Rainbow Fish – Year 5/Blwyddyn 5
Croeso i’r dosbarth Rainbow Fish
The year 5 team of Mr Cadmore and Mrs Tommasini want to welcome you back and welcome to Year 5! We are excited for a year full of fun, creativity, curiosity and discovery. This term, we will be stepping back in time to explore our fascinating World War Two topic, ‘Conflict and Compassion’, discovering stories from Swansea, Wales and beyond.
Our topic web for this term:
Home Learning
Above is a copy of our home learning menu for the Autumn term. The children can choose which task they would like to do in any order). There are 4 tasks but only 3 tasks need to be completed.
The children are able to submit work electronically via Google Classroom or bring it into school every fortnight. The 5 minute presentations will be on the week after half term, which will be the 02/11/2026.
The home learning will be celebrated in class and displayed for the term, before being returned home for safe keeping.
Spelling and Times Tables
Spellings and Times Table test will be every Monday. Spellings will be available here on the website and in the pupils individual books which they will bring home. Please practice as much as you can, here are some ideas how you can practice:
The children will have a paper copy of the spelling words in their reading diaries.
Yr Wyddfa
Y Garn
Crib Goch
Tryfan
Pen-y-Fan
Children can also practise their times tables on TT Rockstars or on ‘Hit the Button’ on the Topmarks website. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
P.E & Outdoor learning
P.E. lessons will be on Monday. You MUST wear your PE kit into school on this day.
We will be doing outdoor learning throughout the term . Please make sure you always wear a coat to school and appropriate footwear or hat and sun-cream as the weather dictates! Our Coed Cadno time is on a Monday afternoon.
Reading
We would like to emphasise the importance of regular reading at home. This can be with a grown up or individually, read out loud or in their head. If you can’t find your niche of books you like to read, why not try a comic style book?
The class will take part in Guided Reading and have opportunities to read independently throughout the day. We also endeavour to enjoy a 20-minute class reading session at the end of every day. We read a range of Welsh texts throughout the term too. Please remember your reading book every day, or you may use books from our school library.
Key dates:
Spelling: Every Monday
PE and Coed Cadno: Every Monday
Y5/6 trip to Dylan Thomas theatre and Museum: Friday 9th October ( More information to be released in the near future)
If you have any concerns or worries feel free to contact the school office by email, and we will respond as soon as we can.
Diolch,
The Year 5 Rainbow Fish team.