Year 5P

A very warm welcome to all of the students starting Year 5 at St. Patrick's. I hope you have all had a fantastic summer and feel rested and fresh, ready to start the Autumn term.

Year 5 is a particularly important year and as a team, we will work incredibly hard to make sure it is a wonderful experience for the children. Parents and pupils often have lots of questions at the start of a new year, so please feel free to contact school if you have any worries or would like a quick chat about your child.

I know this will be a brilliant year for the children, and I'm really looking forward to seeing them learning new skills, as well as having lots of fun throughout the year!

Mrs Farley

General Information

This half term we will be starting with the Come and See theme of 'Family', celebrating not only our own unique families, but the family we have here at school and in our wider communities. Our Science topics will start with Properties of Materials and Anglo-Saxons will be the focus of our History topic. We will be going on our school trip in October, so please look out for a letter with regards to this.

Communication

Please let school know if any of your contact details have changed (phone number, email, addresses) in the event we need to call home or contact you. If you need to contact school our number is 01704 225 906. The class email is 5P@stpatricks.sefton.school  (please note replies will be responded to within 48hours).

Homework
We will post English and Maths homework every Monday on Purple Mash. Please encourage your children to practise their spellings several times before completing the online task, to ensure they have a real chance of gaining a good score.  Children will be expected to complete their homework every week, as well as reading each night (approximately 20-30mins). Spellings and timestables will be tested each week.

Completing homework on time, in an organised and structured way is an  excellent habit to encourage, which will prepare children for the future and form a key part in consolidating their learning. Revising times tables will also help your child with key elements of Maths.
If your child is finding homework a challenge please don’t hesitate to let me know.

P.E.

P.E. sessions will take place every Monday. The children will wear their PE kits to school on that day, and this half term Y5 will be swimming each Thursday – they must have the appropriate equipment (hat, goggles) etc. Please note that no jewellery will be allowed when swimming. If your child wears earrings, they must be able to take them out and put them back in themselves. Your help with this would be much appreciated.

Medical

A quick reminder -if your child has a medical condition that staff need to know about, please inform school as soon as possible. If your child requires an inhaler, or any other medicine, please make sure it has been returned to school, and is not out of date and that the appropriate forms have been signed.

Mission Statement Day!

Faithfully following in the footsteps of Jesus,

We serve, love and learn together,

inspiring each other to excellence.

Today in school we celebrated how we follow our school Mission Statement and try to think about the example set for us by Jesus, as we live and learn in our school community. We explored how to 'serve, love and learn together' and realised that we could inspire others through the examples we set. We enjoyed participating in a range of different activities and ended the day by sharing our ideas in the sunshine, with Year 1.