Year 5

Welcome to Year 5

Your Teachers are Mrs V Harris (5H, Year Group Leader), Miss S Barry (5B) and Mr J Lovell (5L). Also working with Year 5 will be Mrs T Walsh (HLTA). We are supported by Mrs L McGinley.

mrs.harris@stthomasofcanterbury.thurrock.sch.uk miss.barry@stthomasofcanterbury.thurrock.sch.uk

mr.lovell@stthomasofcanterbury.thurrock.sch.uk

World Book Day Thursday 4th March

World Book Day 2021.pdf

In Year 5, we will, of course, be celebrating World Book Day. The book we have chosen is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

For the children in school, you may come in dressed up as a character from a book. For the children doing remote learning at home, if you wish to dress up, please do send pictures to your teachers.

The teacher's choice activities will go live on Google Classroom Thursday morning. Any activities you complete, please try and send a picture to your teacher.

Recovery Curriculum Updated March 2021

Recovery Year 5 Yearly Overview 2020-2021 updated 25.3.21.docx.pdf

Assemblies 2021

Weekly Focus

Week beginning 8/3/2021

In Writing this week we will be writing a story opening based on The Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling. We will also be recapping using ISPACED and apostrophes.

In Reading this week we will be starting our new text - The Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling. We will be reading : The Elephant's Child, How the Whale Got It's Throat and The Beginning of the Armadillos.

In Mathematics this week we are revisiting formal written methods for multiplication.

In Science this week we are carrying out an experiment on insulators and conductors.

In R.E. this week we will be exploring our new topic of Sacrifice.