Welcome to Year 5

We provide our children with an engaging and empowering curriculum .We educate children to be: 

• courageous
• curious
• caring
• ambitious

Our broad and balanced curriculum inspires enthusiasm for new experiences and develops creativity and a thirst for knowledge.

We are an inclusive school; we value every member of the Cragside family. Our curriculum reflects and celebrates the richness of our diverse community and the wider world.

Key Information:

• PE Days (come to school in PE kit) - Monday and Wednesday
• Library - Wednesday
• Reading - children to bring their bookbags into school daily. All children will have a reading record for staff and adults at home to write in to celebrate Children's reading. Please note: This will not change the days or the number of times that children's reading books are being changed.
• Homework - 
  Each week we will be asking all children to complete 3 homework tasks, as follows:
  Reading 
  Please read with your child at least 3 times a week, using their school reading book. Children will also be bringing home a school library book for you to share.
  Spelling / phonics
  Children will bring home a spellings / phonics task to do every week.
  Maths
  Children will bring home a Maths task every week (with a focus on learning Maths facts).
   
  Children will bring home their homework every Friday – to be completed by the following Friday.
  Children will receive their homework as a paper copy every week.  However, class teachers will also continue to upload homework to our online learning platform, Seesaw, for reference.

  The following websites can also be used:

  Oak Academy Oak National Academy (thenational.academy)
  BBC Bitesize: Home - BBC Bitesize

Learning Journey: