Welcome to Year 5
Article 28 Every child has the right to an education
Autumn Term
The Christmas Lights Switch On
On Monday 1st December all the children in school got to hang a Christmas bauble on our beautiful tree.
The big switch on this year was carried out by one of our amazing year 6 pupils.
We have lots of celebrations to look forward to in school over the next couple of weeks.
Article 14: You have the right to choose your own religion and beliefs.
Article 30: You have the right to practice your own culture, language and religion.
Sustainability Workshop
On Monday 1st December, year 5 children went to Manchester Central Library
to take part in a Sustainability Workshop.
They got to take part in different activities and found out lots of information on how to look after our planet.
Ghyll Head 2025
On Wednesday 26th November, some of the Year 5 and Year 6 children went on a three-day residential trip to Ghyll Head
in the Lake District.
Whilst there the children took part in a range of outdoor activities.
They went canoeing on Lake Windermere, climbed Gummers How, went scrambling at Humphreys Head, flew down the zip wire and worked around the ropes course on the grounds.
The children were fantastic and really challenged themselves to try new experiences.
They even took part in a talent contest on the Thursday evening.
Everyone including the staff had an amazing time!
Article 31 Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in wide range of cultural activities.
Friendship Week
This year we celebrated Friendship Week between 10th-14th November.
The theme this year is
'Power for Good'
On Monday we had Odd Socks Day!
We asked all children and staff to wear odd socks to school.
Odd Socks Day is about understanding that everyone is different and unique and that everyone is EQUAL.
Throughout the week every class will be taking part in different activities in their PSHE lessons.
Central Library
On Wednesday 22nd October year 5 went on a visit to Central Library in Manchester.
We were lucky enough to have a tour around all the library and look at all the different floors and what
they are used for. We even found an old fossil that was in one of the floor tiles.
We then went to do a workshop linked to our Space Topic in school where we had to make a
space shuttle land safely.
During our visit we had the pleasure of meeting the Lord Mayor of Manchester who talked to the
children about his job.
Art Project at Manchester Art Gallery
Some children in Year 5 have been lucky enough to take part in an art project run by Manchester Art Gallery.
They get to work alongside an artist to produce different art works.
This week they worked with two artists, Sam and Chris.
The focus was to look at a piece of art from an artist called Martin Creed.
The artwork is a sculpture of a scrunched up piece of paper.
The children had to think about what might have been on the paper before it was scrunched up.
They each produced their own piece of art that they thought might have been inside the ball of paper.
Article 29: Education must develop a child's personality, talents and abilities.
Welcome back year 5!
We hope you all had a good summer and are glad to be back in school.
The staff are extremely excited to begin this year with you.
Year 5 will be filled with new exciting topics and lots of incredible experiences.
Below you will find the Autumn New Letter,
where you will find out what the children will be learning this Term.
We look forward to an exciting year together!
Miss Lovell & Mrs Plaiter
Pupil Voice Representatives
| Ethos and Inclusion Team | ECO Team | Digital Ambassadors |
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Article 13: Every child must be free to express their thoughts and opinions and to access all kinds of information.
This year the children will be starting a new spelling programme called Ready Steady Spell.
Below is a guide to help you support your child at home with their spelling.
