Year 5 Newsletter 9th September 2022-23

Living our values

We are motivated and engaged

Important dates for your diary

Well-being

Reporting Covid cases and CSL provision

Please remember to contact the school nurse if your child tests positive for Covid. The school nurse will inform you of any quarantine requirements. 

If your child is sick or has any Covid symptoms, please keep them at home and monitor them. 

CSL online learning is only available to students who have tested positive for Covid or students who have been requested to quarantine at home. 

International Dot Day

International Dot Day is next Wednesday, 15th September. To mark this event students will be creating dot art, linking to our Interculturalism theme and completing dot investigations in maths. Students may dress in dotty or spotty clothes on this day. If they dont have anything with dots, they can come in bright colours.

World Peace Day

World Peace Day is on the 21st September. Students are asked to come to school wearing purple clothes.

There will also be a Year 5 & 6 assembly, which parents are invited to join in the theatre at 8:10am. If you do come along, please could we ask that your sit with your child's year group. Y6 students will sit upstairs in the theatre, parents to sit in the back rows of the upper tier. Staff will be able to help you with this.

Learning

Are you up for the challenge of writing a whole novel in a month?

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is a fun, empowering and engaging way to write creatively. The main challenge is in November but you can also write novels at any time of the year.

Sign up for an account here using my class code below: https://ywp.nanowrimo.org/

You need your parents' permission so ask them to sit with you while you register.

Get started with your first piece of writing now if you want! I will be able to read your writing and offer feedback and support, and you can also share with other students in our classes.

There are also some great resources to help you craft your writing style that you can use.

In November, we will join the challenge and hopefully you will be successful in publishing a whole novel within a month!

Times Table Rockstars - Improving Times Tables

Times tables are a fundamental skill in Maths. To help our students improve this skill, we are using Times Tables Rockstars. 

Practising often has a positive impact on the development of this skill and improves recall and confidence. 

Please support your child to practise at home. Ideally, they should practise for around ten minutes at least four times a week. 

We will have regular practise in school as well. 

https://ttrockstars.com/ 

Class Blogs and home learning

Here is the link to the Year 5 blogs. You will find an overview of your child's learning along with their home learning tasks and any important messages from your child's class teacher. 

Please check your child's class blog weekly to stay informed about their learning. 

Please encourage your child to complete their home learning.

PE curriculum

Interclass Basketball Year 5 and 6 - Monday 26th September - Add the date to your diary

Year 5 will have an Interclass basketball competition on the 26th September. Parents are welcome to come along to support. 

More information to follow. 

Swim Gala - Monday 10th October - Add the date to your diary

Year 5 will have a swim gala on the 10th October from 10:05 to 12:10pm in the 25m pool. Parents are welcome to come along to support the event. 

Please ensure that you child brings in their swim suit, swim hat, googles, a towel and sun cream. 

We look forward to celebrating this event with you. 

Global Citizenship

Art bags

In Year 4, students in their Specialist Art classes learnt about the expressionist artist Jean Michel Basquiat, analysing his unique style. Students then got creative and made their own inspired Basquiat illustrations, portraits and paintings on paper, card, canvas, and fabric.

The fabric was sent to the Chiang Mai based community project BEAM over the holiday. BEAM empowers marginalised communities in northern Thailand through sewing skill development and is a wonderful organisation that we are grateful to have the opportunity to partner up with. 

BEAM created these amazing tote bags with the Basquiat inspired fabric designs, and we think they look wonderful! 

If you would like to purchase one, please send your child to school with 200b. They can choose their design, and all proceeds will go to BEAM to help support their all-important sewing skills education.

Thank you for supporting this charity. 

Events In The World 

You can keep up to date with current events around the world by watching Newsround, an age appropriate news show.  Being aware of current events will help your child to make connections with a range of themes when reading in class, and it is an ideal opportunity for you to model discussing your opinions and using experiences to draw connections between events and people. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

Birthdays 

We are a NUT FREE school. Please when ordering birthday treats double check before bringing treats on the campus. Many toppings offered by some donut shops have flaked almonds in their toppings and peanut butter fillings.

• Individual treats can be brought into school with your child in the morning.
• Please agree a time with the teacher in advance.
• Children will be expected to eat any birthday treats outside of classrooms.
• Parents can join in the celebrations.

General Information

Japanese group for Japanese families

<日本人グループに参加しませんか>

パタナの日本人グループは日本人生徒の保護者により運営されているグループです。現在およそ70家族が加入しており、毎年行われるインターナショナルデーなどの学校活動に協力しています。また情報交換の場として親睦会を行っています。

参加ご希望の方はpatanajapaneseg@gmail.comまでご連絡ください。

Hello! We are the Japan Group consisting of approximately 70 families, and mainly supporting International Day and other school activities.

If you are a Japanese speaker and are interested in joining this group, please contact us.

Our contact is here: patanajapaneseg@gmail.com

PTG - Get connected to keep in touch

Temporary Guardianship Form - let us know if both parents are going away and leaving a student with a friend, nanny or a maid.

Important Contacts