Year 5 - Quail
1. Key Information for Quail Class
In this section you will find a quick reference guide to your class including your Forest School rotation, letters and uniform requirements. There is also a copy of the welcome booklet for your class - please do refer to it throughout the year because it contains lots of useful information about what to expect in this class, how long homework should take each week, samples of age-appropriate handwriting and more.
In the event of a school closure, we will post home learning activities onto the website;
The teaching staff in Quail class are:
Miss Francesca Myers
Ms Liz Thorndyke (Teaching Assistant)
Meet the Teacher presentation
The Welcome Booklet for Quail class is here:
Forest School
Forest School for Year 5 will be once every half term. You will be notified of the dates in advance.
Home learning expectations in Year 5
| Spelling | Weekly task |
| Reading | 30 minutes per week, in 2 or 3 sessions |
| Maths, literacy or creative learning task | Up to 30 minutes per week |
SRE Curriculum
This year we will continue to teach the children using materials from our new Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) scheme. This new edition of ‘Teaching SRE with Confidence in Primary Schools’ reflects the recent developments in SRE and the Science National Curriculum. This resource encourages children to develop the skills of listening, empathy, talking about feelings and relationships with families and friends.
All the lessons have a clear structure and are age appropriate. The lesson plans have clear aims and learning outcomes with suggested additional activities and accompanying resources:
Year 5: Puberty
Talking about puberty
Male and female changes
Puberty and hygiene
Use of planners
Planners are to be used to record reading at home and this should include the book title and chapter, or page numbers and should be recorded at least 3 times a week and initialled by parents. Planners need to be signed by parents at the end of each week ready for the teacher to review.
Planners may also be used for notifying us of changes of going home arrangements etc. Alternatively, you can email admin@bridgewater.herts.sch.uk or leave a message on the school's answer machine.
As part of our preparation for the children's transition to secondary school, during upper Key Stage 2 teachers may ask pupils to note reminders in their planners e.g. items that they need to bring into school, such as resources for a project in their planners, to encourage them to be independent and to take responsibility.
Uniform requirements
A full list of the school's uniform requirements is on the school website here. In Year 5, points to note are:
| Core school uniform | No special notes for this class |
| Bags |
1. Bridgewater School rucksack 2. Drawstring PE bag (school logo optional) |
| PE / games |
Trainers not plimsolls. Football boots may be required for some activities. |
| Team Bridgewater kit | Pupils in this year group who represent the school in sports matches such as cross country, football or netball tournaments may wear "Team Bridgewater" kit (short sleeved t-shirts, hooded tops and showerproof jackets). This is all optional and available from our online supplier only. The school has a number of Team Bridgewater t-shirts available to those representing it at events. |
In Forest School this week, we made musical instruments using mostly natural resources. We were very good at using our imagination and being creative!
We began our new history topic of Trade in Berkhamsted. Each group was a different country with the aim to make the most money. We had to trade to get resources and equipment. We had great fun, even if one group did suffer from a natural disaster of flooding!
Making the most of the sunshine by measuring volume and capacity of different containers outside.
Cultural Diversity Week - Welcome to Japan! We had a fantastic week where we learnt some Japanese, we did some judo exercises in PE, practised Shudo (calligraphy), made sushi, made origami, tried traditional Japanese tea, and learnt a traditional Japanese dance. We also sketched and used watercolour to paint The Great Wave by Hokusai, as well as attempting Manga drawing.
