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Year 5

Return to School Arrangements (Sept 2021)

25th August 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

25.08.21

Dear Parents and Carers,

This year has been a challenging one for everyone but I would like to say a massive thank you for your ongoing support and understanding throughout. We are excited to welcome the children back in September and looking forward to the coming school year.

I thought it important to write to you all to outline some of the things we will be planning to do in September. We are hoping to return to a near normal school day with some tweaks to what is expected and what we do in school.

Start and finish times

Due to government advice and the potential reintroduction of bubbles and staggered start times we have decided to continue with staggered entrance times to help keep us all safe.

Year group	Entrance/Exit gate	Drop off time	Collection time
Reception	Main gate (car park entrance)	9.00am	3.15pm
Year 1	Top gate (road)	9.00am	3.15pm
Year 2	Burn gate (field)	9.00am	3.15pm
Year 3	Main gate (car park entrance)	8.45am	3.15pm
Year 4	Burn gate (field)	8.45am	3.15pm
Year 5	Burn gate (field)	8.30am	3.15pm
Year 6	Main gate (car park entrance)	8.30am	3.15pm

RECEPTION PARENTS – please stick to your staggered start times for the first week

Siblings can arrive at the earliest start time and go to their class through the main entrance.

All children finish at 3.15pm and should be collected from their classroom yard exits. All 3 gates will be opened from 3.10pm (please don’t arrive early to avoid congregation) on entering the school to collect your child use the same gate that you used for morning drop off. If you have more than one child to collect, please collect the youngest child first.

Uniform

We will be expecting full school uniform from September but we have changed our uniform policy to make it more accessible, more affordable and comfortable for the children (please see the school website for details).

Children have to be in school uniform every day and are no longer coming into school wearing PE kits. They should have a PE kit in school.

School shoes can remain as trainers but they need to be plain black with no fancy designs or logo’s (a Nike tick or similar is acceptable), this is easier for children at playtime and taking part in the daily mile.

Other Key Information

Breakfast club will start on Wednesday 8^th September at 8am. Breakfast club will now be in the hall so please make sure children come to the main entrance. Parent pay will need to be booked through the parent pay website.

After school clubs will be up and running in week 2 a list of clubs available will be sent out to you soon.

Hand hygiene

We will continue to ask children to wash hands regularly and will continue to provide hand sanitizer; the children and staff have got into good habits so we want this to continue through the winter months to reduce the risk of any viruses spreading.

Face coverings

Staff and adults, including family members are not required to wear a face mask on site.

I hope this clarifies the arrangements for September. If you have any questions, please get in touch

Enjoy the rest of the summer break and we will see you all very soon.

Thank you

Linsey Garr

Head teacher

Year 5 Surfing

12th July 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 5 had a great day with South Shields Surf School yesterday, it was a well deserved treat for all their hard work in what’s been a tough year.

Sports Day 2021

8th July 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

This year, being a little bit different, we couldn’t gather in our key stages to compete in sports day. We did however, all take to the tracks to compete in our bubbles.

There were various games competed in house colours including balancing a bat on a ball, bean bag shuttle, and the sack race!

It was such good fun for all year groups – everyone had a tremendous time!

Have a look below at some short videos of each year group enjoying their turn on the tracks.

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Diversity Week 2021

28th June 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

We have been celebrating diversity at school this week by taking part in various activities across the school to celebrate difference.

In Year 1 the children have been thinking about how everyone they meet is different. They have created some amazing artwork which showcases how every child in Year 1 is unique and special in their own ways.

They used the brightest colours they could and worked hard to show that everyone should be proud of who they are!

Year 1/2 looked at the book “It’s ok to be different” by Todd Parr. We talked about all the different ways we are different to one another and agreed these things make us all unique, special and wonderful. Class four would like to tell the world “it’s ok if…..”

It's ok to be upset, shocked, sad, or happy

Year 1/2 working on their diversity week project

In PE , Year 2 have been finding out a little more about talented LGBT+ sportspeople and their sports. They played a game where the children had to act out the sport as they raced to find the sportsperson first. They had fun and lots of dojos!

Year 2 learning about LGBT+ sportspeople

Year 2 listened to the well known story of Elmer the Elephant by David McKee and talked about being unique. They made Their own bespoke elephants to reflect their own personalities and differences.

Year 2 children showing off their Elmer work under the rainbow flag

In Year 3, the children have been learning about what ‘pride’ means and what each colour represents on the rainbow flag.

Red = Life

Orange = Healing

Yellow = Sun

Green = Nature

Royal Blue = Harmony

Violet = Spirit

Pale pink and pale blue = Trans flag

Brown = LGBT people of colour

Black = LGBT people who have passed away

They discussed how important it is to show tolerance and respect for one another, then created their own pride flags with collage materials.

Year 3's pride flags on display in the classroom

In Year 4, children wrote their own Diversity acrostic poems. They also got together to discuss and make their ‘Pride Promises’

A Year 4 child's poem for Diversity Week

To celebrate International Pride Day, Year 5 have been learning about diversity and how important it is to be kind to everyone in our community. They have designed Pride T-shirts that they feel best represents the kindness and respect that they have for the LGBT+ community.

Rainbow

Year 6

Year 6 had a Friday afternoon session on Diversity. They wrote what diversity meant to each of them, then created profiles about themselves to show how they are different from one another. They then found someone else in the year group that had their own special values.

Year 6 also spent time decorating their classroom door to show how inclusive and accepting their classroom is. They completed acrostics for the inside of the classroom and decorated bunting in bright colours for the outside.

All children celebrated the end of Diversity Week by coming to school in bright and colourful clothes on Monday. Here are Year 3 looking particularly colourful!

Children in year 3 dressed in bright colours for Diversity Week

We have also spent some time decorating our school gates with the rainbow flag and pictures and information about LGBT+ icons in different fields.

Year 5 visit to Eden Camp

17th June 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

Last week as part of Year 5’s History topic on WW2, they visited Eden Camp in North Yorkshire.

The museum was once a prisoner of war camp and has since been converted to help educate people on the events that took place during WW2.

The children thoroughly enjoyed the trip and it allowed them the opportunity to consolidate their learning and experience what life was really like during this important time in British history.

Year 5 Cricket Competition

13th June 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

Before half term, 20 children from Year 5 attended a cricket competition at Castle View Academy. The children played well and developed their batting, bowling and fielding skills over the course of the day. All involved had a great time.

Children participating in the cricket competition at Castle View

A child steps up to bat at the cricket competition at Castle View

Lockdown Leaders

30th May 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

During the last school closure, 5 children were chosen to be lockdown leaders.

Their task was to keep the children, still at school, fit and active despite the limitations of lockdown. They decided the best way to do this was to organise a series of competitions.

They decided to organise a timed run, an obstacle course and a football skills course for the whole school to complete.

All three events were a great success and the lockdown leaders were awarded £20 worth of gift vouchers each by South Tyneside Sport Network last week. Well done lockdown leaders!

Little litter pickers!

18th May 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

Today Year 5 students took part in a litter pick. We collected 6 bags full of rubbish in preparation for the development of the outdoor learning area which starts on Wednesday…litter bugs beware!

Football tournament at Castle View

14th May 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

On Wednesday, 24 Year 5 children took part in a football competition at Castle View Academy. Although they didn’t win on this occasion, all children approached each game with a fantastic attitude and had a great time.

Year 5 Summer 1 Focus Text

30th April 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

This half-term Year 5 are reading the text ‘Journey to the Rivet Sea’ following the Journey and adventures of Maia.

Sent in 1910 to live with distant relatives who own a rubber plantation along the Amazon River, English orphan Maia is excited. She believes she is in for brightly coloured macaws, enormous butterflies, and “curtains of sweetly scented orchids trailing from the trees.” Her British classmates warn her of man-eating alligators and wild, murderous Indians. Unfortunately, no one cautions Maia about her nasty, xenophobic cousins, who douse the house in bug spray and forbid her from venturing beyond their coiffed compound. Maia, however, is resourceful enough to find herself smack in the middle of more excitement than she ever imagined, from a mysterious “Indian” with an inheritance, to an itinerant actor dreading his impending adolescence, to a remarkable journey down the Amazon in search of the legendary giant sloth.

Listen to chapters 1 and 2 here:

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