Year 5

Year 5

Year 5 is a wonderful year to watch the children achieve great success. The curriculum is varied, creative and yet increasingly demanding. New skills are taught and we improve one’s already acquired. Homework builds up, and children are expected to become more independent in their learning. That all being said, the topics are inviting and, hopefully inspiring to all pupils.

We find that pupils rise to the challenge as they are heavily praised and celebrated for their efforts, everyone is treated individually and encouraged to reach their full potential. Any children who are showing to have educational difficulties are supported, and where possible intervention put into place. Our higher achievers are recognised and expected to strive for the stars. Pastoral care in Year 5 is important as hormones can be starting to surface! We ensure that a good relationship is built with parents and children are supported through times of need. Plenty of time is given to personal, social and cultural learning about themselves and others.

Year 5 Staff

Mrs N Fawcett - Year 5

Mrs Fawcett works in Year 5 and brings a lot of experience working in local schools.

Mrs K Greenbank - Year 5

Mrs Greenbank Profile Mrs Greenbank is a parent as well as a member of staff. She is currently training as a Level 3 Teaching Assistant.

Mrs L Gates BA (Hons) PGCE - Year 5

Mrs Gates Profile Mrs Gates is a language specialist, having studied Russian and Slavonic Studies at Leeds. She is an experienced teacher who also support tutoring in school. Mrs Gates is Subject Lead for French.

Mrs Thomas BA(Hons) PGCE TESOL - Year 5

Mrs Thomas Profile After school, I studied Art followed by English and History at university and worked in a variety of settings before moving to Dubai with my husband’s job. We ended up staying for 17 years and our two children grew up there. I taught English Language before moving into Primary Education and subsequently […]

Mrs F Potts - Year 5

Mrs Potts works to support children with specific needs within the class, delivering a range of interventions.

Latest News

We are exploring ‘Inspiring Women’ this term

This term we will be exploring a whole range of inspiring women from Jane Austin, Frida Kahlo, Marie Chiver, Rosa Parks and many other women who we believe will inspire all of our children.  We are exploring their endeavours and seeing how we can learn from them in our own lives in 2019 and beyond.

Welcome back to school . . .

We are pleased to be back at school to welcome our children for the start of Lent term

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all of our school family. We welcome our new children starting in January and look forward to seeing them. Our Lent  term starts on Monday 7th January.

Happy Christmas

Wishing you a very Happy Christmas from the children of St Mary’s School.

Carol Service

What a beautiful candle lit service which took place at St Mary’s Church. Thank you to everyone who made the evening special. Thank you for supporting Mary’s Meals too.

Cross Country Club

Our children are continuing to build up their cross country skills on Fridays. Hopefully the children will get a few runs in over the Christmas break.

Merry Christmas

Our staff and governors wish you a very happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

Angels Advent

The children in Year 3 have made angel pictures which have been displayed all around Kirkby. Each day in the run up to Christmas a new angel will be displayed. Each angel is displayed with a letter. Collect the letters to find a Christmas message.

Santa Parade

Everyone joined Mrs Smith and Mrs Day for a parade around Kirkby. We dressed in our pyjamas and pretended it was the night before Christmas. Despite the rain we had a lovely time.

St Peter’s make the news!

Our partner school in Rochdale made the news last week following their start to advent.  The children that came to see us last year, now in Year 5, have been taking part in random acts of kindness.  This was picked up by ITV and shown on several bulletins, which you can watch below.  What a […]

Reading List

Boy
By Roald Dahl

Jungle Book
By Rudyard Kipling

Year 5 Calender Events

Year 5 Curriculum

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