Year 5 Welcome and Collection of Resource Packs

Dear parents,

We are delighted to welcome you and your children to Year 5. Although the year will not start as we had hoped, we know we have planned an incredibly exciting and engaging year for our students. We cannot wait to greet them on Thursday 13th of August and see their smiling faces once again.

We are currently preparing packs of resources, including exercise books, to support your children’s learning both on and off-line.  In order to support social distancing, please can we ask that resources are collected tomorrow at the following times:

  • 09:15-10:00 – Year 3 students –  Y3AR
  • 10:00-10:45 – Year 4 students – Y4AH
  • 10:45 – 11:30 – Year 5 students – Y5CH
  • 11:30-12:15 – Year 6 students – Y6RA

If you have children in more than one year group, please feel free to collect from more than one team at the same time in order to avoid additional visits. If you have requested to borrow a Chromebook for your child, these can also be collected tomorrow morning from the school canteen.

In Year 5, the children will follow our bespoke DBIS Primary curriculum, which is based on the National Curriculum of England, and enhanced by our unique international context. The children will experience quality learning opportunities throughout the year where they will work independently, as well as in groups with others. Reading, Writing and Mathematics are key subjects that the children will learn and, through an enquiry learning approach, the children will continue to develop skills, knowledge and understanding in Science, Geography, History, Art and Design Technology during our Discovery Units. Additionally, the children will receive specialist lessons for Mandarin, Learning Technology, Music and PE. The children will also continue to build on their skills during the many opportunities provided for learning outside the classroom. We will be beginning the year with a whole school unit called Learning to Learn, where the Year 5 students will be developing their understanding of how people learn, the role of our brains and the connection between growth mindset, attitude and your ability to be a learner. There are many more exciting learning opportunities to look forward to throughout the year, including our Year 5 Show, Treasure Island Camp and our ever evolving Discovery Units that are sure to take the student’s learning to the next level.

It is our priority to ensure that each and every student feels happy, confident and engaged in their learning, so as to reach their full potential both academically and socially. To achieve this we believe that a strong partnership between the teachers, the parents and the students is integral. We wish the very best for all of our Year 5 students – we want them to want to be the very best that they can
possibly be.

Kind regards

Year 5 Team

Mrs Harris, Ms Kavanagh, Miss Manley-Cooper and Mr Taylor

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