Wymeswold Primary School
  • Home
  • Our School
    • Our Vision
    • Staff
    • Governors
    • Vacancies
  • Key Information
    • Latest KS2 Results
    • Admissions
    • Prospectus
    • Curriculum
    • Policies
    • Pupil Premium
    • SEND
    • Sports Funding
    • School Clubs
    • Church Schools
  • Children
    • Class 1 >
      • Gallery
    • Class 2
    • Class 3
    • Class 4
    • Class 5
  • Parents
    • PTA
    • Calendar
    • Newsletters
    • Parent View
  • Forest School
  • News
  • Contact Us

.

Class 5 - Mrs Wagg/Miss Haynes

Welcome to Class 5   
I hope you have all had a fantastic Christmas and New Year with your family and friends. I would just like to thank you all for the lovely thoughtful gifts, cards and well-wishes we received at the end of the Autumn term. They are very much appreciated. 
Our main topics this term are the Benin (History), Enough for Everyone (Geography), and Animals including Humans (Science). We will start this term focussing on D&T working through a unit called '
Marbulous Structures', then moving on to focus on an Art unit looking at European and West Africa Art. We will also be looking at various texts in English, including poetry, persuasive writing and fantasy stories.  
You can find a breakdown of daily lessons in our class timetable below, however, please be aware that things get changed around and altered from time to time.  
Homework 
Homework will be set each week on a Monday and needs to be handed in on the following Monday. The children will be expected to go on ‘Spelling Shed’ and ‘Times Tables Rock Stars’ every week, as well as reading independently at least 3 times each week. They will occasionally also be set some other work related to what they have been doing in class, however, I always welcome any additional work done at home such as projects, cooking, art, model making etc that your child wants to do. They should be spending a minimum of one and a half hours a week on their homework. Please encourage your child to plan when they do the work themselves as this is a key skill that they will need as they progress through their education. 
Times Tables and Calculation policy  
It is important for your child to become confident in their times table facts up to 12x12 - including their related division facts. Quick recall of times tables fact is essential in maths work. We will continue to do a lot of work in class on times tables, but your support and encouragement will always help. Your child will be expected to go on ‘Time Tables Rock Stars’ every week to help build speed and confidence. 
Copies of our school calculation policy are available online. It is useful for you to be aware of the methods used in school in order for you to practise with your child at home. If you have any questions regarding the methods being used, please feel free to come and have a chat. 
Spellings  
Spellings will be given out on Fridays.  The weekly spellings will link to a rule or spelling pattern which your child will be working on the within school on a daily basis using a variety of different strategies. Along with the weekly spellings, your child will bring home a list of challenge words that do not fit within a rule. The challenge words can be learnt at your child’s own pace throughout the year, however, I will try to include 2/3 each week in their daily practise. Please encourage your child to learn their weekly spellings and additional challenge words by the end of the year. They will be expected to go on Spelling Shed as part of their weekly homework, where relevant assignments will be set. Your child will be tested at random times throughout the half term, instead of weekly, to encourage retention of the words learnt. Please be aware that Spelling is now weighted highly within the end of year tests. 
Reading  
Please encourage your child to read, read, read! I have attached a copy of recommended reading lists. They should be using their account on Go Read to record their reading at home. This will be monitored weekly by myself.
PE 
Our designated PE slots are Wednesday and Thursday. Could you please make sure that their child comes to school IN their PE kit on PE days (Wednesday and Thursday), as well as has a water bottle at school daily, but particularly for PE lessons.

All children must have a pair of appropriate indoor shoes/plimsoles to change into when entering the classroom. They will also need a waterproof coat and wellingtons or other waterproof shoes in wet weather, especially if they are playing on the field, as we will try to get outside as much as possible.
 Please make sure ALL clothing and footwear is clearly labelled with your child's name.   
  
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to ask as we are always here to help and support you and your child. You can contact me on the class email address: class5@wymeswold.leics.sch.uk or alternatively ask at the office to make an appointment.
Mrs Wagg

YEAR 6 SAT PRACTISE:
Year 6 children will begin to look at past SAT papers in class, as well as bringing some home to try. I have also put some practise SAT papers on their My Maths accounts for them to try at home. If they need to know their password, please email me on the class email. I will be holding a SAT's Parents Information meeting later this term (date and time to be confirmed). 
Try using these links to help you prepare for the end of KS2 assessments:


Mathsbot 
CGP Maths & SPAG Practise
​Rollama Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling practise links.

Diary Dates:

Bank Holiday                                           2nd January
Training Days                                          3rd January
Children return to school                       4th January
Swimming Starts (for 4 weeks)              11th January
Young Voices Concert                             12th January
Gymnastics Taster Session                    16th January
Maths Open Morning                             18th January
Tri-Golf Tournament                               25th January
Teddy Bear & Non-Uniform Day           3rd February
Tag Rugby Tournament                          6th February
Cross Country Event                               7th February
Dress to Express Day                              8th February
Year 6 Height & Weight                          14th February
Skateboarding Taster Session              17th February
​PTA Pancake Sale                                    17th February
Half Term                                                20th-24th February
Year 5 Bikeability                                    27th February
​World Book Week                                  w/c 27th February
English Open Morning                           14th March
Loughborough Grammar School Event  15th March
Red Nose Day - Crazy Hair/Hat            17th March
​Parents Evenings                                    21st & 22nd March
Easter Church Service (children only) 29th March
​Egg Rolling                                               31st March
End of Term                                             31st March

Days children not at school.

Please note:
​
Year 6 SAT assessments are 9th-12th May 2023

Class 5 Residential is booked for 14th - 16th June 2023. Further information will be sent out shortly, but in the meantime, please follow the links below to see where we are going!


Parents - NYOLS (outdoored.co.uk)  
Bewerley Park Outdoor Learning Centre, North Yorkshire Presentation.
School Meals Menu
Term Dates
Latest Newsletter

Stars of the Week:

Picture
Warning Zone Trip - Check out the website for more information.
​https://warningzone.org.uk/
Warning Zone Information

How to help your child at home:

year_5_and_6_parent_booklet.docx
File Size: 134 kb
File Type: docx
Download File

Year 5 Recommended Reading Checklist
recommended_reading_list_20220823_163904.docx
File Size: 16 kb
File Type: docx
Download File

Year 6 Recommended Reading Checklist
Mathsbot 
CGP Maths & SPAG Practise
​Rollama Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling practise links.

House Captains:

Dream House Captains
Believe House Captains
Learn House Captains
Achieve House Captains

School Council and Anti-Bullying Reps:

Picture

Reading Embassadors

Picture

Sports Leaders

Picture

Timetable

Homework

This week's spellings:

End of Year Expectations:

Planning:

Curriculum Overview:

English Medium Term Planning:

Maths Medium Term Planning:

GALLERY

Crazy hair and hat day for Red Nose Day.

We had great fun this afternoon learning how to ride a skateboard and even do some tricks!

We are having great fun designing and making our own Marble Runs in our D & T lessons......

Tri-golf Tournament - We had a lovely afternoon at Charnwood Golf in Loughborough. The children had great fun and really supported and cheered each other on. And we came second!! Well done everyone.

December fun in Class 5!

Experiencing Christmas at the Methodist Church

Our Galleries of Justice Trip....

Our Remembrance Poems

Forest Schools

We had our first Forest School session this week (Year 5 this week). We have Remembrance Day Poppy art using natural resources. It was great fun and we are looking forward to next week!

Hug in a Box - Age Uk Charity afternoon

We all decorated gift boxes and then filled them with the fantastic winter warmer donations for the elderly in our village. We had all sorts of things donated from slippers and fluffy socks, to tea and biscuits. Year 6 spent the afternoon helping their Buddies make a box. 

Year 6's Visit to Warning Zone

Visiting Artist - Darrell Wakelam

Golf Taster Day.....

All ready for a new school year!

Year 6 Leavers Assembly

​​

Manor Adventure Residential Trip

Picture
Wymeswold C of E Primary School | Brook Street, Wymeswold Leicestershire LE12 6TU | 01509 880561 | admin@wymeswold.leics.sch.uk
  |  Website by Primaryworld    
  |  Website by Primaryworld    
  • Home
  • Our School
    • Our Vision
    • Staff
    • Governors
    • Vacancies
  • Key Information
    • Latest KS2 Results
    • Admissions
    • Prospectus
    • Curriculum
    • Policies
    • Pupil Premium
    • SEND
    • Sports Funding
    • School Clubs
    • Church Schools
  • Children
    • Class 1 >
      • Gallery
    • Class 2
    • Class 3
    • Class 4
    • Class 5
  • Parents
    • PTA
    • Calendar
    • Newsletters
    • Parent View
  • Forest School
  • News
  • Contact Us