This document provides information for parents of students in Year 5 (ages 9-10) at an international school. It outlines the class tutors, classrooms, PE schedule, homework expectations, behavior monitoring system, reading requirements, use of diaries for communication between school and home, and upcoming units of study in core subjects for the 2014-2015 school year. Students are expected to speak English at all times in class. The end of term reports will use criteria of "getting ready", "going steady", and "got it!" instead of grades. A class trip is planned for the final term to Doñana National Park.

1. Year 5 2014-2015

2. General Information:
Class tutors:
•Mr. Salinas (5.2)
•Mrs McCarthy (5.1)
•Vanessa Espinosa
Rooms:
• Room 0.12 for Year 5.2
• Room 0.13 for Year 5.1
(segundo pasillo, al final)

3. General Information:
PE / Educación Fisíca:
• Fridays (5.1 and 5.2)
• Los viernes (5.1 y 5.2)
PE kit, white soled trainers
and no jewellry.

4. Speaking English:
Children are expected
to speak English at all
times in the
classroom.
Children will miss
playtime for speaking
Spanish in English
lessons.
We will contact parents if children
consistently struggle to speak in English.

5. Alex 0 1 2 3 4 5
Aileen 0 1 2 3 4 5
Neil 0 1 2 3 4 5
Sarah 0 1 2 3 4 5
Mairead 0 1 2 3 4 5
Nicole 0 1 2 3 4 5
Adele 0 1 2 3 4 5
Simon 0 1 2 3 4 5
Matt 0 1 2 3 4 5

6. Behaviour:
Behaviour is monitored using the Class
Behaviour Chart.
Each child begins the day on 0.
If a child does not follow our class rules,
he/she is given a verbal warning.
If misbehaviour persists, he/she is moved
to 1.
If a child reaches 5, he/she must see Mrs
Stanford and parents are informed.
Certain unacceptable behaviour goes
straight to 5. (fighting, swearing)

7. Written Homework:
•Given Fridays/ Recibidas los viernes
•Handed in by Wednesday/
Entregadas los miercoles
(Maths task / Tarea de matemáticas
English task /Tarea de inglés
Science Review / Repaso de ciencias)

8. Written Homework/Tareas
Escritas:
Suggested time for Homework
•Maths 30 minutes
•Literacy 30 minutes
•Spelling 30 minutes
Homework folder for photocopies.
At the end of each term, empty
folder.

9. Maths Homework/Tareas de
matemáticas:

10. Maths Homework/Tareas de
matemáticas:
Login: tbsoc
Password:
pythagoras
Followed by
the child´s
own login and
password.
Same as
2013-14

11. Maths Homework/Tareas de
matemáticas:
Children may do the homework directly, but if they
are having difficulty, we suggest they go back and
review the lesson.
It is important that the children press “Checkout”
when they finish and so save their work.

12. Spellings:
Spellings are given on a
Friday.
Children must learn them
and practise writing them
(Look, Say, Cover, Write,
Check).
Children must complete an
accompanying task.
Weekly test will also
include some unseen words,
testing application of the
spelling focus.

13. Reading:
•Stage book/libro de la esquema
•Chapter book/ libro de libre
eleción
Children change their stage book
as frequently as they wish.
(Minimum of once a week)
Children change their chapter
book as they wish too.

14. Reading:
•Children record title/stage/date
in their green reading records.
•Reading as a daily habit. (after
school, in bed, bedtime story)
Reading Eggs will not continue this
year.
www.oxfordowl.co.uk

15. There are 250 books, searchable
by age, book band and genre.

16. Diaries:
•Homework and curriculum content
for the coming week will be recorded
in children diaries.
•Any parent/teacher communications
are also recorded in the relevant
week. (paper clipped!)
•Please, ask your children to give us
the diary if there´s a message.
Signature confirms reading.

17. Webpage:
•We will update the Year 5 webpage
weekly with details of homework,
spellings upcoming dates and
reminders.
•http://bscprimaryyear6.pbworks.com
Login: bscparents
Contraseña: gato2fresa

18. Reports and Parent Meetings
•Due to changes in how assessment is
carried out in the UK, reports will be
objective based.
•The assessment criteria will
be getting ready, (preparando) going
steady (progresando) and got it!
(alcanzado)

19. Reports and Parent Meetings
MATHS 1st
term
2nd
term
3rd
term
Know prime numbers
up to 19
getting
ready
Multiply and divide
numbers by 10, 100
or 1000, including
decimals
going
steady
Read and write
decimal numbers as
fractions
got it

20. Reports and Parent Meetings
•Parent meetings – October and
March
•Reports (3), end of 1st, 2nd and 3rd
terms.

21. Communication
We understand that parents
communicate through the medium of
whatsapp. While it is a useful tool to
find out what´s happening at school
or for reminders, we ask that any
concerns be directed towards the
year 5 teachers and/or Mrs Stanford,
in order to avoid confusion and
misinformation.

22. Doñana
•Year 5 Trip is to Doñana National Park.
•Eventhough it is not until the final term, we feel
it would be beneficial to the children to begin to
save towards the cost of the trip.
•It is an excellent opportunity to teach the
children the value of money and how gratifying it
can be to save towards a project.

23. AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER
LITERACY Instructions, Poetic Style,
Novels by significant authors
(“The Iron Man” by Ted
Hughes), Older Literature
Persuasive Writing , Stories
from other cultures , Choral
and Performance poetry,
Traditional stories, fables,
myths, legends, Recounts
Graphic Novels and film
narrative (“The Piano” by
Aidan Gibbons), Classic
narrative poetry, Dramatic
Conventions
MATHS Place Value, Ordering numbers
Measure, 2D shapes, angles,
triangles, multiplication, division,
fractions proportions Reasoning and
explaining,, addition, subtraction,
word problems
Place value of decimals, ordering
rounding decimals, Measuring length,
weight and capacity,multiplication,
division, Fractions, decimals,
percentages, ratio, proportion, 2D and
3D shapes, parallel and perpendicular
lines, reasoning and explaining, solving
mathematical puzzles, addition,
Subtraction, Using a calculator, Time,
Problem solving
negative and positive numbers,
using a calculator, multiplication
and division, factors and common
multiples, division , time, fractions,
decimals, percentages, ratio and
proportion, symmetry, co-ordinates
reflection, translation, Problem
solving, visual puzzles
SCIENCE Earth, Sun and Moon
Forces
Changing states,
Changing Sound
Life Cycles
ART Topic related
art
Objects and
Meaning
Containers
HISTORY/
GEO./DT.
Ancient Egyptians Water Making Instruments
ICT Internet Safety
Programming
Programming Programming

25. Thank you for your continued support
and interest.
Please, do not hesitate to contact us,
via the diary or Mari Pilar, if you have
any questions.
We look forward to a rewarding
academic year for everyone.
Mr Salinas and Mrs McCarthy