Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!
Well, we now have week two under our belts and our new recruits continue to settle in nicely!
Please remember that each Year Five Tutor offers a 'Drop In' session every week (please see last week's Blog for details) which is worth bearing in mind.
Lots to cover so let's get cracking...
Permission for after school clubs
I am so impressed with the number of Year Five children who have attended clubs this week! There has been an incredible turn out across the board for both lunchtime and after school activities.
Please remember that if your child is going to attend an after school club for the the first time, they need to have written permission in their Home/School diaries. If written permission is not given then they will be not be able to attend that club.
You only need to write the permission once.
Mrs Scott and I run Book Group on a Thursday once a fortnight, and we were delighted to see so many Year Five children attend - they were fantastic!
Worth a Mention Children
Huge congratulations to the children who found their names on this week's Worth a Mention Board in the Year Five Corridor this week.
If you look at the above image you can see why these children have been awarded this honour.
Huge congratulations to all ten of you - to be the first 'Worth a Mention Children' of the year is extremely impressive indeed.
I can't wait to see who will be on the board next week!
Golden Time
This week was the first week that we 'enforced' Golden Time in Year Five and, considering is was a first for the children, they all did a sterling job in trying and earn this precious time.
There were a few little blips that is understandable, so I am hoping that we have pointed children in the right direction so they are on target for this coming Friday.
We do appreciate that there is still a little confusion with the Reading Record section in the diary.
We are finding that what is shown in the image above is a manageable way of recording those important five weekly reads.
The children can crack on with getting their five reads and start getting them under their belts as soon as the cut off time has passed (usually a Friday morning) so the weekends are ideal times to get going.
Thank you for your patience and understanding when getting to know the new systems - we're all heading in the right direction.
The Home/School Diary needs to be signed on a weekly basis as well. The diaries this year are a different format to previous versions so if you are used to them, it is probably a bit confusing.
In order for the children to get their Golden Time, the previous week needs to be signed.
I hope that makes things a bit clearer...
Super Sentences
We have cracked on with our learning and 5ER have shown me what super duper writers they are already!
Having looked at an animation called 'Lighthouse', the children had to produce a piece of descriptive writing based on the story it told. Once they had finished, they had to choose their favourite descriptive sentence, write it on a piece of paper and then have it scrutinised by the class. They then chose their favourite sentence by voting using sticker power.
These are their favourite sentences:
...and this is where they are proudly displayed:
Marvellous!
We're going on a Spider Hunt
As part of our Ecology topic, we have been on the hunt for spiders in different habitats around the school grounds. We have found some whoppers! If you hate spiders and they turn you into a quivering wreck, then look away now!
Apologies for the blurred images - who knew that spiders were so camera shy?!
Buddens
Thank you for all the returned slips and payments for our Buddens trips on the 28th and 30th September. We have asked that payment (£5.75) and permission slips are returned by the 20th September. It is essential that medical forms are completed and returned to school as soon as possible. Without a completed medical form, we cannot take the children with us on the trip.
So, that's it for this week. I hope you all have/had a lovely weekend and a well deserved rest!
If you are feeling brave, it would be great to receive some comments? It's always makes my day when people give me some feedback so go on, make my day!
See you back here next week!
Mrs Ray
(who is already starting to check the weather forecast in preparation for our trip to Wareham!)
