Rode Heath Primary School
Year 5 2024 - 2025
Miss Watson
I am delighted to be joining Rode Heath Primary School. I have spent two years in Cheshire East, working predominantly in Key Stage 2. This will be my third year with a Year 5 cohort and I can't wait to get stuck in! I strive to make learning fun and exciting for the children - I love the arts and the outdoors, so I try to bring these into my lessons at every opportunity. Outside of school, I enjoy a range of sports from running to badminton and spending time with my little boy.
Mrs Harrop
I am very excited to begin my next chapter at Rode Heath Primary School as a teaching assistant. After twenty years as a teacher, I have opted for a change and I love it.
I live with my husband, our two young girls and our 24 chickens. In my spare time I love to go on mini adventures with my girls, either to new parks, National Trust places, find new places to walk or go out for dinner. We particularly love going up to the Scottish Highlands and spending time in a family holiday home and exploring the lochs, walking and getting lots of fresh air. I also love gardening and baking lots of delicious treats for family and friends! I am looking forward to working with the Year 4 children this year.
Welcome to Year 5
Welcome back! We hope you have had a lovely holiday and enjoyed spending time with your loved ones.
We have an exciting final half term ahead. We will be exploring our new English text: Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe. It tells the story of Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings that rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. It explores how, before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games, in the words that we speak and in the pulsing energy of New York City. This ties in with our Art topic, where we will be creating 3D sculptures based on his fantastic work. Our History topic will cover The Romans - the children will learn about the impact the Roman empire had on life in Britain. They will learn about the spread of the Roman empire, the invasion of Britain and the eventual conquest. They will also look in detail at some aspects of the Romanisation of Britain, such as the building of Roman roads and bathhouses. Lessons across the curriculum will be stimulating and engaging as we explore this topic and others - for further information on what we are diving into this term, take a look at our curriculum map (you will find it at the bottom of this page).
We will also be following our Maths - No Problem! scheme of work, which incorporates lessons linking to real-life problems. Furthermore, it ensures that topics are covered from previous years so that children have a great understanding of maths and how it can be applied.
Alongside all of this, we are very much aware of the importance of children being happy, safe and secure in school and to help us do this, we follow our Hearts and Minds curriculum. We will be exploring how we can build resilience and encourage curiosity this half term. More information about our Hearts and Minds curriculum can be found using this link: Hearts and Minds.
Thank you for your continued support. It is going to be a great year!
Continuing the Learning Journey...
Week Beginning: Monday 9th June 2025
Maths: We will be solving problems involving volume.
English: We will be writing a letter in role as Jean-Michel Basquiat.
PE: Athletics and Swimming.
Hearts and Minds: Happy Minds.
Science: Animals including Humans.
Religion and Worldviews: We will be considering why some places in the world are significant to believers.
DT: We will be exploring how to reinforce a beam (structure) to improve its strength.
Art: Portraits inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat.
History: We will be exploring who the Celts and Romans were.
Music: We will be understanding the key features of gamelan music.
Weekly Reminders:
- Homework is set on a Thursday and due in on a Thursday: Atom Learning Maths and PAG. Spellings are separate but also released and due in on a Thursday.
- Please ensure your child is filling in their reading diary on a daily basis.
- Practise timestables on a daily basis using Times Table Rockstars.
- Children to come in PE kits for the whole day on Wednesdays and Fridays. PE will be outdoors on Wednesdays, so please wear appropriate kit. The children will have swimming on Fridays, please ensure they come into school in their PE kit and bring their swimming kit.
- If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to write in your child's reading diary and it will be responded to ASAP.
Here is a link to the book that I recommend you purchasing to help your child with the KS2 grammar, punctuation and spelling expectations:
Renaissance Link for reading click here.
In order to find year group expectations for maths, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview.
For year group expectations for English, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview.
The expectations for science and the foundation subjects can be found by selecting the relevant heading from here.
To access the Atom Learning homework platform, please click here.
Key Dates:
24th - 26th March 2025 - York Residential
Don't forget to visit our Think Like an Engineer website regularly, to see what we're all busy doing:
https://thinklikeanengineerproject.com