Welcome to Primary 5!

A little bit about our lovely class:

We have 21 children in Primary 5 this year.  (10 girls and 11 boys).

Our teacher is Miss Hanna and our assistants are Mrs Morgan and Mrs McAleenan.

P5 is the first class of Key Stage Two. Every year the work gets a bit harder, which can be daunting. We aim for independence but know that sometimes it is okay to ask for help. We will make mistakes and we will learn from them - that’s okay.  We hope for everyone to try their best and fulfil their potential. There will be lots of new information and lots of hard work throughout the year. We know we must work hard in Primary 5, but we also know having fun along the way is important!

This year, the whole school will continue to focus on Health and Wellbeing, and we will study topics such as settling in, resilience, mindfulness, friendship, managing our feelings, kindness, conflict resolution, and transitioning.  

Below are some key days to remember when packing your school bag and getting prepared for school:

Monday: Please return Friday tests (signed by a parent / guardian) PE Gear today! Homework sent home on a Monday.

Tuesday: 

Wednesday: 

Thursday: PE gear today!

Friday: Spelling test and mixed mental maths test.

Children should wear FULL school uniform. This includes yellow polo shirt, blue jumper with school crest, plain BLACK shoes or plain BLACK trainers and smart grey trousers, skirt or pinafore.
Jogging bottoms and leggings are not permitted on these days.

On PE days, children may wear school jogging bottoms, PLAIN black/grey leggings/jogging bottoms. No detailing should be visible. Patterned leggings are NOT appropriate school uniform.

Homework for the following week will usually be sent home on a Monday if this is possible for us. It can be completed whenever is most appropriate for your family but must be brought back into school by Friday morning in time for preparation for the next week’s homework.

Monday - Friday : Children need a HEALTHY snack each day (bread based snack, fruit, veg or a yoghurt) and hot dinners must be booked before midnight the previous day using the school money system.

Don’t forget your water bottle. Water / sugarfree still flavoured water only in waterbottles during class time and fruit juice (not fizzy) can be brought with you for lunch time. 

We adhere to a healthy school’s policy in Saint Joseph's. Please be mindful of this when packing lunch boxes.

https://www.nhs.uk/healthier-families/recipes/healthier-lunchboxes/

See NHS healthier families website for ideas.

Here is an outline of what we will be covering this year across the curriculum:

The order of these is subject to change and will be revisited and explored throughout the year.

Numeracy:

(The order of these is subject to change)

Literacy:

Writing:

We will cover a variety of writing styles as shown below:

These will tie in with our topics for the year.

Each week we will also learn about grammar, spelling, punctuation and comprehension

World Around Us:

Our topics for the year are shown below:

We learn about our topic through Science, Geography and History along with cross-curricular links across all aspects of the curriculum including Literacy, Numeracy, ICT and The Arts.

Miss Hanna