Welcome to Year 5 (Class 8) 

Mr Rowntree (Class Teacher)	Miss Hogan (Support Staff)

Welcome to Class 8 (Year 5) with Mr Rowntree (Class Teacher) and Miss Hogan (Support Staff).

In Year 5 we have a positive learning attitude and work hard to achieve our personal goals and targets.

As part of Upper KS2, our Year 5 pupils are encouraged to independently apply their knowledge and demonstrate increasing responsibility in a variety of different ways across every subject area. We are a hard-working class, building on what we have already learned as some of the oldest children at Rift House, and looking to the future as we prepare for the challenges of Year 6 and beyond!

As with the rest of Rift House, our Year 5 pupils are continually encouraged to make the right CHOICES in their time with us, both at school and at home. We believe that these CHOICES go far beyond good behaviour and, instead, enable our children to grow into independent, conscientious and proactive members of an ever-evolving society. We take pride in endeavouring to ensure that our pupils leave us as well-rounded and unique individuals wholly prepared for the challenges ahead and eager to embrace every opportunity that they will be presented. 

Take a look at our CHOICES below!

Our Learning Environment

Welcome to...
	Our learning environment is safe, inviting and inspirational!	Enriching our environment is key. Our SENSES curriculum approach means we explore learning through experiences.	Our displays focus on celebrating our work through "working walls" that explore our learning journeys.
			...our classroom!
Reading is at the core of our classroom. We believe every child has the right to read and we provide a range of opportunities.	Our classroom library is stocked with a range of fiction and non-fiction books that complement our wider curriculum and provide knowledge and inspiration.	Pupils always have the opportunity to make use of our reading corner, enjoying their favourite books or exploring new ones!

Our Timetable

At Rift House we aim for your child to participate in a broad and balanced curriculum.

Our timetable shows various opportunities that your child will access daily, including opportunities for mindfulness, Primary Movement and energisers.

What have been up to?

How can you support your Year 5 child?

• Year 5 PE sessions are every Tuesday and Friday afternoon. Children MUST have their school PE kits and bags for both sessions. They must also have suitable and sensible footwear such as plimsoles or trainers. 

• Keep an eye on our various forms of communication for any updates, especially when we share our classwork through the Seesaw app. If, for whatever reason, you do not yet have access to this app, please see Mr Rowntree.

• Talk to your child about our Reading lessons in school. We have a tremendous focus on Fluency, Summarising and Background Knowledge within our sessions at the moment. Children are encouraged to read with real focus on character or context and should continually be challenging themselves to consider information and form opinions as they read, whether aloud or quietly.

• Children will receive Maths homework on a Monday evening and should hand this in on a Friday morning. This homework is intended to help your child consolidate and embed what they have been doing during the previous week, so they should be confident in completing these tasks.