The School Day

The doors will open at 8:35am.

Registration closes at 8:40am; pupils arriving after this time will be required to go to the office and will be marked as late.

The school day finishes at 15:10pm. Children not collected by 15:20pm will be taken to the office.

Each day the children need to bring the following equipment:

·       Coat

·       Water bottle

·       Packed lunch (If they are not having a school dinner.)

·       Reading book

·       Reading diary

All uniform, including outdoor clothing, should be named.

PE Days

All pupils need to bring appropriate PE kit on their allocated PE days. 

Our PE day is Tuesday and our swimming day in Summer Term will be Fridays.

School P.E kit consists of:

·        Trainers

·        Dark tracksuit bottoms or shorts

·        White t-shirt

·        Dark hoody or jumper.

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Please note: No football shirts/strips should be worn, and clothing should not have large brand names on them.

If children have pierced ears, they will need to take their earrings out prior to coming to school on the day of their P.E lesson or they will need to bring plasters with them to wear.

In Summer term, the children in Year 5 will participate in weekly swimming lessons as part of the National Curriculum. The children will need to bring appropriate kit on their allocated swimming day, this consists of:

·        Dark coloured one-piece swimming costume or dark coloured swim shorts

·        Towel

·        Waterproof coat

If children have pierced ears, they will need to take their earrings out prior to coming to school on the day of their swimming lesson or they will need to bring a swim cap with them to wear. The children should not have nail varnish on their fingernails or toenails and no temporary tattoos. If children have longer hair, this must be tied up with a hair bobble.

Reading and Learning at Home

We expect children in Year 5 to read at least five times a week. To help your child to develop their reading, please listen to them read, discuss vocabulary and ask them questions about what they have read; this will support them with their understanding. The more a child reads at home, the more progress they will make.

Here are some top tips for reading at home:

1. Encourage your child to read - Reading helps your child’s wellbeing, develops imagination and has educational benefits too. Just a few minutes a day can have a big impact on children of all ages.

2. Read aloud regularly - Try to read to your child every day. It’s a special time to snuggle up and enjoy a story.

3. Encourage reading choices - Give children lots of opportunities to read different things in their own time - it doesn’t just have to be books. There’s fiction, non-fiction, poetry, comics, magazines, recipes and much more. 4. Read together - Choose a favourite time to read together and enjoy it. This might be everyone reading the same book together, reading different things at the same time, or getting your children to read to each other.

5. Create a comfortable environment - Make a calm, comfortable place for your family to relax and read independently - or together.

6. Make use of your local library - Local libraries also offer brilliant online materials, including audiobooks and ebooks to borrow.

7. Talk about books - This is a great way to make connections, develop understanding and make reading even more enjoyable. Start by discussing the front cover and talking about what it reveals and suggests the book could be about. Then, discuss what has happened in the story. As you are reading, build in discussions around new vocabulary and the meaning of unfamiliar words.

8. Bring reading to life - You could try cooking a recipe you’ve read together. Would you recommend it to a friend? Alternatively, play a game where you pretend to be the characters in a book, or discuss an interesting article you’ve read.

9. Make reading active - Play games that involve making connections between pictures, objects and words, such as reading about an object and finding similar things in your home.

10. Engage your child in reading in a way that suits them - You know your child best and you’ll know the best times for your child to read. What matters most is that they enjoy it.

Each week, the children in Year 5 will be given new spellings to learn. The spellings will link to the Year 5 spelling rules that the children have been working on and the Year 5 common exception words. They will need to practise their spellings in preparation for their spelling test the following week.

We expect Children in Year 5 to continue to practice their timetables to ensure fluency and accuracy, which will aid them in their everyday learning. This should be done at least three times a week.

Here are some useful websites:

·        https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary

·        https://www.timestables.co.uk/ 

·        https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/

ParentPay

ParentPay can be used to pay for school meals and for any other trips / visits that are planned in school.

ParentPay is also used to give permission for activities beyond the daily curriculum offer, including for trips, visitors or other enrichment activities.

If you need any help or support setting up your ParentPay account, please contact Miss Argo in the office who will be happy to help.

Keeping in Touch

We will continue to use phone calls and e-mail.

We will do our best to respond in a timely manner, but please bear in mind that during the school day we are focused on teaching and learning with your children, and we do not monitor e-mails after 5:00pm.

If you have an urgent request/message, please contact the team in the office via phone as emails can take up to 48 hours to be responsed to.

School Visits

April 23rd-25th 2025 - Caythorpe Court Residential