Welcome to Mrs Burns Class   

Welcome to Year 5 everyone, I hope you have all had a fantastic summer. Year 5 will be taught by Mrs Burns Monday to Wednesday and on Friday, Mrs Shaw on Thursday and supported in class by Mrs Brown.  

In literacy, we start our term with the book FArTHER, exploring setting narratives and letter writing. As a class story we will be reading ‘The London Eye Mystery’ by Siobhan Dowd. Our maths begins with work on place value. Our first science topic of the year will be about properties and changes of material, and in history we will be studying Ancient Greece. In PE, we will be exploring invasion games in netball and swimming, and we will be focussing on interactive installations in art. For more information about the Year 5 curriculum please refer to the ‘Curriculum on a page’ document at the bottom of the page.

Homework

Each week, your child will be given some homework. This will include reading each evening, learning the multiplication tables, spellings and a maths activity. Homework will be given out on Monday and returned on Friday each week. We would appreciate it if you could support your child in the planning of when they should spend time completing homework as it is best to do frequent short sessions rather than all of it in one evening.

We encourage Year 5 to read for pleasure and explore a range of different genres, including books, comics, graphic novels, articles, magazines and newspapers. The wider children read, the better their spelling and vocabulary become.

PE & Swimming

The children in year 5 have P.E. lessons on Tuesday afternoons: they will need to remember their kit on these days. We should remind everybody; P.E. kit includes coloured T-shirts (depending on their house team), black or blue shorts and trainers. No jewellery should be worn for safety reasons. It is important for children to have their P.E. kit so we are able to provide them with a healthy, active curriculum.

This term, Year 5 will be having weekly swimming lessons. We will start on Wednesday 10^th September 2025 until Wednesday 19^th November 2025. We will travel, by bus, to The Sands Centre in Carlisle. Please could your child come to school with a swimming costume or swimming shorts (no bikinis please), a towel in a bag along with a healthy snack.

Reminders:

• Children should arrive at school at 8:45am.

• Children need to bring a coat, a water bottle (containing water), a bag, a breaktime snack (if they wish - fruit or a cereal bar) and their homework books and reading records to school (and a packed lunch if needed) - please avoid bringing pencil cases and any other unnecessary items.

• Have PE kit in school every Tuesday and swimming kit every Wednesday.

• Not only in our class but as a school, we strive to help your child achieve his/her full potential in every area of school life and to this end we will all work hard to ensure this happens.  In return, we expect the children to apply themselves fully and success should follow. Lots of effort in school, plenty of water to drink and lots of sleep needed. 

A few dates:

Wednesday 10^th September – Swimming lessons start

Wednesday 17^th September – Meet the Teacher 3:30pm-5:30pm

Tuesday 4^th November – School photos

Please look out for updates and photos on Class Dojo. Feel free to contact me there with any questions you might have – I won’t reply to messages during my quiet hours and weekends.

Looking forward to a brilliant year with you all!

Mrs Burns

Homework and website links

• Spelling Shed

• TT Rockstars

• Dance Mat Typing

• Bitesize SATs Revision Practise for your SATs with these activities in English, Maths and Science.