Year 5 Hawks & Kestrels
Meet our fabulous team!
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Mrs Burns Hawks class teacher | Miss Ayim Kestrels class teacher |
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Mrs Dempster Teaching Assistant | Miss May Teaching Assistant |
On a Friday, Hawks Class will be taught by Miss Wallace
A Force to be Reckoned With
Can you feel the force?
Year 5's first context for learning journey will be
'A Force to be Reckoned With'
In this context we will learning all about;
Forces and mechanisms in science
Rivers in geography
Ancient Egypt in History
Using Water colours and Oil pastels in Art
Designing and making bridges in Design & Technology
- Understanding finances in PSHE
Take a look at the document below for additional information about what else we will be learning about this half term
Upcoming trips
Thames Explorer
Tuesday 25th November 2025
Please let a member of the yr 5 team know if you are able to help out on this trip
Key dates
Wednesday 12th November - Individual Photos
Wednesday 19th November @ 9am - Hawks class assembly
Wednesday 10th December @ 5:30pm - Winter Wonderland Xmas Fair!
Monday 15th December @ 5:30-7pm - Yr 5/6 Christmas Carol Concert
Wednesday 17th December - Class Christmas Dinner
Parent Curriculum Meeting (September 2025)
PE
Please come to school already dressed in your PE kit on the days you have PE.
Autumn Term = MONDAYS & THURSDAYS
General information
Classroom doors open at 8.35am
The classroom door will shut promptly at 8.50am - children arriving after this time should be escorted to the office and signed in please.
Children will be dismissed from the classroom at 3.15pm. Please be prompt in being on the playground to collect your child.
Full school uniform should be worn every day, except on PE days. Please ensure that children are wearing the correct shoes in line with our uniform policy.
THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK
Every THURSDAY the children will take home a list of spellings to learn for a spelling test on the following WEDNESDAY
Homework books are due in on a WEDNESDAY!
Reading
Children are expected to read every day at home for 10 minutes every day. Please enter the date, and write a quick comment in the reading record book to show what has been read. This will be checked by the teacher every Friday.
TT Rockstars
You are expected to spend at least 20 minutes a week completing TT Rockstars. Use the same log in as last year.
Reading support for parents/carers
Attached are the Reading Domain Questions to support you when asking your child questions whilst listening to them read every day. This will also be sent home with your child next week.
Please scroll down the document to
KS2 reading domain questions
Websites that can be used daily
Below is a list of useful links for apps/programs that children can access at home. These can be used alongside any daily learning that is given to the children. All children have been given/posted a pack with all the log ins that they will need.
Useful documents
In Class Resources
