Welcome to Year 5 

Mrs Lukins teaches Kangaroo Class with support from Mrs Lee.

Mr Warren teaches Giraffe Class with support from Mrs Proctor.

The SEN support is provided by Mrs Vearncombe, Miss Carpenter, Miss Gracie and Mrs Bobbett

 

Teachers can be contacted on the following email addresses:

llukins@eastoverschool.co.uk

pwarren@eastoverschool.co.uk

 

Accelerated Reader

Reading in years 3-6

At the beginning of every new school year (in Key Stage Two) your child will complete a reading assessment called 'The Star Reading Test'. STAR Reading is a computerised reading assessment.

Questions continually adjust to your child’s responses. If the child’s response is correct, the difficulty level is increased. If the child misses a question, the difficulty level is reduced. The test uses multiple-choice questions and takes approximately 20 minutes. Your child will re-test on The Star Reading Test every term.

The Star Reading Test will give your child a ZPD (Zone of proximal development) The ZPD is the range of books that will challenge a child without causing frustration or loss of motivation. 

Your child then picks a book at his/her own level and reads it at his/her own pace. They can choose any book within the range and read through the levels at their own pace. When finished, your child takes a short quiz on the computer – passing the quiz is an indication that your child has understood what has been read. 

Homework

Children in Y3- Y6 have the following homework each night. Teachers will access online to see whether your child has completed their tasks every morning. If your child wishes to do more homework or spend longer on each task or complete their own tasks afterwards, this would be excellent! Please note, additional tasks linked to other subjects may be sent out by class teachers.

Fifteen minutes of TT Rockstars, three times a week.

Their daily task on Emile spellings.

If you have any problems, please ask!

Important websites

• TTRockstars

• Accelerated Reading Quizzing

• Emile Spellings

Recent Events

Both classes should feel exceptionally proud of themselves after a wonderful service at St John's Church. Volunteers retold the Easter story and everyone joined in with some beautiful singing.  

The children produced some excellent writing based upon the Benin Kingdom. After reading the tale of Ada and Mbe and their adventure into the Edo Kingdom, the children then completed some research about the civilisation before producing a non-chronological report about it.

 

Summer 1 Learning

English - Sequel narrative - The Island

               - Biography of Philippe Petit - The man who walked between the towers

Maths - Shape, angles, direction and translation.

Geography - What is life like in the Alps?

Science - Living Things, Lifecycles and Reproduction

Upcoming dates

Vivary Park High Ropes - 10th June

Sports Day 30th June 

Move Up Day 1st July