Ash

Year 5

Mr Davies and Mrs Quarterman

Miss Taylor and Mr Watkins

Welcome to our Ash Class webpage. We hope this page will help you find any information you need about class routines and what we are learning this year. If you have any questions, please contact me via the school email address: admin@thepinesschool.org.uk

Hello, I am Mrs Moorby-Lewis and I will be teaching Ash class on Monday - Thursday this year. I have taught in Key Stage 2 for fourteen years, and have taught at The Pines since 2015. When I am not working, I love dancing, playing hockey and watching football. I also love listening to music and playing my flute and piano. My favourite thing to do is visit new places with my family. I am really looking forward to teaching Year 5 again this year and I can't wait to see what we'll achieve together in Ash Class.

Meet the Teacher POWERPOINT

Meet the teacher template Sept 2024 - KS2.pdf

Class Routines

Our main classroom door for the start and end of the school day is at the back of the classroom opening onto the driveway.

Classroom doors open at 8:40am and the school day ends at 3:10pm.

Our regular PE lessons are as follows:

Indoor PE - Wednesday

Outdoor PE - Friday

On these days, children should come to school wearing their PE kit. Jewellery will need to be removed for the session, or covered with tape.

Current Learning:

Our topic in Year 5 this term is 'Our World and Beyond'. As part of this, we will be considering the following question: What is our place in the world and how can we protect it? We will be learning about the Earth's movements in relation to the sun, as well as the moon's movement in relation to the Earth, before moving on to learn about the other planets in our solar system. We will then move on to focus on the environment and how we can look after it. In English, we will be writing persuasive letters, linked to the book ‘Misadventures of Frederick’. Our class novel for this term is 'Cosmic' by Frank Cottrell Boyce. In Maths lessons, we will be learning about shape and measure before moving on to our statistics unit. In Science, we will be learning about animal classification, with a focus on the work of Carl Linnaeus. Our art unit will allow us to deepen our understanding of working with clay, where we will be creating clay tiles with an environmental-themed design. We will also be studying the work of Peter Thorpe and using our knowledge of sketching and painting techniques to create space pictures in a similar style. PSHE lessons will focus on keeping healthy and how our bodies change as we get older. In our music, we will be looking at music from south and west Africa, before moving on to using tuned, and un-tuned percussion instruments to create a soundscape for a short space-themed animation.

At the moment, we are particularly focusing on this learning:

Narrative Writing - We will be writing persuasive letters to Mrs Davies to change some things within our school, using the book 'The Misadventures of Frederick' to support. Our aim will be to persuade Mrs Davies to trial some of these suggestions to support a positive, inclusive learning space for all pupils..

We will develop our understanding of the following things: