Welcome to Year 5 - Willow

Our Year 5 Team consists of Mrs Kirby and

Mrs Tyler in Willow class.

PPA Staff - Mrs O'Neill

Mrs Kirby

I am the Year 5 teacher at Little Heath and have been part of the Little Heath family for nearly 22 years . I feel very lucky getting to work with so many wonderful children every day.

Mrs Tyler

I am the Year 5 teaching assistant. I have been part of the Little Heath family for 10 years.  My favourite subjects are English and Maths and I  enjoy listening to children read.

P.E. Days:

All children need their PE kit in school on a Thursday. Our PE kit is plain t-shirt, black shorts/leggings/jogging bottoms and black pumps.                                                      

Homework:

Work is set on Century Tech by the teacher every Friday. It should be completed online by the following Friday. All children are expected to read at home as often as they can and rehearse their times tables on TTRS.  Their creative homework task is set at the start of the term and teachers will set a date for this to be returned. Children choose from a variety of tasks linked to their learning that term.

Reading Books:

The children will choose a library book on a weekly basis. The children visit the library on a Friday and will need to return the book they have and they can then choose another book.

• To be able to read quickly and accurately with a great understanding of the words and language used
• To know the school values and show them consistently all around school to everyone
• To attend school as much as possible
• To use and be able to explain the important language in all subjects both when speaking and in our writing

Throughout the year the teacher uses teacher assessments to judge where the children are against National Curriculum objectives. Children  sit a more formal test at the end of each term (NFER) to support the teacher judgements at different times in the year.

• Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
• Varjak Paw - S.F. Said
• Brightstorm - Vashti Hardy
• The Girl of Ink and Stars - Kiran Millwood Hargrave
• Boy in the Tower - Polly Ho-Yen 
• Tom's Midnight Garden - Phillipa Pearce

Homework Additional Information:

Homework is set on Century Tech each Friday with the expectation that it is completed within a week. Children all have their passcodes to get on.  Library books of the children's own choice are taken home and can be changed regularly, no set day for this. Times tables must be practised regularly. Oxford Owl is recommended for maths games and to access reading books of all levels - www.oxfordowl.co.uk  Children have been given the pass code. Century Tech and Times Tables Rock Stars can be used for times table practice. Children have all been given logins. 

Thank you for visiting our Year 5 information page.

If you have any questions, please do come and speak to one of the Year 5 team. 

Many thanks,

Mrs Kirby