Key Dates / Reminders / Homework

PE: Year 5 have PE each Thursday morning and should come to school in their PE kit.

Homework: This is allocated, every Wednesday and should be completed and submitted by Monday in a homework book.

TT Rock Stars: Children are asked to learn all times tables up to 12 x 12 - logins have been issued.

Spelling Shed: Children are issued weekly spellings every Monday and should be submitted the following Monday. The spelling lists are also available to practise on Spelling Shed.  These should be practised each evening.

Reading: We ask that all children have their reading record signed by an adult each time they have read at home.  We have adopted a traffic light system to encourage the consistency of reading at home across the school.  On Friday, staff will check the reading records and record either a red, amber or green traffic light:

 Red : Read 3 times or less

 Amber : Read 4 times

 Green : Read 5 times or more

The children's names are put into a 'Traffic Light Treat' draw on a Friday, if your child has read 5 times or more that week and their name comes out of the box, they will choose a special prize from the Traffic Light Treat box!.

Rewards and Celebrations

Class Dojo: Children can earn 'Dojo Points' for any number of positive reasons, such as: following our Golden Rules, demonstrating our character values, excellent attitude, effort and achievement. 

Dojo Dip Winner: Weekly celebration for a child in each class who are awarded the most Dojo Points. The winner selects a book as a reward for their achievement. 

Star of the Day: Child who achieves the most Dojos each day.

Stars of the Week: Two children from each class are awarded the Star of the Week to reflect the excellent learning they have demonstrated that week  These certificates are awarded to the children during Friday Celebration Assembly. 

Handwriting Hero: Each week, one child from each class will be recognised for producing excellent handwriting which will be celebrated in assembly and they will receive a certificate for their efforts.

Whole Class Rewards: As a reward for positive behaviour, the whole class receives a treat when they have received  100 merits/points. 

Reward and Celebration Day: Every half-term, each class takes part in Reward and Celebration Day - usually on the Friday before each half-term. 

Star of PE: Our Health and Well-being coaches award 'Star of PE' to children who show a commitment to their physical and metal well-being. 

myHappymind

In Spring 1, as part of the Appreciate module, the children will learn what appreciation means and think of ways to show appreciation to others. They will learn what they should focus on when thinking about gratitude. They will explore 3 questions to help them develop deeper levels of gratitude. They will learn why it is important to tell others that we're grateful for them and how it makes others feel good when we create a Gratitude Domino Effect. They will explore how gratitude helps our bodies stay calm and releases Dopamine and that this then helps to keep Team H-A -P happy and the Amygdala calm. They will explore when we regularly give and receive gratitude, Dopamine will continuously be released, and even thinking about experiences or people we are grateful for releases Dopamine. 

They will understand that the more we think about gratitude, the stronger the Neural Pathways get and the easier it becomes. They will explore how an Attitude of Gratitude helps us to see all things we are grateful for and makes the problems we face a little easier and that often the hardest category to think about gratitude for is ourselves. 

For more information about myHappymind and mental health provision at Broadoak, please visit our website page: Broadoak Primary School - Mental Health Provision Home Page

Window into the Classroom - Twitter

To enable you to gain an insight into some of the learning and experiences that your child will have whilst in Year 5, we will tweet pictures, videos and work which you can use as a starting point for discussion at home with your child.

Head Bump Protocol

If children have a head injury when at school, they will be assessed by a First Aider. Should the injury be a minor bump, parents/carers will receive an email to inform them that their child has bumped their head in addition to a sticker and a first aid note being sent home. Parents/carers do not need to respond to this email – it is just another way to ensure parents and carers are informed. If a child has a head injury which the first aider believes need to be checked or the child is unwell after a head injury, a telephone call to parents/carers will be made and they will be asked to collect their child and advised to seek medical advice. In the most serious cases, medical assistance would be called to school.

Broadoak Backpack for Life!

Our broad and balanced curriculum aims to develop in children a curiosity and fascination of the world around us. It is our intention that our children will be inquisitive about the world- locally, nationally and globally; to have a sense of awe and wonder about the physical and natural world: places, people, processes, times, changes and development.

Our curriculum is focused on the development of children’s knowledge and skills across all curriculum subjects. We know learning is defined as changes in long term memory so we ensure children build upon and recall previous learning to enable them to know more and remember more in the long term. We aim for our children to become happy, resilient and determined life-long learners who are great thinkers, problem solvers and who are fully prepared for further learning and life events ahead of them.

We prioritise the personal development of our children through our curriculum. They will learn how to take care of themselves, and be healthy -physically, emotionally and mentally, knowledge which will stay with them throughout their life.

Our Broadoak Backpack character values encourage them to celebrate differences, be respectful, have empathy, to be tolerant and kind. They learn and appreciate Fundamental British Values and the Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural dimensions of the world as part of our curriculum, to ensure they are fully prepared for life in modern Britain.

Our curriculum aspires to develop a ‘Backpack’ for life for each Broadoak child, filled with knowledge, skills, experiences, personal attributes and ultimately, an understanding about the world around them which will enable them to thrive and have the confidence and courage to achieve their best in all they do, whilst at Broadoak and beyond.

Online Safety Rules

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Retrieval Questions

Children have to pick out information from a text in order to answer questions about it.

1. Who is telling this story?
2. When/ where is this story set? Find evidence in the text to support your answer.

 Word meaning and Effective language Questions

Children have to explain how phrases/ words have been used to add to the meaning of the text

1. Find and copy one word that means the same as…
2. What does the word …….. tell you about the character/setting/mood?

Prediction Questions

Based on what children have read, they need to make predictions about what they think may happen next

1. Based on what you have read, what does the last paragraph suggest might happen ____? Use evidence from the paragraph to support your prediction.
2. What do you think will happen next?

Inference Questions

Children have to look for clues in the text in order to answer questions about how someone might be feeling or why something is happening. Encourage children to support their answers by finding evidence in the text.

1. I think… Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer using evidence from the text.
2. Describe how …is feeling. Use two pieces of evidence from the text to support your answer.

Summary Questions

Children have to summarise the main points or main events in a paragraph or whole text

1. What is the moral message in the story?
2. Sum up what has happened so far in less than 20 words.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

William Godwin