Welcome to Willow Class

Teachers: Mrs L Robinson (Monday and Tueasday) Mr C Ward (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

Teaching Assistant: Mrs J.Lappin

Summer Term 2019 is here!

The academic year is flying by and we are already in the final term of the year. As we race towards the summer and look forward to the weather getting warmer, we have lots of exciting things planned and magical learning opportunities to look forward to.

This term our STEAM topic is focussed around ‘Feet on the Ground’ and in Year 5 we are going to be exploring deforestation and how this is damaging animal survival in our world’s rainforests as well as having a negative impact on climate change. We are going to be exploring this in more detail during STEAM sessions and considering how we may be able to help, challenge and reduce this problem. Linking to this, our Science will allow us to look further at animal growth and development with a particular focus on rainforest animals. In Literacy we are going to be further developing our non-fiction and fiction writing through play-scripts, balanced arguments and debates using a range of texts including ‘Window’ by Jeannie Baker and ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ by Lynne Cherry.

This term is full of exciting to things to look forward to both inside and outside of the classroom including our residential visit in May to the Isle of Man. We also have a trip to Primrose Wood planned (more information to follow) and Sports Day to look forward to as well as many other exciting learning opportunities in the pipeline.

Please take time to look at our topic web and the spelling lists for this half term and keep your eye out for Pings letting you know of further things going on in Willow class. Do keep up to date on Twitter @KelsallSchool to look at all the different learning going on in Year 5. If you wish to contact either class teacher you can do so via email:

laura.robinson@cheshireacademiestrust.co.uk

chris.ward@cheshireacademiestrust.co.uk

If you have any information or resources which you feel would further support our learning, please do let us know.