boys who are isolating, I am already missing you – please try really hard to do some learning (see the online learning page). I will keep popping things in the post for you too. Look after your families and take great care to keep safe. Mrs Cole
Hello Year 5
I am really pleased to be back to school and to see you all. It’ll be a great year with lots of learning complimented with fun. We have a very bust schedule and I can already see how ready you all are for Year 5 learning. Mrs Cole