Welcome to Year 5

St Oscar Romero (5NT) and St Teresa (5H)

Mrs Tierney, Mr Naughton and Mr Hardiker

Welcome to Year 5!  

Mr Hardiker, Mrs Tierney and Mr Naughton are delighted to welcome our new Year 5 students. We are really looking forward to the year ahead and can’t wait to see the talents, enthusiasm and hard work that the children will bring to our classes. Supported by Mr Thorley, Mrs Singh and Mrs Khawaja, we will support and encourage every child to achieve their very best.

In Year 5, our expectations are high, but we know that with determination and effort, the children will make excellent progress. Our aim is to provide a broad and balanced curriculum, giving every child the chance to shine not just academically, but also in sport, the arts, and through enrichment opportunities.

Throughout the year, we will continue to nurture the children’s growth through prayer, words, work and play, helping them to develop into confident, resilient and compassionate learners who are ready for the challenges of Year 6 and beyond.

Contact details: admin@stmaryslevenshulme.org.uk Please mark for the attention of Mr Hardiker, Mrs Tierney or Mr Naughton.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Coming Soon

YEAR 5 TIMETABLE

Here is a typical daily timetable for year 5 pupils:

8:30: School opens

8.30-8:45: Registration/Reading/Morning Tasks

8:45am – 9.30am: RE.                          

9.30am – 10.30am: English                 

10.30am – 10:45am: Break time        

10.45am – 12.15pm: Reading & Maths

12.15pm – 1.05pm: Lunch

1.10pm - 3.05pm: Reading/Science/Topic/PE/Spanish/PSHE/Computing

3.10pm: Prayer and home time 

This will be subject change on a daily basis to accommodate all of our enhanced learning opportunities during this term.

Curriculum Offer

Coming Soon

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)

When are our P.E. slots?

Our P.E. slots are on a ________ and a _________ each week.

Please refer to the link on this website for P.E. uniform information: https://www.stmaryslevenshulme.org.uk/school-uniform/

When do we bring our reading books and reading records in?

The children should keep their reading records up to date and will be expected to bring them, and their reading book, in every day even if they have not finished their book. This will allow us to monitor how much your child is reading at home. We would like parents to listen to their child read, initial their reading record and to discuss their book with them at least once a week. We expect your child, where possible, to read each evening. This will really help them to make good progress in all aspects of the curriculum. Activities in the reading logs can be completed as a when your child wants to

What is  our home learning offer and when is our  home learning due in?

Every week:

Spelling - 10 minutes practice every night 

Timestables (TTRS) - 10 minutes every night 

Reading - 30 minutes every night – reading record check will be on a Wednesday

Sticky Questions – sent home for discussion on Monday, discussion in class every Friday

Additional home learning may occasionally be set to support learning 

Children should have their login information for TimesTables Rockstars - this will be stuck inside the front or back cover of their Reading Log. Please let us know if you need another copy.

HEALTHY EATING

Most children require a snack at morning break to keep them going through the day.

We encourage children to bring in healthy snacks full of vitamins and minerals containing no added salt, fat or sugar. Many of these will help contribute to their 5 daily portions of fruit and vegetables, keep them alert and help them concentrate. It can be hard during the week to think of suitable items for them to bring in to school, but we are aiming, with the help of the children, to not only support them in making healthy choices regarding snacks, but to also reduce food packaging and waste. Providing snacks in a small, named, recyclable container is ideal.

If you are intending to send in healthy snacks with your child please limit them to the list below. 

• Vegetable sticks – such as celery, cucumber, peppers or carrot, a range of colour ensures different vitamins and minerals. 
• A piece of cheddar cheese or babybel 
• A piece of fresh or dried fruit, high in soluble fibre and vitamins would also be a great snack– pineapple, mango, kiwi, plain raisins, apricots, blueberries, banana slices. 
• Bread sticks, plain pretzels, banana bread, malt loaf, oat/rice cakes and small pitta breads are also good snacks, providing children with carbohydrate to sustain them in-between meals. 
• Homemade snack - flapjacks or other oat/whole grain based snack. These must be nut free. Items brought into school should be carefully checked by you, to ensure this. St. Mary’s RC Primary School has pupils who are severely allergic to a range of nuts. 

We are aiming for a common-sense approach, with the key being to keep it healthy and no chocolate, sweets or crisps.

We need the children to stay hydrated and so please ensure they bring a named water bottle into school daily. Squash and fruit juice are not permitted. We hope that with your help, we can encourage the children to develop healthy eating habits that become a normal part of everyday life. By keeping high calorie snacks to a minimum and establishing healthy eating habits early on, improvements can be made for a child’s quality of life both in the short and long term.