Maadi British International School

Welcome to Year 5LK

The Class Teaching Team

 Class Teacher – Mrs Kangas  Teaching Assistant – Mr. Rob

A little about me…

       Warwickshire, England 22 years UK, Kenya, Germany, Hong Kong 2 nd time at MBIS Husband from Finland Design and Technology MA in Education: Bath University

          English

Year 5 Subjects

Mathematics Science ICT(specialist teacher) Second languages (specialist teacher) Physical Education (specialist teacher) Music (specialist teacher) Art and design/Design and technology PSHE/RE History/Geography

English

    Spoken language Reading – word reading, comprehension and reading for enjoyment Writing – spelling, handwriting and composition Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

Mathematics

        Number – number and place value Number – addition and subtraction Number – multiplication and division Number – fractions Measurement Geometry – properties of shapes Geometry – position and direction Statistics

Our timetable…

 Will be uploaded to the website  Timetables are flexible to meet the needs of the children

Routines

      Home and school book Reading book Homework PE kit on Sunday Library book on Wednesday Swimming kit on Wednesday

Home Learning…

  Reading 20 minutes per night Homework schedule Sunday – Spellings (30 minutes) Monday – Maths (30 minutes) Tuesday – English (45 minutes) Wednesday – Maths (15 minutes)  Mental Maths (15 minutes) MBIS Home Learning Policy and Guidance for Parents is available on the school website

How to help your child with home learning

   Establish a routine with your child: a set time and place for home learning to be done Check what tasks have been set and that your child understands what needs to be done Encourage independence: facilitate not dominate!

Expectations

In Year 5, the children will be encouraged to:  Further develop their ability to work independently   Pack their own bags Bring their own stationery - pencil - rubber - pencil sharpener - coloured pencils - small ruler with cm markings

Reward systems

 Class rewards include house points, responsible tasks eg. collecting house points, golden book awards, praise.

 House system – contributing to team success

Looking ahead…

      Theme days Trips – Cyprus 24 th Events – Book Week – 27 th May Middle school production – Term 2 Class assembly – 16 th October International family day

The Home School Partnership

Lines of communication:    Open Door Policy Home School Book E-mail ( [email protected]

)   Appointment Parent Consultations in October, February and June  Mid-year report in early February; End of year report in June

School Website

After half term…  Key information about the year group including: curriculum, timetables, how you can help your child at home  Kidblog used to support home learning as appropriate eg. interesting websites

FOMBIS

   Class Volunteer System (activities, coffee mornings, leaving gifts) Hallowe’en Party - Thursday 30 th October Jacqui Garib- [email protected]

Any Questions...?