Role of Honour 3.7.19

5TS- Harry for shining during transition day, getting involved in all activities. 

5LB- Theo G for showing us his fantastic singing talents and for great resilience in his writing this week.

5FH- Harry C-S for independent research to enhance his CC topic work.

5CD- Ania W for always doing the right thing and impressing the year 6 team during transition day.

5JR- Calvin C for his amazing catching skills in P.E

While year 6 were away at Blackwell and enjoying their activity week, year 5 went to have a sneaky peak at the y6 classrooms. Looking at the similarities between the year 5 and 6 classrooms, finding the coatpegs and familiarising ourselves with the routes to the year 6 playground has helped us all to prepare for Transfer Day on Monday. We have reminded everyone that we will all need a handwriting pen and pencil for Monday.

Role Of Honour 

5LB- Bethany for always showing readiness to learn and focus in every lesson. Well done Bethany!

5FH- Isabelle for being a good friend and outstanding efforts in last weeks tests. 

5CD- Evie for readiness to learn and working really hard to complete all tasks set.

5JR-Lilly-Ann for always being helpful around the classroom.

5TS- Ruby for showing 100 percent effort in every lesson and always done with a sense of humour. 

Role of Honour:

5LB - Ruby - Showing fantastic kindness and sharing information about her Grandparents trip to India. 

5JR - Hayden - Kind in class and very helpful.

5CD - Kyle - Has put in lots of effort into Literacy and Numeracy.

5FH - Harry C - for his brilliant description of the Highwayman from Tim's perspective.

5TS - Rosie - Has worked hard showing resilience towards fractions.

Year 5 Roll of Honour:

5FH - Kacey for the amount of reading and AR quizzes she has completed. 

5LB- Dominic for his consistent hard work in Literacy and his amazing homework on South Africa.

5CD - Oliver for settling back into school life so well after the Easter holidays.

5JR - Molly and Libby for being so helpful to Chloe, showing maturity and responsibility as fantastic friends. 

5TS - Madison for consistent levels of effort.

Roll of Honour

5FH - Well done to all of 5FH for working so hard on your Dragonology text!

5TS - Well done Erin for working so hard on your writing!

5CD - Well done Felicity for working so hard on your Dragonoloy text!

5JR - Well done Chloe and Ruby for your contribution to your Literacy lessons!

5LB - Well done Finley for always being amazing! Also a well done to Archy for sharing your knowledge and resources with the class!

500 Words House Competition Winners

Having received an amazing quantity of stories, 5 children from each class were selected by their class teacher to be put through, as one of the competition finalists, to the pupil panel of judges. All judging was done anonymously.  After reading every finalist’s work, the final winners have been announced. 

Prizes were awarded to First, Second and Third along with house points for Fourth and Highly Commended.  A fantastic effort to all those involved. 

Parent, carer and staff entries were judged and rewarded points anonymously by a panel of Year 7 children. A huge Thank You to all our parent and carer entries.  We are already looking forward to next year’s competition entries.

Please take the time to appreciate the hard work and creativity of our worthy winners.

Roll of Honour

5FH - Oliver and Isabelle have worked together to film their work.

5TS - Jack. Well done for shining in everything you do.

5LB's, 5JR's and 5CD's children have been chosen by another teacher, that they have worked with on a mini writing project, for investing time into learning; active participants throughout the day.

Well done Charlotte (5LB), Daniel (5JR) and Joseph (5CD) for your amazing feedback. Keep up the amazing contribution and writing!

Roll of Honour

5LW  -  Well done Theo for reading more at home

5JR - Well done Libby for your amazing progress in reading

5CD - Well done Charlotte for your readiness and demonstrating Stage 5 skills in your writing.

5TS - Well done for working so hard in Maths. Mrs Riddleston is thrilled!

5TS Zach B Well done Zach B for amazing work in French. Mrs Ardis is always thrilled to mark your book.

5FH - Well done Isobella for your readiness is every lesson, as well as your helpless to teacher sans other children 

Role of honour

5FH - Kadi - for putting in much more effort into her work.

5TS - Rosie - Focussed on handwriting this week.

5CD - Hayden - Challenged to do maximum amount of work rather than minimum.

5LB - Kayden - Making the right choices.

Bikeability

This year over half of the Year 5 pupils have signed up to take part in Bikeability. Over a three week period these children will get the chance to work with qualified tutors on their level 2 road cycling qualification. Well done to all involved for their resilience and enthusiasm during these sessions!

World Book Day

We would like to say a huge thank you to WH Smith's for accommodating our school, allowing us to 'buy' a new book using our 'World Book Day'  vouchers. What a fantastic opportunity to 'Drop Everything and Read' in St Andrew's Square.

'Stories can teach us a lesson'

'They can inspire people to read'

'It builds a better understanding of society'

'Spend time with family'

'To increase your understanding in books and it helps your vocabulary'

Roll of Honour

5FH - Isabelle  Well done for being resilient particularly in Maths, demonstrating great reasoning when completing Deep tasks.

5TS - Zach B and Chloe have been superstars this week. They have created beautiful guides to killing a grendel taking the upmost care with their presentation.

5JR - Finley   Well done for working hard to include all those Stage 5 Writing Skills!

5LB - Ellie-May  Well done for being so helpful in the classroom!

5 CD - Millie   Well done for consistently working hard!

Roll of Honour

5JR - Daniel     Well done for adopting a super factual style to your writing!

5FH - Amy         Well done for your amazing acting!

5TS - Madison   Well done for working hard, even when you find work a challenge!

5CD -  Nathan   Well done for using amazing vocabulary in Literacy and resilience in Numeracy!

5LB -  Rebecca   Well done for always doing the right thing: helpful to others, working hard, continuing even when you’ve grazed your knees!

Roll of Honour

5LB Bethany- Well done for always being ready to learn!

5JR Ruby - Well done for demonstrating amazing swimming skills!

5FH Kacey - Well done for your fabulous effort writing a diary entry!

5TS Zach - Well done for taking the opportunity to let your work shine!

5CD Kaicey - Well done for producing more work especially in your writing!

Chess

This week, a group of year 5 children have begun to learn how to play chess. They have been introduced to the pawn and King pieces and have participated in some mini-games developing their problem solving strategies.

Science

This week, Year 5 have been learning some different methods to separate materials in their Science lessons. They have separated two solids using magnetic attraction, separated solids of differing sizes using a sieve, used filtration to separate a suspension and watched an evaporation demonstration. The children also loved working in a group as part of this investigation!

Roll of Honour

5LB  Jack - Well done for producing an excellent Character Description. It is full of Stage 5 Writing Skills. Keep up the good work Jack!

5FH  Erin - Well done Erin for your resilience to learning to play the recorder. Keep up the good playing Erin!

5TS  Rosey - Well done Rosey for your work with relative clauses, applying them in a range of sentences and for having such a positive approach to all of your work. Keep up the good writing!

5CD  Abigail - Well done for always trying your best, even when working with other members of staff. Keep up the good work in Literacy!

5JR  Chloe - Well done Chloe for reading five times a week, every week! This has also had an impact in your other work. Keep up the fabulous reading!

Roll of Honour

5LB - Harvey - for being really helpful.

5CD - Dylan - passionate about his writing.

5TS - Bailee - blown away with writing

5FH - Georgia - for her amazing effort in cross country and taking on advice.

5JR - Daniel - working hard on presentation.

Also, a massive congratulations to Alex who came in the top 6 to go through to the next round of Cross Country.

Stars of the Week:

5FH - Harry C - For a much better attitude to writing and applying new skills.

5TS - Kayte - Relative clause queen!

5JR - Lucy - Working hard in writing

5CD - Adam - Improvement in his writing.

5LB - Sam - Really thoughtful and helping others.

Acts of Respect:

5TS - Matthew - took the time to play with people on the playground.

5LB - Justin - Always listening and willing to help in the class.

5CD - Charlotte - Shows great respect to teachers when they're teaching.

5JR - Molly - Someone who is always listening and works hard. Kind to everyone. 

5FH - Natalia - helps everyone with acts of kindness, e.g. lending equipment, reminding them what to do. 

CC Explorer Homework

The whole school have been talking about the amazing homework that year 5 have brought in over the last couple of weeks. Today, the pupils had a chance to celebrate each others' homework and take a closer look. 

Education City

Well done to those pupils who had a go at the homework tasks set over half term. A special congratulations goes to Eva McKay and Addison Rowe for completing all the games with a score of 80% or above. 

Another homework challenge has started linked to work we have done this week. Mrs Hennessey will be looking for those that login to have a go. 

Gurdwara

Year 5 Receive a Warm Welcome at the Guru Nanak Gurwara in Smethwick

Today we had a great day at the Gurdwara. We had the opportunity to visit the prayer room, hear what it is like to be a sikh and to try some beautiful, tasty food prepared by the volunteers. The Year 5 team are really proud of the children who represented Westacre so well. 

Roll of Honour

5FH - Mollie - for her work ethic and help during pirate day. 

5TS - Baillee - works hard and tries their best. Is also a good friend.

5CD - Jamie - Gone above and beyond to make a huge pirate ship.

5JR - Hayden - Helpful during pirate day.

5LB - Logan - Resilient and helpful. 

Pirate Day!

Year 5 have got off to a swimming start completing a variety of pirates tasks:

Following instructions to make paper fish,

Writing play scripts to create their own pirate puppet show,

Recalling events from a story, acting out a part of Treasure Island,

Creating pirate ship pictures,

Completing a variety of ‘pirate duties’ including ‘walking the plank’ 

Thank you to the parents/carers for supporting us (providing amazing costumes) with our multi skilled day

Roll of Honour

5FH - Harry S - for his reflective responses in Guided Reading.

5TS - Madison - dedicated with work at home.

5CD - Annabelle  - produced some terrific literacy work and everything presented neatly.

5JR - Evie - really helpful and organised in the class.

5LB - Lola - helpful to another member in the class.

No Pens Day

The opportunity for children to use their speaking and listening skills in their lessons.

Parents Literacy Workshop

Parents were invited to work alongside their children. We were developing our use of fronted adverbials to describe the setting of Treasure Island.

Roll of Honour

Roll of honour celebrates the achievements of a child from each class in year 5 that has gone above and beyond throughout the week.

This week we are celebrating:

5LB - Lexi who has made fantastic contributions in class in discussions readily offering her opinion.

5CD - Aleisha for contributing frequently in class and trying really hard in Guided Reading.

5FH - Addison for writing an amazing Narnia story with his own twist.

5TS - Jayden for taking pride in his work and confidently asking questions.

5JR - Drew who produced a wonderful piece of  writing, it was a pleasure to read and contained lots of stage 5 skills.

Welcome to the Year 5 page at Westacre!

We are really looking forward to greeting our new Year 5 children on the playground on Wednesday 5th September. The children were shown how to get to their playground on Transfer Day from both school gates. 

Our Year Group  Teaching Team include:

Mrs Ardis

Mrs Bennett  5LB

Mr Dinsley  5CD

Mrs Hennessey   5FH

Mrs Riddleston   5JR

Mr Smith    5TS

We are really lucky to have the wonderful support of our Teaching Assistants: Mrs Howells, Miss Colledge, Mrs Burton, Mrs Burke, Mrs MacPhearson and Mrs Sankey. 

Your child will receive a copy of their timetable today share with you at home in addition to a smaller version in their Learning Journal. As you are aware from the booklet and teacher discussions on Transfer Day, Learning Journals are very important to promote independence but also an invaluable link between school and home. 

We would encourage you to sign and return any forms in the  Back to School back as soon as possible please to enable a smooth transition. 

During the next few weeks there will be some opportunities for you to come into school and work alongside your child in lessons. 

Welcome to Year 5 - Wednesday 12th September 1:30pm

Year Five Reading and MacMillan Coffee Morning Friday 28th September

Year Five Literacy Session Tuesday 2nd October 9:00 am

Year 5 SEN IPM Meetings with parents Tuesday 9th October 3pm

Year 5 Numeracy Session Wednesday 14th November 9:00 am

We look forward to working with our new families this year 

The Year 5 Team