Welcome to Y5!

Hello, I'm Mrs Penney and I am so excited to be teaching Year 5 this year. We have lots of fun and interesting topics ahead of us! I am the Music and History lead and this will be my twelfth year at Coates Primary School. I love to sing and play the piano and also love sewing in my spare time. I also love to spend lots of time with my family. 

We have some really interesting topics to look forward to this academic year:

Y5 Important Information

Reading

Reading diaries will be checked every THURSDAY for their 5 reads. Reading certificates will be sent home on TUESDAYS.

Homework

I will set English and Maths homework every THURSDAY on Google Classroom and Century. The English and Maths homework will need to be uploaded by TUESDAY EVENING, of the following week. I will test spellings on THURSDAYS and the results will be sent home on FRIDAYS. If you are having any difficulties with Google Classroom or Century please let me know and I and I will do my best to help.

PE

WEDNESDAYS and THURSDAYS will be our PE days this year. On those days, the children will need to come to school wearing their PE kits.

Topics for this year

We have got some really exciting learning planned in Year 5.

Autumn 1 - Blackouts, Battles & The Blitz (WW2)

Autumn 2 - Around the British Isles

Spring 1 - Raid, Invade, Stayed - The Anglo-Saxons

Spring 2 - Journey into the Rainforest

Summer 1 - Raid, Invade, Stayed - The Vikings

Summer 2 - South America

Our topic this half-term is World War II. We will be holding an exciting Evacuee Experience WOW Day on Tuesday 8th September. Details have been sent via Parentmail.

Watch this space for photos of our first week back and important information about life in Year 5!