St Paul's Church of EnglandPrimary School
'Love God, Love Ourselves, Love Others, Love Learning'
Year 5 - Leopards
Welcome to the Year 5 Leopards class page. Please come and visit our page again for new information.
Staff Members
Mrs Ashworth - Class teacher
Mrs Madden & Mrs Ali - Class teaching assistant
Mrs Lewer - Class teacher (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons)
PE Lessons
PE lessons are Wednesday and Friday. Please remember to have your kit in school at all times. The following items are expected:
Indoor kit
- Purple t-shirt
- black shorts
- black pumps
Outdoor kit
- purple t-shirt
- black shorts, leggings or tracksuit bottoms
- purple or black sweatshirt
- trainers suitable for exercise and use on the playground as well as on grass
The school policy states that all jewellery should be removed. Plasters are not allowed to cover earrings, they must be removed. Religious symbols are also not allowed to be worn during PE lessons for health and safety reasons.
Water Bottles
Individual water bottles should be brought to school and taken home daily for cleaning and refilling. It is scientifically proven that children and adults function better when hydrated, enabling great learning. School cannot supply single use plastic cups to children without water bottles, please ensure your child brings this daily.
Thank you for your support!
Y5 Curriculum Information For Parents.
Homework Information
The pupils will be given 3 pieces of homework per week.
1. Reading: This is the most important skill that your child can learn. Reading fluently and for enjoyment opens many doors both in their childhood and adult lives. Pupils should bring their reading book to school and home again everyday. They are expected to read a minimum of 4 times a week for 20 minutes. Ideally this would be daily, however I realise this is not always possible. Pupils who do not reach this target of 4 times a week will be asked to catch this time up during school.
2. Multiplication facts practice: Each pupil has been provided with a login to the TTRocks website. This is a fun way to practice multiplication facts. This should also be done regularly to increase fluency and speed of recall for each of the facts. The curriculum expectation at Y5 is that pupils will be able to instantly recall all multiplication and related division facts to 12x12. For the rest of the school year, pupils will be completing mixed multiplication questions.
3. Spellings: The pupils will bring home a sheet each Friday. This is also available below. This should be returned each Friday completed. Spelling tests will take place each Friday morning. Those pupils who do not bring in their homework and do not gain a green score will need further practice during a Friday playtime.
Please note we have not issued spellings in the final week of school. Please read with your children often over the Easter period. Thank you.
Spelling Homework - Current week at the top.
Y5 pupils should aim to know their times table facts with instant recall. For the rest of Y5 we will be completing a mixed set of multiplication facts. An example sheet is below.
Example multiplication sheet. The pupils have 3 minutes to complete as many as they can.
Leopard's Gallery
Legends Round The Campfire
Easter Art - Learning objective was to interpret the imagery of Easter artwork.
Some of our awesome Eid outfits
Visiting Artist - Ursula Hurst. The Leopards had a go at creating 3D sculptures from wool, using a felting technique. Their masterpieces were out of this world!
World Book Day
PE - For invasion games we continued to develop our skills in Hockey.
In PSHE, we have been using role play to practice being assertive without causing conflict.
Christmas Trip to Gawthorpe Hall, focusing on a Victorian Christmas.
During our RE topic on The Bible and other Holy Books, we had a visit from Imran Kotwal to look at the Qur'an and how it is similar and different to other Holy Books.
Our opening activity for the Space topic was to launch into space with Nasa!
Anti-bullying week - Odd socks day!
The Leopards would like to wish a very happy birthday to the following pupils, who all celebrate their birthdays during the autumn term.
Happy Birthday to our spring term pupils.
Anna Brooke Qasim & Ayaan
Curriculum Plan & Calculation Policies
If you are unsure of the methods your child is using for calculating in Maths, please click the link below to explore our Calculation Policies, which give examples of how we teach your child.
Literacy Support For Pupils and Parents
Maths Support for Pupils and Parents
Science Support for Pupils and Parents