Welcome to Year 5/6- Emerald Class
Staff
Mrs V Marsh
Emerald
BA (Hons) PGCE
My name is Mrs Marsh and I currently teach in Year 5 and 6. I am the KS2 Curriculum Leader, English and History lead. I also lead on CLASP across KS2 and I am passionate about ensuring all children have access to an enriching and exciting
Mrs D Weaver
Emerald
PE Day & PE Kit
PE will take place on Thursdays .
Please ensure you child comes to school in their PE Kit on that day.
What's New
Download Timetable
emerald_timetable_23-24_summer_1.pdf
Please note that this timetable may change slightly in preparation for the SATs tests.
Snack Money
Tuck Shop is available after school
on Wednesday and Friday.
Daily healthy snack is available to purchase every day at break time. Snack can be purchased at morning break. The maximum amount snack will cost is £2 a week. Children are welcome to bring their own snack, which is less than 110 calories, from home.
Reading Books
Reading Books will usually be changed Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Please read with your child every night and sign their reading record.
Knowledge Organiser
You have been given a Knowledge Organiser and Homework Grid with some tasks relating to our topic.
Homework
Spelling and times table homework will be sent home each Friday and must be returned the following Friday.
Children will get up to 20 spellings per week to learn at home.
Recent Terms Archive
WELCOME TO EMERALD CLASS
Overview
Our literacy topic for this half term focusses on incredible survival stories. We will read stories including:
The Man Who Sucked Blood from a Shark, a sailor who survived for 133 days on a raft in the Atlantic when his ship was torpedoed, using shark's blood in place of fresh water.
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, a teenager who fell 2 miles from an aeroplane and trekked through the Amazon jungle to safety.
Using these extraordinary stories as a stimulus, we will write stories, letters and survival guides with a particular focus on writing for purpose and audience (who is the text for and why are we writing it).
CLASP
Cooking & Forest School
Jigsaw
Our Jigsaw lessons will focus on our Relationships.
Session 1: Looking after our mental health. Part 1.
Session 2: Looking after our mental health. Part 2
Session 3: Grief, sadness and loss.
Session 4: Recognising power and control.
Session 5: Online safety.
Session 6: Online conduct.
Websites to support your child in reading, writing and maths:
Read Write Inc Spelling
For all our Read Write Inc spelling sessions, the children will be split into groups depending on where they are up to.
Each group will have spellings to take home for a test at the end of the week. The test will be first thing on Friday morning and the new spellings will be given out on that day too.
This is part of the children’s homework as we feel it is very important that spellings are learnt in school and at home.
They will be expected to bring in their spelling sheet each Friday to show the staff what they have been doing at home.
Here is an example of the spelling homework the children receive each week. The words in bold are taken from the Year 5/6 statutory word list (tricky spellings children should know by the end of Year 6).
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Celebrating World Book Day
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