Year 5
Weekly Update - Friday 9th May 2025
Summary of this week:
Despite it being a shorter week, we have still managed to cram in lots of learning! An interesting highlight was tinkering with Micro:bits in computing. We were amazed at how quickly the children grasped how to use them and the programming exceeded our expectations!
Our learning next week:
Maths: We will begin our new topic of position and movement – in particular looking at lines of symmetry.
English: An exciting week for the children as they will be creating their own myths with exciting creatures.
In Design Technology we will be designing labels for food products we will be making in our forthcoming cookery class, in computing the children will be creating a ‘polling programme’, history will be researching Athens vs Sparta, in Religious Education we will learn about Rama and Sita, in PSHE we will be finding out about relationships online.
Homework:
Spellings: This week we are continuing to look at root words, this time with prefixes and suffixes:
designation assign designer consignment signal
Maths: Worksheet
English: Worksheet
Notices & Reminders:
Thames Young Mariners:
- Prior to the trip, parents/carers and children are invited to a talk at 3.30pm on Tuesday 20th May in the junior hall to learn more about the trip. This will include: photos of the centre and sleeping arrangements, provisional schedules of the two days, examples of the food on offer, reminder about what to take etc. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions. For those families that cannot attend, the presentation will be made available on the school website.
- This presentation will also be shown in school on several occasions prior to the date of going to ensure they are well versed on what to expect.
- Children will be shown ‘social stories’ to support the preparation of the trip
We still need volunteers (with full DBS) needed for the following:
To support with swimming (for after May half term) please contact your class teacher directly:
Foxes, Wednesdays: 1.15 – 3.20pm
Dingoes, Wednesdays 11.45am – 1.45pm
Wolves and Ark, Thursdays 1.15pm – 3.15pm
Volunteer to read with children from Year 5 on Tuesdays and/or Friday afternoons, please contact us on year5@eastwick.thpt.org.uk for all of the above.
Reminder: all children need to come to school with a fully-stocked pencil case which includes a blue handwriting pen, pencil, purple pen, ruler and glue-stick please.
Thank you for your support.
Welcome to Year 5
Please find below the presentation from our Year 5 Parents Information Evening held in September 2024, which provides useful information for parents and carers about Year 5 at Eastwick in 2024-25.
Year 5 Parents Information Evening 2024-25