and Woodpeckers' Class Page!
Welcome to Year 5!
Meet the Staff!
Mrs N Allsop - Year Five class teacher (M,T,W)
Miss S Ratcliffe- Year Five class teacher (W,T,F)
Mrs A Golding - Teaching Assistant (mornings)
Miss P Frost - Teaching Assistant
Please note that our PE days for this half term are Tuesday and Wednesday. Remember to come to school already changed into your PE kit on your PE days. Swimming will continue on Tuesday 13th January, don't forget to bring your swimming kit with you to school on that day! Our swimming days this half term are: 24th February, 3rd March, 10th March, 17th March and 24th March.
Here is our Spring 2 Timetable:
Our Topic this half term is Ancient Egypt
Homework: A homework sheet was given out at the start of term. This homework will run until Easter. A copy can be found here:
In Literacy, the children will continue to read a range of texts based around the topic of space.
Our main texts will be:
The Listeners, by Walter Del Le Mare (poetry)A Mummy Ate My Homework (fiction)
We will use the texts to develop our reading and writing skills.
We are covering the following skills in maths this term:
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Decimals and Percentages Step 1 Decimals up to 2 decimal places Step 2 Equivalent fractions and decimals (tenths) Step 3 Equivalent fractions and decimals (hundredths) Step 4 Equivalent fractions and decimals Step 5 Thousandths as fractions Step 6 Thousandths as decimals Step 7 Thousandths on a place value chart Step 8 Order and compare decimals (same number of decimal places) Step 9 Order and compare any decimals with up to 3 decimal places Step 10 Round to the nearest whole number Step 11 Round to 1 decimal place Step 12 Understand percentages Step 13 Percentages as fractions Step 14 Percentages as decimals Step 15 Equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages
Area and Perimeter Step 1 Perimeter of rectangles Step 2 Perimeter of rectilinear shapes Step 3 Perimeter of polygons Step 4 Area of rectangles Step 5 Area of compound shapes Step 6 Estimate area |
It is ESSENTIAL that your child fluently knows their times tables both division facts and multiplication and have quick recall on these. This is ongoing homework for them and is vital to their progress this year - they should have their x tables rockstars password.
Reading: 
Reading as much as possible will really help your child’s progress at school. For their learning passport they must have read three times a week all term. It is very important that they understand what they are reading a few minutes spent asking questions about what has been read helps children to develop comprehension skills which are vital to their education.
Key Dates
Monday 23rd February - Return to school
Monday 24th February - Y5 Swimming starts again
Tuesday 3rd March - Author visit
Wednesday 4th March and Tuesday 10th March - Parents' Evenings
Thursday 5th March - World Book Day
Friday 27th March - Last day of term
Monday 13th April - School re-opens for all pupils
Please see the class email address below where you can contact Mrs Allsop/ Miss Ratcliffe with any queries you may have. Please also keep an eye on your own emails as class information will often be sent via this email address:
woodpeckers@coppice.derbyshire.sch.uk