Cressing Primary School

 Dear Parents,  

Firstly, Welcome to Year 5! All the children have settled really well and are now becoming used to the routines and expectations of Year 5. They are really engaging with the learning and are enjoying having responsibilities around the school. We are very excited to be moving into our new classroom soon. 

Please support your child to complete their homework on time, this year it is to be completed online at maths.co.uk and spag.com - the children have their log ins in their reading diaries. Homework will be set every Friday and I expect it to be completed by Thursday. It is also very important to carry on encouraging your children to read frequently. I understand that older children may not want to hear being read, but you can still discuss their books with them and ask them about what they have read or what might happen next. I know not every child has a love for reading so encourage them to read magazines, newspapers, poetry and information texts even if this is on the computer. Please feel free to ask me for suggestions on books they might like to read as I have a good knowledge of children's authors and books.  

House Keeping 

• PE days are Monday and Wednesday 

• Please send an email to the office if your child is allowed to walk home on their own. 

• If you need to contact me urgently, please do this through the office- they will forward the email to me- however during a working day I rarely have time to look at my emails and anything that is an emergency may therefore be missed. 

• No pencil cases needed in Year 5. But the children may use their own pencil cases in the afternoons if we are colouring etc 

Key Adults 

Mrs. Morgan – Class teacher 

Mrs. Blatch – PPA Cover on a Wednesday afternoon 

Miss Kelly, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Sabini and Mrs. Bartlett – Learning Support Assistants on different days in the classroom. 

This Half Term’s Learning 

Our main theme is ‘Ancient Maya’. This is a Historical theme- we will be studying The Ancient Maya Civilisation. We will be writing reports on how the Ancient Maya lived, including their punishment systems; looking at Masks in Art; in Geography we will look where the Ancient Maya lived and the countries that are there now; in R.E we will look at the different beliefs of different religions and how some people don’t believe in a god. Our Science does not link to our theme but will we be looking at forces and how we can effect forces, making items easier or harder to move. In D/T, we have a link to our main theme as they will be trying to build a freestanding shell structure of a temple. There will be competition to see which one can hold the most weight. As a class we will also be reading the book ‘A kind of Spark’. 

In Maths we will continually practise arithmetic skills, understanding place value and working on our addition and subtraction skills.  

I look forward to working with you. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any queries 

Kind Regards  

Mrs. Morgan