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

The children published some fantastic writing based on the story of Rumaysa, a retelling of the classic tale of Rapunzel but with a young, muslim girl is centre stage. These can be seen in the gallery. During Career's Day, the children were visited by Levi Holland from Andrew Lees Lettings, talking to the children all about what is involved in letting properties. We also got to hear all about the amazing adventures Kizzie Proctor gets up to as a tour manager for multiple musical artists. Finally, the children visited St John the Baptist Church to learn about the importance of Lent and some have made some interesting choices of things to give up for 40 days. Time will tell whether they've been successful. 

Spring 2 Learning

English - Non Chronological Report - Children of the Benin Kingdom

                 Opinion Piece - Anne Frank

Maths - Decimals and Percentages, Statistics, Perimeter and Area

Science - Forces

Geography - What is life like in the Alps?

Upcoming dates

World Book Day - 5th March

Easter Service and St John the Baptist Church - 27th March

Vivary Park High Ropes - 10th June