Hello, I’m Miss Mcloughlin and I am the teacher in Year 5. We are really lucky this year we have a trainee teacher Miss Airey working with us.

We also have Mrs Reilly who teaches on a Tuesday morning.

PE

PE is every Monday and Thursday afternoon. Children need to come into school dressed in their school PE kit, navy shorts, joggers or leggings, white t-shirt and navy hoody. We always try to do PE outdoors when we can, so please can children make sure they are dressed appropriately for the weather.

Reading

We love reading in Year 5! All children have a school reading book. They need to bring their book into school every day, even if they haven’t read at home that evening, this is because we try to read with the children as much as possible. Reading at home is important in helping the children to make progress and apply the skills they have learnt in school so please try and read with your child as much as you can.  Reading at home needs to be recorded on Seesaw so that we can keep track of how often your child is reading. Certificates are given at the end of each week to celebrate children who have read at home.

Spellings

Children will receive their 10 spellings on a Friday, these will be assigned on Spelling Shed and on Seesaw. Spelling tests will be on the following Friday morning. Results from the spelling test will be shared on Seesaw and those with full marks will also receive a message on Marvellous Me.

Spelling Shed is an amazing tool to help the children learn their spellings. Children should be practicing their spellings every day to help embed their knowledge and be apply their spellings in their writing.

Proud Cloud

The children help to choose the target for the ‘Proud Cloud’ from our ‘Links Learning Powers’ and the aim is to get everyone’s names up on the cloud by the end of the week.

Marvellous Me

I use Marvellous Me regularly to let you know when your child is doing particularly well or to share photos or videos of our learning.

Certificates

We have weekly certificates for ‘Star of the Week’, ‘Writer of the Week’ and ‘Mathematician of the Week’.  I will also award certificates to children who read at home and have shown this on ‘Seesaw’.

TimesTables Rockstars

Times table knowledge is crucial in Year 5. The children need to use TTRockstars to practise their times tables.

Contact

If you have any questions or queries throughout the year, please do not hesitate to get in touch. You can contact me on our class email lpyear5@thelinksprimary.org.uk

Or alternatively through the school telephone number.