Y5
Teachers - Mrs McCurdy, Mrs Lambert, Mr Heyes
Support Staff - Mrs Marley, Mrs Turner
Reading
Please try to read with your child at least four times a week and record your child's reading diary. This can be the school banded book or a book from home. It is important to check that, as well as becoming more fluent, the children understand what they are reading, especially as they begin to read longer and more complex books. This can be done by discussing the book afterwards, or during reading. Talk about the characters, setting or main events. Encourage children to develop empathy by focusing on characters' emotions and motivations.
It is important that your child has their reading record in school every day so that adults within school can also record in them. An adult will collect and record the times read each week. Each class has its own system in place to recognise and reward children who read at home with adults.
We encourage a love for reading and aim for our children to be life-long readers. The children are encouraged to read and enjoy the books in our book area within the school day. Children are welcome to bring their own reading book from home as long as it is of an appropriate level for them to read and enjoy independently.
We also celebrate reading through celebrating star readers each fortnight in our celebration assembly.
In our reading lessons, we follow the 'Pathways to Read' scheme that is designed to equip pupils in year 5 with key skills to become competent and fluent readers. The year 5 units provide clear, detailed lesson plans and resources linked to high-quality texts, ensuring engaging and purposeful reading sessions that support our pupils in developing the confidence during comprehension activities and foster a love for reading.
Weekly homework tasks are presented as a menu where children can choose one activity per week alongside additional maths and reading tasks.