Welcome to Class 5's Homepage

Your teacher is Miss Shankland

Your teaching assistant is Ms Hill

General Housekeeping

PE:

Class 5 PE days are Monday and Tuesday. PE kit should be worn to and from school on these days to prevent the need for changing. Please make sure that tracksuits are worn in cold weather and that children have suitable trainers which support their ankles. Long hair must be tied up, earrings will need to be removed or taped up and nails must be kept short to avoid injury to themselves or other pupils during practical sessions.

Homework:

Homework will be assigned every Friday via Times Tables Rockstars (TTRS) or SATs Companion and should be completed by the following Friday.

Pupils are expected to spend at least 20 minutes per week on TTRS, in addition to completing the Maths and English tasks set on SATs Companion.

If you are unable to access either of these online platforms at home, please inform your child’s teacher. We will make arrangements for your child to attend Homework Club, where they will have access to technology and support to help them complete their tasks.

Spellings: 

Every two weeks, children will be introduced to a new spelling rule. They will bring home a word list that reflects the types of words they have been learning in class. These spellings will be tested on the second Monday after they are set (not the following Monday).

The spelling rule will be practised regularly in school, and at the end of the unit, children will complete a short dictation to demonstrate their understanding.

Times tables:

It is important that children practise their times tables regularly, as fluency in multiplication facts provides a strong foundation for many areas of the Mathematics curriculum, including fractions, percentages, and area.

To support this, children are required to have their planner signed as confirmation that they have engaged with Times Tables Rockstars. Those who consistently complete this practice will be recognised through the awarding of extra golden time.

Reading: 

The children are expected to read their school reading book every day for at least 15 minutes. This will need to be recorded in their planner. When your child has completed their book they have the responsibility to tell their class teacher and or TA, who will then allow them to change their reading book. Children will have regular opportunities to change their reading books at our mini library in between Class 5 and 6 in the Upper Key Stage 2 block. 

Please see our book list below for 2025/2026:

Our topic this half term is:                                             Being Me in My World                                                    

Age- appropriate texts

Across the whole of Renhold Primary School, we encourage the reading of age-appropriate class texts to inspire the imagination of the children and to create high quality writing opportunities. All books that we have chosen are recommended by literary persons, who deem them age-appropriate.

In Years 5 and 6, this can sometimes mean that some language within chosen texts needs further explanation to the children. As teachers, we would explain the use and appropriateness of some language we come across in our texts to allow the children to understand why it has been used and in which context it is meant.

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